Special Week on Operator Algebras in August 2014


Saturday, August 2nd
9:00–9:05
Opening
Chair: Huaxin Lin
9:05–9:55
George A. Elliott
The role of the Cuntz semigroup in $C^*$-algebra classification theory
9:55–10:30
Tea Break
10:30–11:20
Ian F. Putnam:
Smale spaces, their $C^*$-algebras and a homology theory for them
11:20–14:00
Lunch Break
Chair: Shuang Zhang
14:00–14:50
Qin Wang
On the maximal coarse Baum-Connes conjecture
14:50–15:25
Tea Break
15:25–16:15
Yifeng Xue
Determinant rank of $C^*$-algebras
16:20–17:10
Jianchao Wu
Rokhlin dimension for residually finite groups and genericity of finite nuclear dimensions for free topological dynamical systems of nilpotent groups
Sunday, August 3rd
Chair: George Elliott
8:30–9:20
Guihua Gong
On the classification of tracially approximately Elliott-Thomsen algebras
9:30–10:20
Wei Sun
On Generalized Irrational Rotation Algebras
10:20–10:45
Tea Break
10:45–11:35
Shuang Zhang
Projections in finite $C^*$-algebras
11:35–14:00
Lunch Break
Chair: Qin Wang
14:00–14:50
Guoliang Yu
K-theory for $C^*$-algebras with finite asymptotic dimension
14:50–15:25
Tea Break
15:25–16:15
Rufus Willett
A dynamical dimension
16:25–17:15
Dapeng Zhou
The Baum-Connes conjecture and controlled operator K-theory
Monday, August 4th
Chair: Guihua Gong
8:30–9:20
Feng Xu
On some questions about intermediate subfactors
9:30–10:20
Michael Sun
Model actions for almost reduced groups
10:20–10:45
Tea Break
10:45–11:35
Tsuyoshi Kato
Spectral coincidence of transition operators, automata groups and BBS in tropical geometry
11:35–14:00
Lunch Break
Chair: Feng Xu
14:00–14:50
Yijun Yao
Rankin-Cohen Brackets and Representation Theory
14:50–15:25
Tea Break
15:25–16:15
Junsheng Fang
On a class of operators in the hyperfinite von Neumann algebras
16:25–17:15
Zhizhang Xie
Higher rho invariants and the moduli space of positive scalar curvature metrics
Tuesday, August 5th
Day break
Wednesday, August 6th
Chair: N. Christopher Phillips
8:30–9:20
N. Christopher Phillips
Classification of actions of groups of prime order on Kirchberg algebras
9:30–10:20
Qingyun Wang
Tracial Rokhlin property for amenable groups
10:20–10:45
Tea Break
10:45–11:35
Vladimir Manuilov
Adding flexibility to KK-theory