C*-Algebren, Oberwolfach, Feb. 1-7, 1998
Monday, Feb. 2
9:15-10:15: Joachim Cuntz
A general construction of bivariant K-theories
10:30-11:15: Jesper Villadsen
The stable rank of simple C*-algebras
11:30-12:15: Jean-Louis Tu
The Baum-Connes conjecture for groupoids with Haar systems and application to foliations
16:10-17:10: Marius Dadarlat
Quasidiagonal C*-algebras (two applications of residually finite C*-algebras)
17:20-18:20: Simon Wassermann
Exact groups and continuous bundles of C*-algebras
Tuesday, Feb. 3
9:15-10:15: Mikael Rordam
Stability and proper infiniteness are not stable properties
10:30-11:15: Florin Boca
Projections in Aθ and theta functions
11:30-12:15: Joachim Zacharias
Some new results about continuous analogues of Cuntz algebras
16:10-17:10: Ed Effros
Integral mappings and the principle of local reflexivity for non-commuative L1-spaces
17:20-18:20: Roberto Longo
A quantum index theorem, JLO cocycles and Jones index
Wednesday, Feb. 4
9:15-10:05: Claire Anantharaman-Delaroche
Amenable groupoids
10:15-10:45: Etienne Blanchard
Finite dimensional Hopf C*-algebras
11:00-11:30: Ola Bratteli
Compactly supported wavelets and representation of the Cuntz relations
11:45-12:15: Pierre de la Harpe
Groups with reduced C*-algebras of stable rank one
Thursday, Feb. 5
9:15-10:15: Adrian Ocneanu
Modular invariants, Kleinian invariants, Platonic solids and subfactors
10:30-11:15: Yasu Kawahigashi
Quantum Galois correspondence for strongly amenable subfactors
11:30-12:15: Hans-Werner Wiesbrock
Modular theory in quantum field theory
16:05-17:05: Sorin Popa
Symmetric enveloping algebra, amenability and property T for subfactors
17:15-17:45: Dietmar Bisch
Examples of subfactors with property T standard invariants
17:55-18:25: Teodor Banica
Representations of compact quantum groups and subfactors
19:30-20:30: George Elliott (informal session)
The spectrum of a C*-algebra
Friday, Feb. 6
9:15-10:05: Stanislaw Woronowicz
Quantum "ax+b" groupson the Hilbert space level
10:20-11:10: Uffe Haagerup
Spectral analysis of Voiculescu's circular elements and other non-normal operators in free group factors
11:25-12:15: Ken Dykema
Invariant subspaces of the circular element
14:00-14:50: Roland Speicher
Free cumulants and free entropy
15:00-15:50: Florin Radulescu
A generation property for von Neumann algebras associated to free groups