Y. Kawahigashi (Tokyo)
S. Popa (UCLA)
D. Shlyakhtenko (UCLA)
Wednesday 14 May 2003 09:00-09:45 Kadison An Introduction to the Theory of Von Neumann Algebras 09:50-10:35 Ozawa Some prime factorization results for type II1 factors 10:40-11:25 Popa The amenability-rigidity antimony in the study of type II1 factors 11:30-12:00 N. Brown Connes' Embedding Problem and Lance's WEP 14:00-14:45 Doplicher Geometry of Quantum Spacetime 14:50-15:35 Ocneanu Quantum Subgroups and Canonical Bases 15:45-16:30 A. Wassermann Von Neumann algebras and loop groups 16:35-17:05 Landstad Compact, open subgroups of a quantum group and multiplier Hopf *-algebras 17:15-18:00 Izumi Group-subgroup subfactors Thursday 15 May 2003 09:00-09:45 Jones The planar structure of subfactors 09:50-10:35 Bisch Singly Generated Planar Algebras and Subfactors 10:40-11:25 Kawahigashi Classification of 2-dimensional conformal field theories and 2-cohomology vanishing for tensor categories 11:30-12:00 Xu Conformal nets and strong additivity 14:00-14:45 Longo A Dichotomy in Conformal Field Theory 14:50-15:35 Schmidt On some of the differences between Z and Z2 15:40-16:25 Monod Rigidity in measure equivalence and orbit equivalence 16:30-17:00 Choda Compressions of automorphisms on II1 factors 17:05-17:35 Digernes Some phenomena in the vacuum sector of an unconventional quantum system Friday 16 May 2003 09:00-09:45 Araki A commuting family of conditional expectations for Fermion C*-algebras and applications to equilibrium statistical mechanics 09:50-10:35 Ge Markov process in free probability 10:40-11:25 Shlyakhtenko Some estimates for non-microstates free entropy dimension 11:30-12:00 Bercovici Regularity of free convolutions 14:00-14:30 Ueda A construction of von Neumann algebras related to combinatorial group theory 14:40-15:10 Dykema Invariant subspaces of DT-operators 15:20-15:50 Matsui On non-equilibrium steady states of quantum spin models 16:00-16:30 Hiai Shlyakhtenko's algebras and ultracontractivity of Ornstein-Uhlenbeck semigroup Saturday 17 May 2003 09:00-09:45 Pedersen Trace Inequalities in Several Variables 09:50-10:35 Arveson Asymptotic stability of completely positive maps 10:40-11:10 Christensen Spectral triples for UHF C*-algebras 11:15-11:45 Smith Asymptotic stability of completely positive maps 14:00-14:30 Boca Some spectral computations in rotation algebras 14:35-15:05 Kosaki One-parameter versions of the Heinz inequality 15:10-15:40 Sherman Analytic and algebraic aspects of noncommutative Lp spaces