Sixth West Coast Operator Algebra Seminar, October 1997

Schedule of talks

  • All talks will take place in 1004 Girvetz Hall.
  • The coffee breaks will be just outside Girvetz Hall.

    Saturday, October 18, 1997

    9:00 - 10:00

  • Uffe Haagerup
  • Title: Random matrices and exact C*-algebras

    10:00 - 10:30 -- Coffee Break

    10:30 - 11:30

  • Dan Voiculescu
  • Title: Topics in free entropy

    11:30 - 11:35 -- Break

    11:35 - 12:05

  • Bina Bhattacharyya
  • Title: The tree planar algebra and symmetries of Sunder subfactors

    12:05 - 2:00 -- Lunch Break

    2:00 - 3:00

  • Dimitri Shlyakhtenko
  • Title: Operator-valued semicircular systems

    3:00 - 3:30 -- Coffee Break

    3:30 - 4:30

  • Gilles Pisier
  • Title: Joint similarity problems and the generation of operator algebras with bounded length

    4:30 - 4:35 -- Break

    4:35 - 5:05

  • Feng Xu
  • Title: Applications of braided endomorphisms from conformal inclusions

    Sunday, October 19, 1997

    9:15 - 9:30 -- Coffee

    9:30 - 10:30

  • Ian Putnam
  • Title: K-theory for factor maps between Cantor minimal systems

    10:30 - 11:00 -- Coffee Break

    11:00 - 11:30

  • Rosa Orellana
  • Title: The Hecke algebra of type Bn and subfactors

    11:30 - 11:35 -- Break

    11:35 - 12:35

  • Bruce Blackadar
  • Title: Noncommutative polyhedra and strong NF algebras

    End of conference