2015-2016 Annual Report
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Institute(for(Computational(and(Experimental(Research(in(Mathematics( Annual Report May 1, 2015 – January 31, 2016 Jill Pipher, Director Jeffrey Hoffstein, Consulting Associate Director Sinai Robins, Deputy Director Bjorn Sandstede, Associate Director Homer Walker, Deputy Director Ulrica Wilson, Associate Director for Diversity and Outreach ! 1! Table of Contents! ICERM’s(Reporting(Dates(........................................................................................................(6! Mission(..................................................................................................................................(6! Core(Programs(and(Events(......................................................................................................(6! Virtual(Institute(of(Mathematical(and(Statistical(Sciences(VI@MSS(...........................................(7! Participant(Summaries(by(Program(Type(................................................................................(9! ICERM!Funded!Participants!..................................................................................................................................................!9! All!Participants!ICERM!funded!and!Non=ICERM!funded!.......................................................................................!10! ICERM!Funded!Speakers!.....................................................................................................................................................!11! All!Speakers!ICERM!funded!and!Non=ICERM!funded!..............................................................................................!12! ICERM!Funded!Postdoctoral!Fellows!and!Postdoctoral!visitors!........................................................................!13! All!Postdocs!ICERM!funded!and!Non=ICERM!funded!..............................................................................................!14! ICERM!Funded!Graduate!Students!..................................................................................................................................!15! All!Graduate!Students!ICERM!funded!and!Non=ICERM!funded!..........................................................................!16! ICERM!Funded!VI=MSS!Attendees!...................................................................................................................................!17! Additional!Participant!Data!................................................................................................................................................!18! Semester'Program'Length'of'Visits'..................................................................................................................................'18! Primary'Field'of'Interest'.......................................................................................................................................................'18! Academic'Breakdown'.............................................................................................................................................................'19! All'Semester'Attendees'US'Based'VS'Foreign'Based'.................................................................................................'19! All'Semester'Program'Workshop'Attendees'US'Based'VS'Foreign'Based'.......................................................'20! All'Topical'Workshop'Attendees'US'Based'VS'Foreign'Based'..............................................................................'20! Semester(Programs(...............................................................................................................(21! Semester!Program!Process!.................................................................................................................................................!21! 1.'Solicitation'of'Proposals'...................................................................................................................................................'21! 2.'Proposal'Selection'...............................................................................................................................................................'22! 3.'Selection'of'LongGterm'Visitors/Research'Fellows'...............................................................................................'22! 4.'Offers'to'Research'Fellows'...............................................................................................................................................'22! 5.'Semester'Workshops'..........................................................................................................................................................'22! 6.'Application'Process'............................................................................................................................................................'22! 7.'Applicant'Selection'.............................................................................................................................................................'22! Financial!Decisions!for!Semester!Programs!...............................................................................................................!23! Opening,!“Middle”!and!Closing!Events!..........................................................................................................................!23! Fall(2015(Semester(Program(..................................................................................................(24! Fall!Semester!2015:!Computational!Aspects!of!the!Langlands!Program!.......................................................!24! Workshop'1:'Modular'Forms'and'Curves'of'Low'Genus:'Computational'Aspects'.......................................'25! Workshop'2:'Explicit'Methods'for'Modularity'of'K3'Surfaces'and'Other'Higher'Weight'Motives'.......'26! Workshop'3:'Computational'Aspects'of'LGfunctions'.................................................................................................'28! All'Visitors'to'Fall'2015'Semester'Program'.................................................................................................................'29! Topical(Workshops(................................................................................................................(37! 1.'Solicitation'of'Topical'Workshop'Proposals'............................................................................................................'37! 2.'Proposal'Selection'...............................................................................................................................................................'37! 3.'Recommendation'of'Speakers'........................................................................................................................................'37! 4.'Invitations'to'Speakers'.....................................................................................................................................................'37! 5.'Application'Process'............................................................................................................................................................'38! ! 2! 6.'Applicant'Selection'.............................................................................................................................................................'38! Financial!Decisions!for!Topical!Workshops!................................................................................................................!38! Topical(and(Special(Workshops,(May(1,(2015(through(January(31,(2016(................................(38! Topical!Workshop!1:!Integrability!in!Mechanics!and!Geometry:!Theory!and!Computations!...............!38! Workshop'1'Participants'......................................................................................................................................................'38! Topical!Workshop!2:!Computational!Geometric!Topology!in!Arrangement!Theory!................................!40! Workshop'2'Participants'......................................................................................................................................................'40! Topical!Workshop!3:!Computational!and!Analytical!Aspects!of!Image!Reconstruction!..........................!42! Workshop'3'Participants'......................................................................................................................................................'42! Topical!Workshop!4:!Mathematics!in!Data!Science!.................................................................................................!44! Workshop'4'Participants'......................................................................................................................................................'45! Topical!Workshop!5:!Numerical!Methods!for!Large=Scale!Nonlinear!Problems!and!Their! Applications!..............................................................................................................................................................................!48! Workshop'5'Participants'......................................................................................................................................................'49! Special!Workshop/Event!1:!The!Tony!and!Pat!Houghton!Conference!on!Non=Equilibrium!Statistical! Mechanics!...................................................................................................................................................................................!52!