Past Conferences
The Ergodic Method in Group Theory- Celebrating the Mathematics of Alex Furman
- May 26-30, 2025 at Northwestern University
- Summer School on Arithmetic and Random Groups
- May 19–23, Northwestern University
- Mini-courses by Michael Chapman, Michelle Chu, Yair Glasner, and Matthew Stover.
- Following the school, there was a conference honoring Alex Furman’s 60th birthday: See the website.
- Organizers: Nir Avni, Uri Bader, and Tsachik Gelander.
Mini-course on Continuous Schrödinger Operators
- Simon Becker (ETH Zurich) gave a three lecture minicourse May 19-May 22, 2024 on spectral properties of continuous Schrödinger operators in the positive Lyapunov exponent regime.
45TH MIDWEST PROBABILITY COLLOQUIUM
- MPC 2024 was held at Northwestern University on October 10-12, 2024. Probability theory has been the most applicable branch of pure mathematics. During the last decade it has seen a clear surge in popularity of probabilistic tools and methods in other branches of pure and applied mathematics. The Midwest Probability Colloquium has been an annual event for several decades. It brings together a wide-breadth of knowledge in the field of probability. Sponsors of the 43rd Midwest Probability Colloquium are the National Science Foundation and Northwestern University.
NUET 2024
- NU Trends in Ergodic Theory 2024 was supported by the RTG “Dynamics: Classical, Modern, and Quantum”. Its Summer School was held July 29-August 2, 2024 and its conference was held August 5-9, 2024. All events were held on Northwestern University’s Evanston campus. The Summer School introduced early graduate students to modern ergodic theory and prepares them for the conference NU Trends in Ergodic Theory. The school covered several aspects of modern ergodic theory at a level suitable for those with a background in analysis. The conference brought together researchers working on many aspects of ergodic theory, aimed to encourage interactions between young researchers and research leaders, and communicated new techniques to the community.
- Microlocal Analysis and Quantum Dynamics was held on NU's Evanston campus June 17-21, 2024 (summer school) and June 24-28, 2024 (conference). It focused on recent developments in applications of the tools of semiclassical microlocal analysis, with a focus on quantum dynamics. Areas of applications included quantum chaos, scattering resonances and Ruelle resonances, and solid state physics. The conference also honored the mathematics and legacy of Steve Zelditch.
- The 10th annual Gone Fishing conference, for the presentation and discussion of new ideas and results in Poisson geometry, was held from 2pm April 11--April 14, 2024 on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University.
Asymptotics in Complex Geometry: A Conference in Memory of Steve Zelditch
- This conference was hosted by Northwestern University March 7-10, 2024.
2023 Midwest Probability Colloquium
- The 44th Midwest Probability Colloquium (MPC44) was held at Northwestern University on October 12-14, 2023.
2023 RTG Summer School and REU
- Summer School 2023 on Dynamical Systems took place June 20–June 30, 2023 on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University. It featured preparatory courses (including courses appropriate for advanced undergraduates) as well as advanced courses. Mini-courses were presented by Alena Erchenko, Mikolaj Fraczyk, Nicholas Miller, Amir Mohammadi, Kurt Vinhage, and Daren Wei. The Summer School 2023 organizers were Nir Avni, Aaron Brown, Osama Khalil, Bryna Kra, and Homin Lee. It was funded primarily through the following NSF grants: DMS-2136217 (RTG: Dynamics: Classical, Modern, and Quantum) and DMS-2020013 (CAREER: Rigidity of Group Actions on Manifolds). Additionally funding was provided by Northwestern University’s Department of Mathematics.
- REU Summer 2023 took place June 20–Aug 11, 2023 on the Northwestern University’s Evanston campus. Mentors for the summer 2023 REU included NU Mathematics faculty members Nir Avni, Aaron Brown, Keith Burns, Solly Coles, Tsachik Gelander, Aaron Peterson, Jeff Xia. This program was made possible by the National Science Foundation and was funded by the RTG Dynamics: Classical, Modern, and Quantum.
MMMM Conference 2023
- This was the first post-pandemic installment of a (usually) biennial meeting on microlocal analysis and quantum dynamics. The meeting was partly supported by Northwestern's NSF RTG in Dynamics.
- MMMM 2023 was held May 20-21, 2023.
Algebraic Geometry and Cohomology in Mixed Characteristic 2023
- The 2022 Nemmers Prize recipient, Bhargav Bhatt (U-M and Princeton/IAS), visited Northwestern University Mathematics in May 2023. We held a conference for him May 15-19, 2023.
- Click Here for More Details on the 2023 Nemmers Conference
- The Homotopy 2023 conference, in part to honor NU Mathematics faculty member Prof. Paul Goerss and his contributions to the field, was hosted by Northwestern University March 20-24.
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Midwest Probability Colloquium
- The Midwest Probability Colloquium has been an annual event for several decades. It brings together a wide-breadth of knowledge in the field of probability.
- NU Math Dept hosted this colloquium on October 20-22, 2022.
Laplacians on Random Hyperbolic Surfaces and on Random Graphs
- This conference was held at Northwestern University, in coordination with the 2020 Nemmers Prize ceremony for Prof. Anantharama, May 30-June 3, 2022. The conference co-organizers were NU faculty members Nir Avni and Steve Zelditch.
Homotopical Methods in Geometry and Physics
- In honor of NU Mathematics faculty member Ezra Getzler’s sixtieth birthday, the conference Homotopical Methods in Geometry and Physics took place March 21–25, 2022 at Northwestern University. It was preceded by a mini-school on Open-Closed Field Theories.
- The Midwest Dynamical Systems Conference is one of the most influential, diverse, and longest running conference series in dynamical systems. This conference series has met uninterruptedly since the early 1970s, and it has received continuous support from the National Science Foundation since 1988.
- NU Math Dept hosted this conference Nov 12-14, 2021
Modern Trends in Non-commutative Geometry (in honor of Boris Tsygan's 60th Anniversary)
- This May 2019 conference was supported by a combination of funds from the Mathematics Department at Northwestern University, and the National Science Foundation.
- The 'Chicago Action Now!' Conference is a dynamics conference held three times per year that rotates between Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois at Chicago.
GROW (Graduate Research Opportunities for Women) Conference
- Graduate Research Opportunities for Women (GROW) is a conference for women-identified students interested in graduate school in the mathematical sciences.
- Archives of GROW Conferences at Northwestern University (2015-2017)
Special Day on Analytic Methods in Algebraic Geometry
Saturday April 11, 2015.
Dimitri Zvonkine (CNRS), who visited the department February 9-20, gave a four-lecture mini-course on moduli spaces of curves, and two seminars during his stay. For further details, please see the Seminar Calendar.
Special Day on Complex Geometry and Analysis on real analytic Riemannian manifolds
Saturday February 21, 2015.
The Midwest Topology Seminarwas held at Northwestern University on October 25, 2014.
Special Day on Eigenfunctions of the Laplacian on manifolds
October 25, 2014
The 36th Midwest Probability Colloquium
was be held at Northwestern University on October 9-11, 2014.
Representation Theory, Integrable Systems and Quantum Fields
Workshop: May 12-16, 2014
Conference: May 19-23, 2014.
Organizers: Kevin Costello, Xinwen Zhu and Eric Zaslow.
Midwest PDE Seminar
10-11 May 2014.
Bellow Lecture Series
28-30 April 2014.
Chicago Symposium for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics and Science: Research and Practice
12 April 2014.
Mark and Joanna Pinsky Lecture Series
15-17 January 2014.
70th Birthday Celebration Conference
in honor of John Franks and Clark Robinson - December 7, 2013
The 35th Midwest Probability Colloquium
October 10-12, 2013
The 2013 Yamabe Lectures
by Fernando Codá Marques, October 30 - November 1, 2013
Geometry & Physics Mini-Conference -
June 12, 2013
Workshop on Analytic Microlocal Analysis -
May 20-24, 2013
Ingrid Daubechies, 2012 Frederic Esser Nemmers Prize Winner, Public Lecture -
April 24, 2013
Great Lakes Geometry Conference 2013 -
April 20-21, 2013
Equivariant, Chromatic, and Motivic Homotopy Theory
March 25-29, 2013
The 34th Midwest Probability Colloquium
October 11-13, 2012
Quantization and Mathematics - an Undergraduate Conference -
June 18-30, 2012
Spring School on Algebraic Microlocal Analysis
5/14/12 - 5/26/12
Workshop on Evolution Equations
5/4/12-5/6/12
Chicago Symposium - Excellence in Teaching mathematics and Science Research and Practice
3/23/12
Midwest Topology Seminar Winter 2012
3/10/12
2012 Northwestern Masterclass in Gauge Theory
1/9/12-1/13/12
Microlocal Methods in Spectral and Scattering Theory October 28-30, 2011
Trends in Dynamics
April 27 - May 1, 2011
Workshop on Discrete Methods in Ergodic Theory
February 24-25, 2011
Midwest Dynamical Systems Conference
October 29-31, 2010
Discrete and Continuous Geometries: An Undergraduate Conference
June 21-July 2, 2010
Workshop on Eigenfunctions
June 10-11, 2010
Yamabe Lectures May 24-25, 2010
Midwest Topology Seminar,
April 24, 2010
International Conference on Nonlinear PDE and Related Analysis/Applications
March 20-24, 2010
Complex Geometry Conference in honor of Simon Donaldson
the winner of the 2008 Nemmers Prize in Mathematics.
October 24-27, 2009.
Conference and Workshop on Topological Field Theories.
Workshop: May 18-22, 2009
Conference: May 25-29, 2009
Midwest Topology Seminar, May 3, 2008.
Current Developments and Directions in the Langlands Program
May 10-14, 2008
This conference is in honor of Robert Langlands, winner of the 2006 Nemmers prize in mathematics. The goal of conference is to report on some of the recent progress in the Langlands program, understood in a broad sense.
Trends in noncommutative geometry
May 18-24, 2007
Chicago Symposium on Excellence in Teaching Mathematics and Science
March 2007
Midwest Probability Colloquium
October 20-21, 2006
International Workshop on Global Dynamics Beyond Uniform Hyperbolicity
May 17-22, 2006
Third Chicago Area PDE Workshop
February 25, 2006
Midwest Probability Colloquium
October 21-22, 2005
Midwest Dynamical Systems Seminar
October 21-23, 2005
International Conference on Stochastic Analysis and Partial Differential Equations
June 26-30, 2005
Scattering theory and singular spaces
May 27-30, 2005
Graduate Student Topology Conference
April 9-10, 2005
Algebraic Cycles, K-theory and Modular Representation Theory, conference in honor of the 60th birthday of Eric Friedlander
September 16-19, 2004
Geometry and Topology of String Theory Conference
May 23-27, 2004
Midwest Topology Seminar
February 21, 2004
Midwest Probability Colloquium
October 17-18, 2003
First Chicago Area PDE Workshop
October 11, 2003
International Conference on Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Applications:
June 12-15, 2003
Northwestern Nonlinear PDE Conference in conjunction with the 50th Midwestern PDE Seminar
October 4-6, 2002
Great Lakes Geometry Conference
April 28-29, 2001
Annual Great Lakes Conference
April 21-22, 2001
Spring 2001 Midwest Dynamical Systems Conference
March 30 - April 1, 2001