SUMMER COURSE IN MATHEMATICS - CORTONA 2009
 
 

During Summer 2009 several graduate courses in mathematics will be held, under the sponsorship of the Consorzio per l'Alta Formazione in Matematica (CIAFM) and the Italian Ministery of Education and Research (MUR), in Cortona at the Scuola Normale Superiore. The courses will take place during the periods July 17–  August 24, 2009.

The courses are directed towards young graduates who would like to engage in research in one of the following fields :


July 7– July 24


Algebraic Geometry
Degenerations Projective Varities
and Interpolation Theory

Ciro Ciliberto - Università Roma "Tor Vergata"
Rick Miranda - Colorado State University


August 17– August 26


Geometric Aspects in Non-Linear Analysis

Sun-Yung Alice Chang
- Princeton University
Andrea Malchiodi - S.I.S.S.A. Trieste


Each participant is required to choose one topic for a total of 12 hours a week of lectures.

In addition, the participants themselves will be asked to participate in the problem sessions and in the seminars that will be organized in the afternoons.

Ten SMI fellowships, of the duration of two or three weeks, will be available to foreign participants to help cover their living expenses. The fellowship holders will receive Euro 52 per week and will be lodged in the Palazzone or nearby hotels; breakfast and lunch (the latter only from Monday through Saturday)will be offered by the organization at Palazzone. As a further contribution text book and lecture notes will be provided by the School. 

Applications should be sent to the following address:

SCUOLA MATEMATICA INTERUNIVERSITARIA
Polo scientifico – CNR Edificio F
via Madonna del Piano
50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI) – Italy

Applications for the courses of the first, second and third period should reach this address before May 5, 2009.

A selection committee will meet shortly afterwards and all accepted foreign applicants will be notified of the result in due time.

Applications should contain a BRIEF CURRICULUM VITAE and a DETAILED CURRICULUM STUDIORUM and should indicate which course the candidate would like to follow. Applicants are requested to state if their participations is conditioned by the allotment of a fellowship.The exact address to which all correspondence concerning the Summer courses has to be mailed should be clearly stated.

Information - Programmes and further information can be found on the WEB page of SMI at the address: http://www.matapp.unimib.it/smi/coursesCortona09.html
or can be obtained by e-mail at the address: smi@fi.iac.cnr.it

Programmes and further information can also be required
by fax at n. per fax al n. +39-055-5225812
(please indicate clearly: to Scuola Matematica Interuniversitaria).
or by mail at the following address:

SCUOLA MATEMATICA INTERUNIVERSITARIA
Polo Scientifico – CNR Edificio F
via Madonna del Piano
50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI) – Italy




 
Scuola Matematica Interuniversitaria - Polo scientifico - CNR, edificio F - via Madonna del Piano, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI)
e-mail: smi@fi.iac.cnr.it     fax: +39-055-5225812