NCGOA Spring Institute 2016
May 17-25, 2016
Universität Bonn, Germany

Tuesday, May 17
11:00-12:00Remi Boutonnet
  A few basics on von Neumann algebras (1)
14:00-15:00Emily Peters
  The classification of small-index subfactors (1)
15:10-16:00Alain Valette
  Expanders and box spaces
16:30-17:20David Kyed
  Polynomial cohomology and nilpotent groups
Wednesday, May 18
9:30-10:30Remi Boutonnet
  A few basics on von Neumann algebras (2)
11:00-12:00Emily Peters
  The classification of small-index subfactors (2)
14:00-15:00Dimitri Shlyakhtenko
  Free probability and von Neumann algebras (1)
15:10-16:00Henry Tucker
  Frobenius-Schur indicators and modular data for singly-generated fusion categories
16:30-17:20Nikhil Srivastava
  Ramanujan graphs from finite free convolutions
17:30-18:20Stuart White
  Quasidiagonality and amenability
Thursday, May 19
9:30-10:30Remi Boutonnet
  A few basics on von Neumann algebras (3)
11:00-12:00Dimitri Shlyakhtenko
  Free probability and von Neumann algebras (2)
14:00-15:00Adrian Ioana
  Applications of asymptotic properties of group actions and II1 factors (1)
15:10-16:00Narutaka Ozawa
  A remark on fullness of some group measure space von Neumann algebras
16:30-17:20Brent Nelson
  On finite free Fisher information for eigenvectors of the modular operator
Friday, May 20
9:30-10:30Dimitri Shlyakhtenko
  Free probability and von Neumann algebras (3)
11:00-12:00Adrian Ioana
  Applications of asymptotic properties of group actions and II1 factors (2)
14:00-15:00Emily Peters
  The classification of small-index subfactors (3)
15:10-16:00Scott Morrison
  The modular data for the extended Haagerup subfactor
16:30-17:20Dietmar Bisch
  Singly generated planar algebras
17:30-18:20Corey Jones
  Annular representation theory and analytic properties for rigid C*-tensor categories
Saturday, May 21
9:30-10:30Adrian Ioana
  Applications of asymptotic properties of group actions and II1 factors (3)
11:00-12:00Dan Voiculescu
  Free probability for pairs of faces (1)
14:00-15:00Masaki Izumi
  An operator algebra approach to the classification of certain fusion categories (1)
15:10-16:00Terry Gannon
  A VOA for the Haagerup?
16:30-17:20Yasuyuki Kawahigashi
  Subfactors and gapped domain walls between topological phases
Monday, May 23
9:30-10:30Stefaan Vaes
  II1 factors with exactly two crossed product decompositions (1)
11:00-12:00Masaki Izumi
  An operator algebra approach to the classification of certain fusion categories (2)
14:00-15:00Dan Voiculescu
  Free probability for pairs of faces (2)
15:10-16:00Roland Speicher
  Quantum groups with partial commutation relations
16:30-17:20Daniel Hoff
  Von Neumann's problem and extensions of non-amenable equivalence relations
Tuesday, May 24
9:30-10:30Masaki Izumi
  An operator algebra approach to the classification of certain fusion categories (3)
11:00-12:00Stefaan Vaes
  II1 factors with exactly two crossed product decompositions (2)
14:00-14:50Cyril Houdayer
  Strong solidity and classification of free Araki-Woods factors
15:00-15:50Jesse Peterson
  Character rigidity for lattices in higher-rank groups
16:20-17:10Ben Hayes
  Pinsker product formula for sofic groups
Wednesday, May 25
9:30-10:30Stefaan Vaes
  II1 factors with exactly two crossed product decompositions (3)
11:00-11:50Paul Skoufranis
  A Brief Overview of Bi-Free Probability
12:00-12:50Sorin Popa
  Approximating freeness under constraints