Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics Annual Report May 1, 2016 – April 30, 2017 Brendan Hassett, Director Mathew Borton, IT Director Jeff Brock, Associate Director Ruth Crane, Assistant Director Jeffrey Hoffstein, Consulting Associate Director Caroline Klivans, Associate Director Jill Pipher, 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 Mission ......................................................................................................................................................... 5 Core Programs and Events ............................................................................................................................. 5 Participant Summaries by Program Type ....................................................................................................... 8 ICERM Funded Participants .................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 All Participants (ICERM funded and Non-ICERM funded) ....................................................................................................................... 9 ICERM Funded Speakers ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 All Speakers (ICERM funded and Non-ICERM funded) .......................................................................................................................... 11 ICERM Funded Postdocs ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 All Postdocs (ICERM funded and Non-ICERM funded) .......................................................................................................................... 13 ICERM Funded Graduate Students .................................................................................................................................................................. 14 All Graduate Students (ICERM funded and Non-ICERM funded) ...................................................................................................... 15 Additional Participant Data ................................................................................................................................................................................ 16 Semester Program Length of Visits .................................................................................................................................................................. 16 Primary Field of Interest ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Academic Breakdown ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 17 All Semester Attendees US Based VS Foreign Based ................................................................................................................................. 17 All Semester Program Workshop Attendees US Based VS Foreign Based ....................................................................................... 18 All Topical Workshop Attendees US Based VS Foreign Based .............................................................................................................. 18 Semester Programs ..................................................................................................................................... 19 Semester Program Process ................................................................................................................................................................................. 19 1. Solicitation of Proposals ................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 2. Proposal Selection ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 3. Selection of Long-term Visitors/Research Fellows ............................................................................................................................... 20 4. Offers to Research Fellows ............................................................................................................................................................................... 20 5. Semester Workshops .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 6. Application Process ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 20 7. Applicant Selection ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 21 Financial Decisions for Semester Programs ............................................................................................................................................... 21 Opening, “Middle” and Closing Events .......................................................................................................................................................... 21 2016-2017 Semester Programs .................................................................................................................... 22 Fall Semester 2016: Topology in Motion ...................................................................................................................................................... 22 Workshop 1: Unusual Configuration Spaces ................................................................................................................................................ 23 Fall Semester Workshop 1 Participants ......................................................................................................................................................... 24 Workshop 2: Stochastic Topology and Thermodynamic Limits .......................................................................................................... 26 Fall Semester Workshop 2 Participants ......................................................................................................................................................... 27 Workshop 3: Topology and Geometry in a Discrete Setting .................................................................................................................. 30 Fall Semester Workshop 3 Participants ......................................................................................................................................................... 30 All Long-term Visitors to Fall 2016 Semester Program .......................................................................................................................... 34 Spring Semester 2017: Singularities and Waves in Incompressible Fluids .................................................................................. 38 Workshop 1: Dynamics of Small Scales in Fluids ....................................................................................................................................... 38 Spring Semester Workshop 1 Participants ................................................................................................................................................... 39 Workshop 2: Making a Splash - Droplets, Jets and Other Singularities ............................................................................................ 42 Spring Semester Workshop 2 Participants ................................................................................................................................................... 42 Workshop 3: Computational Aspects of Water Waves ............................................................................................................................ 45 Spring Semester Workshop 3 Participants ................................................................................................................................................... 45 Workshop 4: Water Waves ................................................................................................................................................................................... 46 Spring Semester Workshop 4 Participants ................................................................................................................................................... 47 All Long-term Visitors to Spring 2017 Semester Program .................................................................................................................... 50 Topical Workshops .....................................................................................................................................