Summary of Previous Meetings

National speakers are indicated by $(*)$ .

Meeting 1: University of Houston, March 10-12, 1989

Complete manifolds of bounded curvature and finite volume: Jeff Cheeger $*$ , State University of New York, Stony Brook
Dupin submanifolds: S. S. Chern $*$ , University of California, Berkeley
Convergence theorems for Riemannian manifolds: L. Zhiyong Gao, Rice University
Topology of algebraic surfaces: Robert Gompf, The University of Texas, Austin
Symmetric and asymmetric harmonic maps: Robert Hardt, Rice University
Applications of geometric variational methods in the large: Jon Pitts, Texas A&M University
Non-minimal solutions to Yang-Mills equations: Karen Uhlenbeck, The University of Texas, Austin

Meeting 2: University of Texas, Austin, December 1-3, 1989

Isoperimetric inequality, index and stability of a minimal surface: Jaigyoung Choe, Rice University
Analysis on loop groups: Ezra Getzler $*$ , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Witten-Reshetikin-Turaev Invariants of $3$ -manifolds: Robion Kirby $*$ , University of California, Berkeley
3-manifold Invariants from the combinatorics of the Jones polynomial: Raymond Lickorish, Visiting The University of Texas, Austin
Gromov convergence of stratified sets: Frank Quinn $*$ , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Harmonic maps and Teichmuller theory: Michael Wolf, Rice University
The diffeomorphism group as a partial indirect product: Phillip Yasskin, Texas A&M University

Meeting 3: Rice University, March 30 - April 1, 1990

The geometric origin of a highly degenerate Monge-Ampere equation: David Bao, University of Houston
Twistors and holonomy: Robert Bryant $*$ , Duke University
Torsion and a theorem of Milnor: Robin Forman, Rice University
Finite quantum field theories: Dan Freed, The University of Texas, Austin
Dehn surgery: Cameron Gordon, The University of Texas, Austin
Chern currents: Reese Harvey, Rice University
Kähler currents on compact complex manifolds: Shangyu Ji, University of Houston
Asymptotics near singular points: Leon Simon $*$ , Stanford University

Meeting 4: North Texas State University, November 6-8, 1990

American Mathematical Society, Regional Meeting, Special Session

The orthogonal spectrum of a hyperbolic manifold: Ara Basmajian, University of Oklahoma
The hyperkähler geometry of instanton moduli: Charles P. Boyer, University of New Mexico
Convergent perturbation theories for volume preserving flows and maps: A. Delshams, University of Barcelona
Counting periodic tilings of the plane: Reinhard O. W. Franz, University of Bielefeld)
Examples of symplectic structures of fiber bundles: Brian Kasper, University of Texas, Austin
The observation of saddle periodic orbits in physical systems: Daniel P. Lathrop, University of Texas, Austin
Determinants on $CR$ manifolds: Terry Lohrenz, Rice University
The total Chern class is an infinite loop: Benjamin M. Mann, University of New Mexico
Topological properties of some attractors for cylinder maps: R. Daniel Mauldin, University of North Texas
The Denjoy problem in two dimensions: Alec Norton, University of Texas, Austin
The $p$ -Yang-Mills equations: Thomas Otway, University of Texas, Austin
The gradient flow for the Yang-Mills functional in two and three dimensions: Johan Råde, University of Texas, Austin
On the geometry of the moduli space of flat tori: Daniel B. Swearingen, Rice University
Schwarz' $P$ -surface is stable: Marty Ross, Rice University
Growth rates and knots: Daniel S. Silver, University of South Alabama
Bifurcation analysis of the Eckhaus instability: Laurette S. Tuckerman, University of Texas, Austin
Some Quasilinear systems with a lack of ellipticity: S. Walter Wei, University of Oklahoma
Lattice Invariants for Sofic Shifts: Susan G. Williams, University of South Alabama

Meeting 5: Texas A&M University, April 12-14, 1991

Hypersurfaces with prescribed mean curvature in Riemannian spaces: Ilya Bakelman, Texas A&M University
Homology cobordism and links: Tim Cochran, Rice University
Irreducible $4$ -manifolds need not be complex: Robert Gompf, University of Texas, Austin
Radon transforms and the geometry of convex sets: Paul Goodey, University of Oklahoma
Some new applications of harmonic maps to rigidity problems: Richard Schoen $*$ , Stanford University
A generalization of Riemann mappings to several complex variables: Stephen Semmes, Rice University
On the geometry and arithmetic of elliptic surfaces: Peter Stiller, Texas A&M University
Stable uniformization of $4$ -dimensional manifolds: Clifford Taubes $*$ , Harvard University

Meeting 6: University of Texas, Austin, October 18-20, 1991

A Harnack inequality for the $p$ -Laplacian diffusion equation: David Bao, University of Houston
From annulus conjecture to signal processing: Michael Freedman $*$ , University of California at San Diego
Positive diagrams for $3$ -manifolds: John Hempel, Rice University
The topology of moduli spaces and the Atiyah-Jones conjecture: Ben Mann, University of Texas, Austin
Pseudo-holomorphic curves in symplectic $4$ -manifolds: Dusa McDuff $*$ , New York University
Global Analysis: A subject before its time?: Karen Uhlenbeck, University of Texas, Austin
Capillary surfaces in wedges and cones: Tom Vogel, Texas A&M University

Meeting 7: The University of Houston, February 7-9, 1992

Development maps in CR and complex hyperbolic geometry: Dan Burns $*$ , University of Michigan
Closed $W$ -surfaces: S. S. Chern $*$ , University of California at Berkeley
Geometric and topological methods in the analysis of symmetry breaking: Mike Field $*$ , Sydney University
Spectral sequences via harmonic forms: Robin Forman, Rice University
Variations on the Chern-Simons form: Dan Freed, University of Texas, Austin
Currents, Metrics and Moishezon manifolds: Shanyu Ji, University of Houston
The geometry of constant mean curvature surfaces: Robert Kusner $*$ , University of Massachusetts
Symbolic dynamics in low-dimensional systems: Sheldon Newhouse $*$ , University of North Carolina
W-algebras and $W$ -strings: Chris Pope, Texas A&M University
The singular set of minimal surfaces and harmonic maps: Leon Simon $*$ , Stanford University

Meeting 8: San Antonio, Texas, January 13-16, 1993

American Mathematical Society, Winter Meeting, Special Session

Intersections of topologically tame Kleinian groups: James W. Anderson
Topological methods to compute Chern-Simons invariants: Dave Auckly, University of Texas, Austin
Movie diagrams and simplex equations: J. Scott Carter, University of South Alabama
Twistor theory for indefinite Kähler manifolds: Edward G. Dunne, Oklahoma State University
Non-hyperbolic manifolds obtained by Dehn surgery on an hyperbolic knot: Mario Eudave-Muñoz, Ciudad University, Mexico
Chern-Simons theory via path integrals: Dana S. Fine, University of Massachusetts
Floppy curess and applications to nonsingular real algebraic curves: Patrick M. Gilmer, Louisiana State University
Classifying sphere-foliated CMC submanifolds of space forms: William C. Jagy, Midwestern State University
Two-generator links: Amelia C. Jones, University of Oregon
Nonsimple geodesics in hyperbolic $3$ -manifolds: Kerry N. Jones, University of Texas, Austin
The Nielson theory of fibrations: Edward C. Keppelmann, Texas A&M University
Initial boundary value problems for the Ricci flow: Georgi Kamberov, Rice University
Volume preserving diffeomorphisms of a manifold with boundary: Guojun Liao, University of Texas, Arlington
Recent results in the holonomy manifolds with an affine connection: Robert McLean, Texas A&M University
Continuity of the Liouville form of metrics of non-positive curvatuere: Sassan Mohseni, University of Dallas
Homotopy unknotting number: Chris L. Morin, University of Texas, Austin
Least area tori in $3$ -manifolds: Max Neumann-Coto, University National Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico
Critical points of the determinant of the Laplace operator: Ken Richardson, Rice University
Curves in the boundary of a handlebody: Edith Starr, Rice University
Unlinked graphs in $3$ -manifolds: Ying-Quing Wu, University of Texas, Austin

Meeting 9: Rice University, April 16-18, 1993

Essential laminations in non-Haken $3$ -manifolds: Mark Brittenham, University of Texas, Austin
Harnack estimates for heat flows: Huai-Dong Cao, Texas A&M University
Topology of $2$ -knots and symplectic geometry: Yakov Eliashberg $*$ , Stanford University
Numerical invariants for knotted graphs: Rick Litherland, Louisiana State University
A random walk on the mapping class group and the boundary of Teichmuller space: Howard Masur $*$ , University of Illinois, Chicago
Detecting the symmetry of attractors: an approach based on ergodicity: Matthew Nicol, University of Houston
Detecting geometric and statistical properties of attractors: Amy Radunskaya, Rice University
p-harmonic maps with applications to topology geometry, and PDE's: Walter Wei, University of Oklahoma
Energy minimizing sections of bundles: Shiah-Sen Wang, Rice University
Chern currents of singular connectins associated with a compactified bundle: John Zweck, Rice University

Meeting 10: Texas A&M University, October 22-23, 1993

American Mathematical Society, Regional Meeting, Special Session

Defects of Schottky groups: James Anderson, Rice University
An irreducible homology sphere which is not Dehn: Dave Auckly, University of Texas, Austin
Existence of hypersurfaces of prescribed mean curvature: T. David Hendricks, Texas A&M University
Algebraic cycles as a topological group functor: Paulo Lima-Filho, Texas A&M University
the spectrum of the number operator in path space: Terry Lohrenz, Rice University
Moduli of singular Yang-Mills fields: Lorenzo Sadun, University of Texas, Austin
Complete constant mean curvature surfaces in hyperbolic space: Yoshi Tonegawa, Rice University
Dipole solutions to the meron problem: Karen Uhlenbeck, University of Texas, Austin
A matrix for computing the Jones polynomial of a knot: Louis Zulli, Rice University

Meeting 11: University of Texas, April 15-17, 1994

Symplectic Floer homology operations: Martin Betz, University of Texas, Austin
2-spheres and the Donaldson series: Robert Fintushel $*$ , Michigan State University
Symmetry attractors: Martin Golubitsky, University of Houston
Spectral geometry on Riemannian nilmanifolds: Ruth Gornet, Texas Tech University
The geometry of instanton moduli spaces on spheres and ruled surfaces: James Milgram $*$ , University of New Mexico
Singular Yamabe metrics and constant mean curvature: Dan Pollack, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
Topological embeddings of $2$ -spheres in $4$ -manifolds: Richard Stong, Rice University
Panel Discussion: Undergraduate research: Moderator: Hugo Rossi $*$ , University of Utah

Meeting 12: Texas A&M University, November 11-13, 1994

A possible approach to the geometrization conjecture: Andrew Casson $*$ , University of California, Berkeley
The National Science and Technology Research Center for Computation and Visualization of Geometric Structures: a postdoc's perspective: Davide Cervone $*$ , The Geometry Center
Late breaking news in gauge theory: Dan Freed, University of Texas, Austin
Cutting and pasting symplectic manifolds: Robert Gompf, University of Texas, Austin
Problems on the Ricci flow on $3$ -manifolds: Richard Hamilton $*$ , University of California, San Diego
On Riemann's mapping problem: Shanyu Ji, University of Houston
On moving families: Blaine Lawson $*$ , SUNY at Stony Brook
Crystalline surface diffusion: Jean Taylor $*$ , Rutgers University
Bounded harmonic forms on complete manifolds: DaGang Yang, Tulane University

Meeting 13: Rice University, April 7-9, 1995

A geometric interpretation of smooth Deligne cohomology: Pawel Gajer, Texas A&M University
Which knot has the most exceptional surgeries?: Cameron Gordon, University of Texas, Austin
Coarse chaos: Steve Hurder $*$ , University of Illinois, Chicago
The Seibert-Witten equations and the topology of four-manifolds: Tom Mrowka $*$ , California Institute of Technology
Index theory on odd-dimensional manifolds: Efton Park, Texas Christian University
Von Neumann's inequality, completely bounded maps, and the Caratheodory and Kobayashi metrics: Vern Paulsen, University of Houston
Delaunay partitions: William Veech, Rice University
Panel Discussion: Helping minorities and first generation collegians succeed in freshman mathematics: Moderator: Uri Treisman, University of Texas, Austin

Meeting 14: University of Texas, Austin, November 10-12, 1995

Scalar curvature and geometrization for $3$ -manifolds: Mike Anderson $*$ , State University of New York, Stony Brook
Hyperbolic convex hulls: Francis Bonahon $*$ , University of Southern California
Recognizing constant curvature groups from planar subdivision rules: Jim Cannon $*$ , Brigham Young University
A nilpotent classification of closed $3$ -manifolds: Mike Freedman $*$ , University of California, San Diego
Computing least area hypersurfaces spanning arbitrary boundaries: Jon Pitts, Texas A&M University
Supersymmetric maps and the topology of Calabi-Yau manifolds: David Morrison $*$ , Duke University
Singular incompressible surfaces in $3$ -manifolds: Hyam Rubinstein $*$ , University of Melbourne

Meeting 15: University of Houston, February 23-25, 1996

Welcoming Remarks: S. S. Chern $*$ , Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
The geometry of Finsler surfaces of constant curvature: Robert Bryant $*$ , Duke University
Manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded below: Jeff Cheeger $*$ , Courant Institute
Atomic sections and Chern currents: Reese Harvy, Rice University
On the Gauss map of minimal surfaces in $n$ -dimensional Euclidean space: Min Ru, University of Houston
Aperiodic tiling and pinwheel geometry: Lorenzo Sadun, University of Texas, Austin
Rigidty of stable minimal hypersurfaces: Ying Shen, Texas A&M University
Topology of complete manioflds with non-negative Ricci curvature: Zhongmin Shen $*$ , I.U.P.U.I.
Special Presentation: Teaching ODE's using new technology: John Polking, Rice University

Meeting 16: Rice University, October 11-13, 1996

Homotopy hyperbolic $3$ -manifolds are hyperbolic: Mladen Bestvina $*$ , University of Utah
Two theorems of Bernstein type: Huai-Dong Cao, Texas A&M University
Weyl type bounds for harmonic functions: Toby Colding $*$ , New York University
Harmonic and quasi-harmonic spheres: Fanghua Lin $*$ , University of Chicago
Homotopy hyperbolic $3$ -manifolds are hyperbolic: Robert Meyerhoff $*$ , Boston College
Closed essential surfaces in bounded $3$ -manifolds: Alan Reid, University of Texas, Austin
A maximally contractive map from $Z$ ² to $Z$ ³: Richard Stong, Rice University
Two interesting geometric evolution equations: Karen Uhlenbeck, University of Texas, Austin

Meeting 17: Texas Christian University, February 7-9, 1997

Combinatorial Differential Topology and Geometry: Robin Forman, Harvard University and Rice University
On $4$ -Dimensional Einstein Manifolds: Claude LeBrun $*$ , SUNY Stony Brook
Generating functions for Euler-Chow invariants of projective varieties: Paulo Lima-Filho, Texas A&M University
Diffeomorphisms of $3$ -Manifolds: Darryl McCullough, University of Oklahoma
The Determinant of the Laplacian for $3$ -Manifolds: Kate Okikiolu $*$ , MIT and Princeton University
Secrets of the Signature Operator: Jonathan Rosenberg $*$ , University of Maryland
Metric Fibrations in Spaces of Nonnegative Curvature: Gerard Walschap, University of Oklahoma
Virtual Haken Dehn Surgery on Knots in Reducible $3$ -Manifolds: Xingru Zhang, Oklahoma State University
Panel Discussion: Research Experiences for Undergraduates: Ara Basmajian, University of Oklahoma

Meeting 18: Rice University, November 14-16, 1997

Finite Type Invariants for $3$ -Manifolds: Tim Cochran, Rice University
Spinors and Collapsing: John Lott $*$ , University of Michigan
Hyperbolic Laminations Associated with Rational Maps: Mikhail Lyubich $*$ , SUNY Stony Brook
On Representation Varieties of Artin Groups, Projective Arrangements, and the Fundamental Groups of Smooth Complex Varieties: John Millson $*$ , University of Maryland, College Park
On the Smooth Continuum Model Used in Geometry and the Natural Sciences: Dennis Sullivan $*$ , CUNY Graduate Center and SUNY Stony Brook
Two Parameter Graphics for $3$ -Manifolds and Knots: Abby Thompson $*$ , University of California, Davis
Arithmetic Groups and Variational Problems for Riemannian Manifolds: Shmuel Weinberger $*$ , University of Chicago

Meeting 19: University of Houston, April 24-26, 1998

Lattice Gauge Field Theory and Quantum Invariants: Doug Bullock $*$ , University of Maryland
Quadrispin Geometry and the Dynamics of a Unified Field: Marcus Cohen $*$ , New Mexico State University
Differential Geometry, Computers and Today's Science Majors: John Oprea $*$ , Cleveland State University
Parallel Bundles and Symmetric Spaces: Lorenzo Sadun, University of Texas
The Geometry of the Honeybee's Dance Language: Barbara Shipman $*$ , University of Rochester
Convex Polytopes and Momentum Mappings in the Geometry of Generalized Flag Manifolds: a Physical Interpretation and Connections with Honeybee: Barbara Shipman $*$ , University of Rochester
Convex polytopes and torus actions on generalized flag manifolds in the geometry of a completely integrable dynamical system: Barbara Shipman $*$ , University of Rochester
Equivariant Cohomology, Localization and Applications: Jian Zhou, Texas A&M University

Meeting 20: University of Texas, October 16-18, 1998

The Geometry of Balance: Dave Auckly $*$ , Kansas State University
The Concept of Energy in Symplectic Geometry: Helmut Hofer $*$ , Courant Institute
Integrable Systems and Surfaces: Jacques Hurtubise $*$ , McGill University
Singularities and String Theory: Sheldon Katz $*$ , Oklahoma State University
A "Regular" Pentagonal Tiling of the Plane: Ken Stephenson $*$ , University of Tennessee
Sympletic Rational Blowdowns: Margaret Symington, University of Texas at Austin
The Plateau Problem for Lagrangian Surfaces: Jon Wolfson $*$ , Michigan State University

Meeting 21: Texas Tech University, February 26-28, 1999

Locally free Kleinian groups and hyperbolic manifolds: Jim Anderson $*$ , University of Southampton and Rice University
Einstein manifolds via contact geometry: Charles Boyer $*$ , University of New Mexico
Spectral theory for some noncompact manifolds: Tanya Christiansen $*$ , University of Missouri - Columbia
Geometry of two-step nilpotent Lie groups: Patrick Eberlein $*$ , University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Immersed surfaces transverse to pseudo-Anosov flows and virtual fibers: Sergio Fenley $*$ , Washington University in St. Louis
The Hitchin-Thorpe inequality for noncompact 4-manifolds: Peter Petersen $*$ , University of California - Los Angeles
Group actions and the heat equation: Ken Richardson, Texas Christian University
Legendrian Tangles: Lisa Traynor $*$ , Bryn Mawr

Meeting 22: Texas A&M University, November 12-14, 1999

Actions and anomalies: Dan Freed, University of Texas at Austin
Potential function of a Calabi-Yau threefold: Bong Lian $*$ , Brandeis University
Singular Monge-Ampere equations and critical exponent problems: Rafe Mazzeo $*$ , Stanford University
Embedded minimal tori in $3$ -manifolds and applications: Bill Minicozzi $*$ , Johns Hopkins University
Quasi-minimizing surfaces and applications to sets with topological nondegeneracy: Stephen Semmes, Rice University
Surfaces in smooth and symplectic -manifolds: Ron Stern $*$ , University of California, Irvine
Geometry of the $n$ -wave equation: Chuu-Lian Terng $*$ , Northeastern University
Kahler Ricci solitons: Gang Tian $*$ , MIT

Meeting 23: The University of Texas at Austin, February 25-27, 2000

Taut foliations with one-sided branching: Danny Calegari $*$ , University of California, Berkeley
Compact non-Lie group actions: Bob Edwards $*$ , University of California, Los Angeles
Topologically characterizing symplectic manifolds: Bob Gompf, University of Texas, Austin
Stack intersection numbers as a measure of complexity for splittings of 3-manifolds: John Hempel, Rice University
A priori bounds for hyperbolic Dehn surgery: Steve Kerckhoff $*$ , Stanford University
Recognizing bundle covers of some 3-manifolds: Hyam Rubinstein $*$ , University of Melbourne and Stanford University
A survey on von Neumann signatures: Peter Teichner $*$ , University of California, San Diego
Quantization of the Hitchin system: Constantin Teleman, University of Texas at Austin

Meeting 24: Rice University, November 10-12, 2000

Bounding the degree of maps: Chris Connell $*$ , University of Illinois, Chicago
Periods of abelian differentials and dynamics: Misha Kapovich $*$ , University of Utah
Laminar branched surfaces in 3-manifolds: Tao Li, The University of Texas, Austin
Heat kernel, symplectic geometry, moduli spaces, and finite groups: Kefeng Liu $*$ , Stanford University
Critical points of eigenfunctions: Nikolai Nadirashvili $*$ , University of Chicago
Random trees and moduli of curves: Andrei Okounkov $*$ , University of California, Berkeley
The geometry of spaces of finite trees: Karen Vogtmann $*$ , Cornell University
Vertex algebras in differential geometry: Jian Zhou $*$ , M.I.T.

Meeting 25: Texas Christian University, February 23-25, 2001

A generic geometric property of constant curvature 3-manifolds: Ara Basmajian, University of Oklahoma
Computing conformal structures of curved surfaces: Phil Bowers $*$ , Florida State University
The differential invariant related to the first value of the Laplacian: Leonid Friedlander $*$ , University of Arizona
Kauffman bracket skein modules and character varieties: Razvan Gelca, Texas Tech University
Equivariant dimensional reduction and the Bott-Borel-Weil theorem: Franz Kamber $*$ , University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Topological implications of amenability: John Roe $*$ , The Pennsylvania State University
The ABC Conjecture implies Vojta's height inequality for curves: Machiel van Frankenhuysen $*$ , Rutgers University
Some geometric and analytical questions relating to global injectivity: Frederico Xavier $*$ , University of Notre Dame

Meeting 26: Texas A&M University, November 2-4, 2001

Plane like minimal surfaces in periodic media, and related problems: Luis Caffarelli, University of Texas, Austin
Geometric estimates for the logarithmic porous medium equation: Richard Hamilton $*$ , Columbia University and University of California, Irvine
Bubbling, bubbles, and scans: Robert Hardt, Rice University
Neck pinching in mean curvature flow: Gerhart Huisken $*$ , University of Tuebingen
Twisted multiplicative transfers and characteristic classes: Paulo Lima-Filho, Texas A&M University
Mathematical results inspired by physics: Kefeng Liu $*$ , University of California, Los Angeles
Conformal invariants and a sphere theorem: Paul Yang $*$ , Princeton University

Meeting 27: Texas Tech University, April 5-7, 2002

Heat kernel asymptotics: Ivan Avramidi, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Spectral rigidity of Fuchsian groups of small signature: Peter Buser $*$ , Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Geodesics in nilpotent groups: Lisa DeMeyer, Oklahoma State University
Making quantization and pseudodifferential operators geometrically correct: Stephen Fulling, Texas A&M University
Tying knots with spaghetti: Rob Kusner $*$ , University of Massachussets, Amherst
Orbifolds, gerbes, and Deligne cohomology: Ernesto Lupercio $*$ , University of Wisconsin, Madison
Seiberg-Witten invariants and surface singurlarities: Liviu Nicolaescu $*$ , University of Notre Dame
Determinants of Laplacians, scattering poles, and isopolar sets of Riemann surfaces: Peter A. Perry $*$ , University of Kentucky, Lexington

Meeting 28: The University of Texas at Austin, October 11-13, 2002

Improved Kato inequalities and geometric applications: Jean Pierre Bourguignon $*$ , Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques
Moduli spaces of augmented bundles: theory and practice: Steven Bradlow $*$ , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Zeta Function for the Quintic Threefold: Philip Candelas, University of Texas, Austin
Geometry of large N-dualities: Antonella Grassi $*$ , University of Pennsylvania
On integrable systems and cohomological field theories: Takashi Kimura $*$ , Boston University and Institute for Advanced Study
Yamabe invariants of three manifolds: Rick Schoen $*$ , Stanford University
Geometric Dispersive Equations: Jalal Shatah $*$ , Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Instabilities and interquark forces: Clifford Taubes $*$ , Harvard University

Meeting 29: University of Houston, February 21-23, 2003

Minkowski geometry, curve shortening, and flow by weighted mean curvature: Michael Gage $*$ , University of Rochester
Numerical methods for the Dirichlet problem for the two-dimensional elliptic Monge-Ampere equation: from augmented Lagrangians to incompressible Navier-Stokes equations solution methods: Roland Glowinski, University of Houston
Flipping the moduli space of curves: Brendan Hassett, Rice University
Mirror symmetry, Langlands duality, and representations of finite groups of Lie type: Tamas Hausel, The University of Texas at Austin
Scalar curvature and Deligne pairing: Jacob Sturm $*$ , Rutgers University,
Geometry and topology of manifolds with positive spectrum: Jiaping Wang $*$ , University of Minnesota
p-adic Monge-Ampere equations and related problems: Pit-Mann Wong $*$ , Univeristy of Notre Dame

Meeting 30: Rice University, October 31-November 2, 2003

The fundamental group of the space of smooth cubic surfaces: Daniel Allcock, The University of Texas at Austin
Asymptotics of random discrete interfaces: Richard Kenyon $*$ , Universit'e Paris-Sud and Princeton University
Geometric transitions and integrable systems: Peter Ozsv'ath $*$ , Columbia University
Floer homology and Dehn fillings: Tony Pantev $*$ , University of Pennsylvania
Asymptotic intersection numbers and restricted volumes: Mihnea Popa $*$ , Harvard University
Sections of algebraic fibrations: Jason Starr $*$ , M.I.T.
Some examples of virtually Haken and virtually fibered three-manifolds: Genevieve Walsh, The University of Texas at Austin
Mean curvature flows of Lagrangian submanifolds: Mu-Tao Wang $*$ , Columbia University

Meeting 31: Texas Christian University, February 27-29, 2004

Knots with unknotting number 1: Cameron Gordon, The University of Texas at Austin
Index theory and non-commutative geometry: James Heitsch $*$ , University of Illinois, Chicago
Rigidity of weakly hyperbolic standard actions of lattices in rank one Lie groups on nilmanifolds: Theron J. Hitchman, Rice University
Towards a synthetic notion of Ricci curvature: John Lott $*$ , University of Michigan
Happy fractals: Stephen Semmes, Rice University
Spherical rank rigidity and Blaschke manifolds: Krishnan Shankar $*$ , University of Oklahoma
Spectral properties of Schrodinger operators: Mikhail Shubin $*$ , Northeastern University
Lorentz conformal structures and the wave equation: Magdalena Toda, Texas Tech University