Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics Annual Report August 1, 2011 – July 31, 2012 Jill Pipher, Director Jeffrey Brock, Deputy Director Jan Hesthaven, Deputy Director Jeffrey Hoffstein, Consulting Associate Director Govind Menon, Associate Director, Special Projects (VI-MSS) Bjorn Sandstede, Associate Director Table of Contents Letter from the Director ............................................................................................... 5 Mission ........................................................................................................................ 8 Core Programs and Events ........................................................................................... 8 Virtual Institute of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (VI-MSS) ............................ 10 Participant Summaries by Program Type .................................................................... 12 ICERM Funded Participants ................................................................................................................................ 12 All Participants (ICERM funded and Non-ICERM funded) .................................................................... 13 All Speakers (ICERM funded and Non-ICERM funded) .......................................................................... 15 All Postdocs (ICERM funded and Non-ICERM funded) ........................................................................... 17 All Graduate Students (ICERM funded and Non-ICERM funded) ....................................................... 19 Additional Participant Data ................................................................................................................................ 20 Length of Visits ......................................................................................................................................................... 20 Primary Field of Interest: ..................................................................................................................................... 20 Academic Breakdown: ........................................................................................................................................... 21 Applied Attendees VS Invited Attendees: ....................................................................................................... 21 Female Applied Attendees VS Female Invited Attendees: ...................................................................... 22 Semester Programs .................................................................................................... 22 Semester Program Process ................................................................................................................................. 22 1. Solicitation of Proposals: ................................................................................................................................. 22 2. Proposal Selection: ............................................................................................................................................. 23 3. Selection of Long-term Visitors/Research Fellows .............................................................................. 23 4. Offers to Research Fellows .............................................................................................................................. 23 5. Semester Workshops ......................................................................................................................................... 23 6. Application Process ............................................................................................................................................ 24 7. Applicant Selection ............................................................................................................................................. 24 Financial Decisions for Semester Programs ................................................................................................ 24 Opening, “Middle” and Closing Events ........................................................................................................... 24 2011-2012 Semester Programs ................................................................................... 25 Fall Semester 2011: Kinetic Theory: Analysis and Computation ....................................................... 25 Workshop 1: Vlasov Models in Kinetic Theory ............................................................................................ 26 Workshop 2: Novel Applications of Kinetic Theory and Computation ............................................. 28 Workshop 3: Boltzmann Models in Kinetic Theory .................................................................................. 29 Fall 2011 Participants by Length of Stay ...................................................................................................... 31 Spring Semester 2012: Complex and Arithmetic Dynamics ................................................................. 38 Workshop 1: Complex and p-adic Dynamics ............................................................................................... 39 Workshop 2: Global Arithmetic Dynamics .................................................................................................... 41 Workshop 3: Moduli Spaces Associated to Dynamical Systems .......................................................... 42 Spring 2012 Participants by Length of Stay ................................................................................................ 44 Topical Workshops ..................................................................................................... 52 1. Solicitation of Topical Workshop Proposals: .......................................................................................... 52 2. Proposal Selection: ............................................................................................................................................. 52 3. Recommendation of Speakers ....................................................................................................................... 53 4. Invitations to Speakers ..................................................................................................................................... 53 2 5. Application Process ............................................................................................................................................ 53 6. Applicant Selection ............................................................................................................................................. 53 Financial Decisions for Topical Workshops ................................................................................................ 53 VI-MSS Topical Workshops ......................................................................................... 54 Topical Workshops in 2011-2012 ................................................................................ 54 Topical Workshop #1: Mathematical Aspects of P versus NP and its Variants ........................... 54 Topical Workshop (P vs NP) Participants .................................................................................................... 55 Topical Workshop #2: Cluster Algebras and Statistical Physics ........................................................ 57 Topical Workshop (Cluster Algebras) Participants ................................................................................. 58 Topical Workshop #3: Synchronization-reducing and Communication-reducing Algorithms and Programming models for Large-scale Simulations ......................................................................... 62 Topical Workshop (Synchronization-reducing and Communication-reducing Algorithms and Programming models for Large-scale Simulations) Participants ............................................ 63 VI-MSS Workshops ..................................................................................................... 65 Workshop: Mathematical and Statistical Aspects of Cryptography (Kolkata, India) ................ 65 2012 VI-MSS Workshop (Mathematical and Statistical Aspects of Cryptography) Participants ................................................................................................................................................................ 66 Semester Program and Topical Workshop Promotion ................................................ 67 Organization/Infrastructure ....................................................................................... 68 Board of Trustees (BoT) ....................................................................................................................................... 68 Scientific Advisory Board .................................................................................................................................... 69 Education Advisory Board .................................................................................................................................. 70 Mathematics Institute Directors Meeting (MIDs) ..................................................................................... 71 Postdoctoral Program ................................................................................................ 71 2011-2012 ICERM Postdoctoral Cohort: .....................................................................................................