Fractal connections: wavelets, tilings, measures, and self-similar analysis
University of Iowa - June 28-29
Presentations from the workshop can be found here
Topics include analysis on fractals, infinite graphs, and limits of networks. While the word “tilings” in the title suggests several topics, common themes and methods have emerged in recent years resulting in connections between tiling, invariant sets associated with iterated function systems, wavelet sets, orthogonal polynomials, and measures in the real line (and other Euclidean spaces). Tiles may be periodic, aperiodic, or even quasiperiodic; derive from geometric motions, finite or infinite graphs, or from fractal limits. An exciting recent development in the area is a new kind of tiles, called wavelet sets, and the discovery of an associated family of frequency-localized wavelets. Other exciting recent developments include a number of advances in discrete spectral methods applied to fractals and to their associated graphs, as well as advances regarding computation with positional number systems.
Please find an updated program here
To register for this conference, please send e-mail to our VIGRE coordinator Kristin Gilchrist and include the following information:
- Your name and institution.
- If you intend to stay at the Iowa House Hotel.
- Whether you would like to give a talk. If so, please
- include a title and brief abstract/description,
- indicate your preference for a 50min or 20min talk, and
- indicate if your talk will be accessible to students.
Deadline for submitting talks is May 1, 2008!
We aim to have most student-accessible talks on Saturday.
All speakers will be eligible for assistance in covering travel and lodging expenses (domestic airfare only). If we are able to cover these expenses for the speakers, we will support nonspeaking student attendees.
Please register now! Your lower airfare will help us support more people. Also, University of Iowa holds a writer's workshop every summer, and hotels may fill up quickly.
Accomodations:
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Iowa House Hotel. These cost $80 per night. If you wish to stay elsewhere, we can only cover up to $100 per night. The Iowa House Hotel is about a 2min walk from Maclean Hall, where the talks will be held. It is also about a 4min walk from downtown Iowa City, where you can find a variety of restaurants, cafes, and shops.
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Travel information:
The University of Iowa main campus is located in downtown Iowa City.
The nearest airport is the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids (airport code CID). Current travel conditions for CID:
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Driving time from Iowa City to Chicago's O'Hare Airport (airport code ORD) is about 4 hours, but sometimes there are cheap flights into Moline, which is about 1 hour from Iowa City (airport code MLI).