Applications of simple groups / Computational Group Theory, May 8- May 12
(organized by W. Kantor, A. Seress, and R. Guralnick)

List of speakers:

M. Aschbacher - Representing finite groups as permutation groups
L. Babai -  CFSG and the structure of black box groups in polynomial time (2 talks)
D. Gluck - The extraspecial case of the k(GV) problem
R. Guralnick - Groups and Curves (3 talks)
G. Hiss - Imprimitive irreducible representations of quasi-simple groups
D. Holt - Computing Maximal Subgroups of Finite Groups
C. Leedham-Green -1. Strategies for matrix group recognition
                                    2. Constructing stabilisers in matrix groups
M. Liebeck - Primitive permutation groups which share a common suborbit
A. Lucchini - Generation of finite groups and asymptotic results
F. Luebeck - Computations in and with finite groups of Lie type and related structures
E. Luks - The Classification and Computational Complexity
K. Magaard - Groups of bounded genus
G. Malle - Low dimensional representations of quasi-simple groups
F. Menegazzo - On the number of generators of finite linear groups
A. Niemeyer - Black box algorithms for recognising finite symmetric and alternating groups
E. O'Brien - Recognising tensor products and tensor induction
J. Saxl - Transitive subgroups of primitive permutation groups
A. Seress -1. Black box classical groups
                    2. Black box permutation groups
A. Shalev - Fixed point ratios, character ratios and Cayley graphs
J. Shareshian - The probabilistic zeta function for finite groups
M.C. Tamburini - Triangle groups as subgroups of unitary groups
P.H. Tiep - Cross-characteristic representations of finite groups of Lie type
H. Voelklein - Linear rigidity and the braid group

Schedule


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Th
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09:00-09:25 Introduction
09:30-10:20 Aschbacher Leedham-Green Leedham-Green Liebeck  Malle
10:30-11:20 Shalev  Lucchini Magaard Tamburini Menegazzo
11:40-12:30 O'Brien Babai Babai Shareshian Luebeck
12:40-13:30 Guralnick
13:30-14:30
14:30-15:20 Luks Holt Hiss Niemeyer
15:30-16:20 Saxl Voelklein Gluck Tiep
16:40-17:20 Guralnick Guralnick Seress Seress