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Control theory is concerned with designing strategies that ensure the robust performance of a system by automatically adapting to changes in the environment. Biochemical pathways in the cell are responsible for processing environmental signals, inducing appropriate cellular responses, and regulating internal events such as gene expression. Through elaborate mechanisms, they allow cells and entire organisms to perform their basic functions. The key role played by feedback in life are manifested in the homeostatic control and regulation of   biochemical pathways, which break down nutrients and provide the cell with energy and materials, and their appropriate timing in functions. Recent years have witnessed remarkable advances in elucidating the components of cellular pathways and networks of genes. They provide a snapshot of the complete genetic activity of a cell, yet the overall connectivity and functional characteristics are still poorly understood - a fundamental lacuna in understand...

Control theory is concerned with designing strategies that ensure the robust performance of a system by automatically adapting to changes in the environment. Biochemical pathways in the cell are responsible for processing environmental signals, inducing appropriate cellular responses, and regulating internal events such as gene expression. Through elaborate mechanisms, they allow cells and entire organisms to perform their basic functions. The key role played by feedback in life are manifested in the homeostatic control and regulation of   biochemical pathways, which break down nutrients and provide the cell with energy and materials, and their appropriate timing in functions. Recent years have witnessed remarkable advances in elucidating the components of cellular pathways and networks of genes. They provide a snapshot of the complete genetic activity of a cell, yet the overall connectivity and functional characteristics are still poorly understood - a fundamental lacuna in understand...

The goal of the conference will be to collect together experts in the areas of automorphic forms and related areas of number theory. We will in particular concentrate on representation theoretic and p-adic aspects of the theory of automorphic forms. RegistrationThere are a limited number of places available for young mathematicians who wish to attend this meeting. Interested participants are requested to send an email with their name and affilliation, a brief description of their research interests (and a letter of reference, if you are a student), to:   icmgoa10@math.tifr.res.in by January 1, 2010. NB: Registration is now closed.AccomodationFor all interested participants (who contacted the organizers before January 1, 2010), there is now an option of staying at the hotel Cidade de Goa , about a 15 minute walk from the conference venue. For the special conference rate and details on how to make bookings please send an email to icmgoa10@math.tifr.res.in as soon as possible.

The goal of the conference will be to collect together experts in the areas of automorphic forms and related areas of number theory. We will in particular concentrate on representation theoretic and p-adic aspects of the theory of automorphic forms. RegistrationThere are a limited number of places available for young mathematicians who wish to attend this meeting. Interested participants are requested to send an email with their name and affilliation, a brief description of their research interests (and a letter of reference, if you are a student), to:   icmgoa10@math.tifr.res.in by January 1, 2010. NB: Registration is now closed.AccomodationFor all interested participants (who contacted the organizers before January 1, 2010), there is now an option of staying at the hotel Cidade de Goa , about a 15 minute walk from the conference venue. For the special conference rate and details on how to make bookings please send an email to icmgoa10@math.tifr.res.in as soon as possible.

This is An ICM Satellite Conference.The aim of the conference is to expose research students and working mathematicians in India to the state of the art in these fields, to facilitate their taking up research problems in these areas.  The conference will consist of one hour lectures by leading mathematicians in the two areas as well as a few shorter lectures. More informal interactions will also be facilitated. This is an ICM sattelite event.Scientific Organising Committee: Gerard Besson (Grenoble),  Francis Bonahon (USC), David Gabai (Princeton), Ko Honda (USC), Gang Tian (Princeton)Local Organising Committee:Basudeb Datta, Siddhartha Gadgil and Harish SeshadriDepartment of Mathematics,Indian Institute of  Science,Bangalore 560012,India.Geometric Topology and Riemannian Geometry are active areas of Mathematics with many close interactions -- for instance the Ricci flow and harmonic maps. The aim of the conference is to expose research students and working mathematicians in India to th...

This is a satellite conference of the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) 2010. It will be held at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.The algebraic and combinatorial analysis of the representation theory of Kac-Moody Lie algebras, Vertex algebras, Quantum groups and Hecke algebras is an active area of current research due to its applications in many areas of mathematics and physics. This conference will bring together leading international experts working on various aspects of this theme. There will be expository survey talks as well as invited talks on current research developments.Invited Participants:Pramod Achar (Louisiana),Drazen Adamovic (Univ Zagreb),Shun-Jen Cheng (Acad. Sinica),ie Du (UNSW), Ghislain Fourier (Koeln U),Yun Gao (York U), John Graham,Jacob Greenstein (UC Riverside),Aloysius Helminck (NCSU),David Hernandez (Ecole Polytechnique),Dijana Jakelic (UNC Wilmington),Naihuan Jing (NCSU),Seok-Jin Kang (Seoul National University),Masaki Kashiwara (RIMS, K...

This is An ICM Satellite Conference.The aim of the conference is to expose research students and working mathematicians in India to the state of the art in these fields, to facilitate their taking up research problems in these areas.  The conference will consist of one hour lectures by leading mathematicians in the two areas as well as a few shorter lectures. More informal interactions will also be facilitated. This is an ICM sattelite event.Scientific Organising Committee: Gerard Besson (Grenoble),  Francis Bonahon (USC), David Gabai (Princeton), Ko Honda (USC), Gang Tian (Princeton)Local Organising Committee:Basudeb Datta, Siddhartha Gadgil and Harish SeshadriDepartment of Mathematics,Indian Institute of  Science,Bangalore 560012,India.Geometric Topology and Riemannian Geometry are active areas of Mathematics with many close interactions -- for instance the Ricci flow and harmonic maps. The aim of the conference is to expose research students and working mathematicians in India to th...

This is a satellite conference of the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) 2010. It will be held at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.The algebraic and combinatorial analysis of the representation theory of Kac-Moody Lie algebras, Vertex algebras, Quantum groups and Hecke algebras is an active area of current research due to its applications in many areas of mathematics and physics. This conference will bring together leading international experts working on various aspects of this theme. There will be expository survey talks as well as invited talks on current research developments.Invited Participants:Pramod Achar (Louisiana),Drazen Adamovic (Univ Zagreb),Shun-Jen Cheng (Acad. Sinica),ie Du (UNSW), Ghislain Fourier (Koeln U),Yun Gao (York U), John Graham,Jacob Greenstein (UC Riverside),Aloysius Helminck (NCSU),David Hernandez (Ecole Polytechnique),Dijana Jakelic (UNC Wilmington),Naihuan Jing (NCSU),Seok-Jin Kang (Seoul National University),Masaki Kashiwara (RIMS, K...

One of the basic problems in mathematics is the description of the absolute Galois group G of the field Q of rational numbers.  This group is so large and complicated  that conjecturally all finite groups can be realized as its quotients.  Arguments in Galois cohomology reduce many of the fundamental questions of arithmetic geometry to the study of G.A fruitful approach to understanding this group is through its representations; the study of one-dimensional representations constitutes global class field theory.  Some forty years ago, a vast program aimed at understanding all representations of G was advanced.  More recently, some very precise conjectures about the 2-dimensional representations of G were put forward.  Major success has been achieved in the past decades in proving these conjectures through the combined efforts of several mathematicians. This conference will bring together some of the people who have made seminal contributions to these developments.Registration:Interested...

One of the basic problems in mathematics is the description of the absolute Galois group G of the field Q of rational numbers.  This group is so large and complicated  that conjecturally all finite groups can be realized as its quotients.  Arguments in Galois cohomology reduce many of the fundamental questions of arithmetic geometry to the study of G.A fruitful approach to understanding this group is through its representations; the study of one-dimensional representations constitutes global class field theory.  Some forty years ago, a vast program aimed at understanding all representations of G was advanced.  More recently, some very precise conjectures about the 2-dimensional representations of G were put forward.  Major success has been achieved in the past decades in proving these conjectures through the combined efforts of several mathematicians. This conference will bring together some of the people who have made seminal contributions to these developments.Registration:Interested...

Dates: i) Leukemia Meeting- Aug 2-3, 2010           ii) Year long lecture Program- schedule of lectures will be posted soonLeukemia Meeting: Hematological malignancies: a basic science and clinical initiative The study of leukemias has provided deep insights into the molecular basis of disease and general specific molecular targets for therapies now in widespread use. More recently, the elucidation of the cancer stem cell paradigm in leukemias has provided us with an entirely new way of approaching the study of solid tumors in humans. The progress in this field has essentially been possible due to the close integration of clinicians and basic scientists whose skill sets span both experimental and theoretical aspects. This meeting aims to closely link further courses with research and integration into the clinic. The design of the meeting essentially lays the foundation for a continuing close involvement of both clinicians and scientists on day to day basis in this programme.Leukemia - ...

This is An ICM Satellite Conference.The conference intends to bring together mathematicians working in various aspects of negative curvature (and more generally, non-positive curvature) and to expose/introduce interested research students in India to these exciting recent developments. Please access the following links for more detailed information on:1) Our distinguished speakers 2) Registering for the conference3) Travelling to the conference  Click here for Schedule of the Program Scientific Committee: M. Davis (OSU at Columbus, USA), P. B. Eberlein (UNC at Chapel Hill, USA), R. S. Kulkarni (IITB, Mumbai, India), P. Ontaneda (SUNY at Binghamton, USA), G. Prasad (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA), M. S. Raghunathan (TIFR, Mumbai, India), R. Spatzier (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA)