Explicit Methods for Abelian Varieties: Kick-off Workshop

  • Start Date: 05/25/2015
  • End Date: 05/29/2015
Speaker(s):

 

Jeff Achter (Colorado State)

Accessible Abelian Varieties

 

Nils Bruin (Simon Fraser)

Relating Torsion Subgroups of Jacobians to Ideal Class Groups

 

Clifton Cunningham (Calgary)

Lifts of Hilbert modular forms and Abelian varieties
 

Laurent Imbert (LIRMM)

Randomizing Scalar Multiplication Using Exact Covering Systems of Congruences
 

David Jao (Waterloo)

Quantum Algorithms for Elliptic Curve Isogenies

 

Jan-Steffen Mueller (Oldenburg)

Computing Integral and Rational Points on Curves Using p-adic Integration

 

Kumar Murty (Toronto)

Symmetry, Periodicity and Information Security

Arithmetic on Abelian Varieties

 

Rachel Pries (Colorado State)

p-ranks of Prym Varieties

 

David Roe (British Columbia)

Positive slope pieces of the eigencurve via interpolation

 

Location: 

University of Calgary

Abstracts / Downloads / Reports: 
PIMS-talks.pdf
Abelian_Varieties_Report.pdf
Schedule: 

Workshop Format: The workshop will feature lectures in the morning and discussion sessions in the afternoon. There will be a science colloquium and reception on Thursday afternoon celebrating the launch of the CRG.

 

An abstracts booklet (pdf) is available with all of the currently submitted abstracts for this event.

 

 

Monday, May 25

  9:30-10:30   Nils Bruin (Relating Torsion Subgroups of Jacobians to Ideal Class Groups), MS 431

  11:00-12:00  Rachel Pries (p-ranks of Prym varieties), MS 431

 

  14:00-15:00  Nils Bruin (discussion), MS 431

  15:30-16:30  Rachel Pries (discussion), MS 431

 

Tuesday, May 26

  9:30-10:30   Kumar Murty (Arithmetic on Abelian Varieties), MS 431

  11:00-12:00  Jeff Achter (Accessible Abelian Varieties), MS 431

 

  14:00-15:00  Clifton Cunningham (Lifts of Hilbert modular forms and Abelian varieties), MS 431

  15:30-16:30  Jef Achter (discussion), MS 431

 

Thursday, May 28

  9:30-10:30   Jan-Steffen Mueller (Computing Integral and Rational Points on Curves Using p-adic Integration), MS 431

  11:00-12:00  David Roe (Positive slope pieces of the eigencurve via interpolation), MS 431

 

  14:00-15:00  David Roe (discussion), MS 431

  15:30-16:30  Kumar Murty (Symmetry, Periodicity and Information Security), MS 431

  16:30-17:30  Reception and CRG Launch (MS 4th floor lounge)

 

Friday, May 29

  9:30-10:30   David Jao (Quantum Algorithms for Elliptic Curve Isogenies), MS 431

  11:00-12:00  Laurent Imbert (Randomizing Scalar Multiplication Using Exact Covering Systems of Congruences), MS 431

 

  14:00-15:00  David Jao (discussion), MS 431

 

 

Other Information: 

This workshop is organized by the PIMS CRG Explicit Methods for Abelian Varieties.

 

Participation is by invitation only.

 

Location: University of Calgary, Mathematical Sciences (MS) Building

 

Visit mathtube.org for photos from the event!