The Eighth Spring Institute on Noncommutative Geometry and Operator Algebras
von Neumann algebras

May 10-19, 2010, Vanderbilt University, U.S.A.

Monday,     May 10
9:30-10:30Cyril Houdayer (CNRS, ENS Lyon)
  An introduction to II1 factors I
11:00-12:00Vaughan Jones (UC Berkeley)
  The canonical rings of a subfactor I
14:00-15:00Cyril Houdayer (CNRS, ENS Lyon)
  An introduction to II1 factors II
15:10-16:00Ken Dykema (Texas A&M)
  On matricial microstates, Connes' embedding problem and sofic groups
Tuesday,     May 11
9:30-10:30Vaughan Jones (UC Berkeley)
  The canonical rings of a subfactor II
11:00-12:00Cyril Houdayer (CNRS, ENS Lyon)
  An introduction to II1 factors III
14:00-15:00Dimitri Shlyakhtenko (UCLA)
  Random matrices, free probability and applications I
15:10-16:00Feng Xu (UC Riverside)
  On a subfactor generalization of Wall's conjecture
16:30-17:00Pinhas Grossman (Cardiff University)
  A quadrilateral related to the Asaeda-Haagerup subfactor
16:30-17:00Roman Sasyk (KU Leuven)
  Descriptive set theory and von Neumann algebras
17:10-17:40Shamindra Ghosh (KU Leuven)
  Perturbations of planar algebras
17:10-17:40Owen Sizemore (UCLA)
  W* and OE rigidity results for action of wreath product groups
17:50-18:20Dave Penneys (UC Berkeley)
  Embedding subfactor planar algebras in graph planar algebras
17:50-18:20Yoann Dabrowski (UCLA)
  A non-commutative pathspace approach to stationary free SDEs, with applications to von Neumann algebras
Wednesday,     May 12
9:30-10:30Sorin Popa (UCLA)
  Basics of deformation/rigidity theory I
11:00-12:00Cyril Houdayer (CNRS, ENS Lyon)
  An introduction to II1 factors III
14:00-15:00Vaughan Jones (UC Berkeley)
  The canonical rings of a subfactor III
15:10-16:10Dimitri Shlyakhtenko (UCLA)
  Random matrices, free probability and applications II
16:40-17:30Scott Morrison (UC Berkeley)
  Towards the classification of subfactors with index less than 5 /td>
17:40-18:40Sorin Popa (UCLA)
  Basics of deformation/rigidity theory II
Thursday,     May 13
9:30-10:30Dimitri Shlyakhtenko (UCLA)
  Random matrices, free probability and applications III
11:00-12:00Vaughan Jones (UC Berkeley)
  The canonical rings of a subfactor IV
14:00-15:00Sorin Popa (UCLA)
  Basics of deformation/rigidity theory III
15:10-16:10Dav Voiculescu (UC Berkeley)
  Aspects of Free Analysis I
16:40-17:40Open Problems Session
Saturday,     May 15
9:30-10:30Dav Voiculescu (UC Berkeley)
  Aspects of Free Analysis II
11:00-11:50Magdalena Musat (University of Copenhagen)
  Factorization and dilation problems for completely positive maps on von Neumann algebras
14:00-15:00Stefaan Vaes (LU Leuven)
  W*-superrigidity for group measure space II1 factors I
15:10-16:00Emily Peters (University of New Hampshire)
  Constructing the extended Haagerup planar algebra
Sunday,     May 16
9:30-10:30Narutaka Ozawa (University of Tokyo)
  Closable derivations on finite von Neumann algebras I
11:00-12:00Dav Voiculescu (UC Berkeley)
  Aspects of Free Analysis III
14:00-15:00Stefaan Vaes (LU Leuven)
  W*-superrigidity for group measure space II1 factors II
15:10-16:00Stephen Curran (UC Berkeley)
  Quantum symmetries in free probability
16:30-17:00Ionut Chifan (Vanderbilt University)
  On relative property (T) and Haagerup's poperty
17:10-17:40Thomas Sinclair (Vanderbilt University)
  Cocycle superrigidity for Bernoulli shifts
Monday,     May 17
9:30-10:30Stefaan Vaes (LU Leuven)
  W*-superrigidity for group measure space II1 factors III
11:00-12:00Narutaka Ozawa (University of Tokyo)
  Closable derivations on finite von Neumann algebras I
14:00-15:00Adrian Ioana (UCLA & CMI)
  W*-superrigidity for Bernoulli actions of property (T) groups I
15:10-16:00Dietmar Bisch (Vanderbilt University)
  Composition of subfactors, and planar algebras
Tuesday,     May 18
9:30-10:30Adrian Ioana (UCLA & CMI)
  W*-superrigidity for Bernoulli actions of property (T) groups II
11:00-11:30Hiroki Sako (University of Tokyo)
  Stone-Cech boundaries of discrete groups and measure equivalence theory
11:40-12:10Richard Burstein (Vanderbilt University)
  Automorphisms of the bipartite graph planar algebra
14:00-14:50Jesse Peterson (Vanderbilt University)
  Group actions with unique group-measure space decomposition
15:00-15:50Hans Wenzl (UCSD)
  Analogs of group-subgroup subfactors in fusion categories
16:30-17:20V.S. Sunder (Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai)
  The GJS construction for graphs I: Presentation of two categories
Wednesday,     May 19
9:30-10:30Narutaka Ozawa (University of Tokyo)
  Closable derivations on finite von Neumann algebras III
11:00-11:50Vijay Kodiyalam (Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai)
  The GJS construction for graphs - II
12:00-12:50Yasuyuki Kawahigashi (University of Tokyo)
  Superconformal field theory and operator algebras