From May 19-22, 2022 (Thursday-Sunday), the Department of
Mathematics at the University of Houston will host a research
workshop on topics related to hyperbolic dynamical systems,
including non-uniform and partial hyperbolicity, statistical
properties, thermodynamic formalism, rigidity, and connections to
geometry. The interaction between different approaches to the study
of hyperbolic systems will be of particular interest.
The workshop will be preceded by a day of preparatory activities
on May 18 (Wednesday) targeted primarily at graduate
students. The goal of these activities will be to introduce some of
the fundamental ideas that will appear throughout the research
talks at the workshop and to prepare the students to engage with
the results that are presented at the workshop itself, as well as
to build community among graduate students working in this area, as
we seek to strengthen professional networks that have been weakened
by the pandemic.
Workshop speakers include:
Keith Burns (Northwestern)
Mark Demers (Fairfield)
Alena Erchenko (Stony Brook)
Todd Fisher (Brigham Young)
Yan Mary He (Oklahoma)
Lien-Yung "Nyima" Kao (George Washington)
Kathryn Lindsey (Boston College)
Matt Nicol (Houston)
Victoria Sadovskaya (Penn State)
Fan Yang (Michigan State)
Agnieszka Zelerowicz (Maryland)
Hong-Kun Zhang (Massachusetts)
Pengfei Zhang (Oklahoma)
Information
If you plan to participate in the workshop, please fill out the following
registration form to ensure that you receive up-to-date information about
logistics and schedule. At this point we do not expect to be able to make
any new promises of travel support, but we welcome further registrations
from anyone who has another source of funding.
If you have questions, please contact Vaughn Climenhaga at climenha math uh
edu.
Travel, lodging, and logistics
Hotel:
If we are funding your travel, then we have made a reservation for you at
the workshop hotel, which is the InterContinental
Houston - Medical Center at 6750 Main St.
If you are funding your participation from other sources, then you will
need to make your own lodging arrangements: we recommend one of the
following options.
Airport transportation:
A taxi/Uber/Lyft from IAH to the hotel should cost between $40-70; you can
also make the trip using public transport
(Bus 102 from outside
Terminal C, followed by the Red light rail line) that costs $1.25 and
takes about 90 minutes. From Hobby airport the cost of a taxi/Uber/Lyft is
closer to $20-35, and the public transport option
(Bus 73 to the Red rail
line) takes about an hour.
Getting to campus:
The workshop will be held in the Science and Engineering Classroom building
(SEC) at the University of Houston, which is several miles from the hotel.
The number
4 bus runs between the Medical Center (where the hotel is) and campus.
It should take about 30-35 minutes to get from the hotel to campus -- see
the following:
The bus runs every 10 minutes on weekday mornings, and every 17 minutes on
weekend mornings. You can pay for the bus using the
Metro "Q
Ticketing" App or via cash ($1.25, exact change only). Another option
is "Metro
Q Cards" but none of the places where you can purchase these seem to be
convenient to the airport or hotel.
An Uber/Lyft between the hotel and campus should take about 20 minutes and
cost $12-15.
Restaurants:Here is a list of some
restaurants both on campus and near the hotel.
Most of the workshop activities will take place in SEC 100 (Science and
Engineering Classroom building), which is just across Cullen Blvd from the
bus stop (on Holman St.). Parallel sessions and grad student problem
sessions will take place upstairs in SEC 201-203.
Coffee and light breakfast available in SEC 100 from 8:30am every
day.
Wednesday, May 18: graduate student activities begin at 9:00am in SEC
100.
Thursday, May 19: research workshop begins at 1:00pm in SEC
100.
Here are some
exercises that were distributed to graduate students during
the preparatory sessions.
