Rhodesfest 81
A conference in honor of John Rhodes 81st birthday
June 4-7, 2018
Department of Mathematics, Bar-Ilan University,
Ramat Gan, Israel
Photograph by George Bergman
Conference Purpose and Topics:
The purpose of the conference is to discuss mathematics related to the more than half century of John Rhodes's work, particularly in areas related to John's recent interests.
Topics include advances in finite semigroups and its applications, including representations of various types of semigroups, random walks on semigroups, and semigroups appearing in combinatorics, computer science, geometry and topology. Also matroids and Boolean Representable Simplicial Complexes.
Conference Format:
There will be both formal lectures and lots of time for discussion and problem sessions. Formal lectures are by invitation only. Other participants are strongly encouraged to contribute to the problem and discussion sessions. The organizers will provide letters of participation to anyone who wishes to be at the conference.
Invited Speakers:
Jorge Almeida, University of Porto
Jean-Camille Birget, Rutgers University, Camden
Volker Diekert, University of Stuttgart
Igor Dolinka, University of Novi Sad
Pál Dömösi, Nyíregyházi Főiskola Research Institute
James East, Western Sydney University
Robert Gray, University of East Anglia
Gabor Horvath, University of Debrecen
Edmond W.H. Lee, Nova Southeastern University
Markus Lohrey, University of Siegen
Volodymyr Mazorchuk, Uppsala University
John Meakin, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Chrystoph Nehaniv, University of Hertfordshire
Anne Schilling, University of California, Davis
Pedro Silva, University of Porto
Benjamin Steinberg, City College of New York, CUNY
Michael Volkov, University of the Urals
Marc Zeitoun, University of Bordeaux
Registration:
Click here for registration form.
