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                  Extended Workshop on Groups and Group Actions in Operator 
                    Algebra Theory,  
                    12-16 July, 2010  
                    University of Ottawa.
                  Organizers:  
                    Thierry Giordano, Vladimir Pestov 
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            Subject matter:  
              Operator algebras, including their links with groups and group actions, 
              constitute one of only a few major research strengths common to 
              both Canadian and Brazilian mathematics, and the impetus to the 
              extended workshop was provided by a recent collaboration agreement 
              signed by the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Florianópolis, 
              Brazil) and the University of Ottawa. However, the workshop is open 
              to everyone, and everybody is welcome.  
            Format:  
              There will be two mini-courses of three one-hour lectures each, 
              given by two main speakers. Also, there will be one-hour lectures 
              and 40-minute lectures given by invited speakers. 
            There will be a special session in David Handelman's honour on 
              the occasion of his forthcoming 60th birthday 
            Main speakers:  
              Ruy Exel (Universidade Federal de 
              Santa Catarina, Brazil) and Vadim Kaimanovich (University 
              of Ottawa, Canada). 
            One-hour speakers:  
              Alcides Buss (UFSC) 
              Benoît Collins (Ottawa) 
              George Elliott (Toronto)  
              Ilijas Farah (York)  
              Daniel Gonçalves (UFSC, Brazil),  
              David Kerr (Texas A&M),  
              Volodymyr Nekrashevych (Texas A&M),  
              Matthias Neufang (Carleton and Fields)  
              Ping Wong Ng (University of Louisiana), 
              Zhuang Niu (Memorial University of Newfoundland)  
              Jean Renault (Université d'Orléans, France),  
              Benjamin Steinberg (Carleton University, Canada). 
             
            40-minute speakers: 
              Ion Nechita (University of Ottawa) 
              Catalin Rada (University of Ottawa) 
             
            Financial support: 
              Available for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows (funds 
              permitting). Deadline for funding applications made on this web 
              page: April 15, with funding decisions made shortly thereafter. 
             
             List of Confirmed Participants as of 
              July 12, 2010:
            
               
                | Full Name | 
                University Name | 
               
               
                | Artemenko, Igor | 
                University of Ottawa | 
               
               
                | Bagnol, Marc | 
                University of Ottawa | 
               
               
                | Buss, Alcides | 
                Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina | 
               
               
                | Cioppa, Timothy | 
                University of Ottawa | 
               
               
                | Collins, Benoît | 
                University of Ottawa | 
               
               
                | Darras, Mohammed | 
                University of Ottawa | 
               
               
                | Duan, Hubert | 
                University of Ottawa | 
               
               
                | Elliott, George | 
                University of Toronto | 
               
               
                | Exel, Ruy | 
                University of Santa Catarina | 
               
               
                | Farah, Ilijas | 
                York University | 
               
               
                | Giordano, Thierry | 
                University of Ottawa | 
               
               
                | Gonçalves, Daniel | 
                Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina | 
               
               
                | Hajji, Wadii | 
                University of Ottawa | 
               
               
                | Kaimanovich, Vadim | 
                University of Ottawa | 
               
               
                | Kerr, David | 
                Texas A&M University | 
               
               
                | Kousha, Termeh | 
                University of Ottawa | 
               
               
                | Lemaire-Beaucage, Jonathan | 
                University of Ottawa | 
               
               
                | Marti Perez, Laura | 
                University of Waterloo | 
               
               
                | Mbombo Dempowo, Brice Rodrigue | 
                University of Yaoundé 1(Cameroon) | 
               
               
                | Nechita, Ion | 
                University of Ottawa | 
               
               
                | Nekrashevych, Volodymyr | 
                Texas A&M University | 
               
               
                | Neufang, Matthias | 
                Carleton University | 
               
               
                | Ng, Ping Wong | 
                University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 
               
               
                | Nguyen, Thu Huong | 
                University of Ottawa | 
               
               
                | Niu, Zhuang | 
                Memorial University of Newfoundland | 
               
               
                | Pestov, Vladimir | 
                University of Ottawa | 
               
               
                | Rada, Catalin | 
                University of Ottawa | 
               
               
                | Rainone, Timothy | 
                Texas A&M University | 
               
               
                | Renault, Jean | 
                Université d'Orléans | 
               
               
                | Saad, Nadia | 
                University of Ottawa | 
               
               
                | Salami, Azar | 
                University of Ottawa | 
               
               
                | Sinha, Gaurav | 
                IIT Kanpur | 
               
               
                | Sobieczky, Florian | 
                University of Jena | 
               
               
                | Starling, Charles | 
                University of Ottawa | 
               
               
                | Steinberg, Benjamin | 
                Carleton University | 
               
             
              
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