This 
              program will include three weeks of short courses intended primarily 
              for graduate students and postdocs, with participatory seminars 
              as well, followed by a week-long meeting which would in part be 
              a celebration of the 75th birthday of Marc 
              Rieffel of the University of California, Berkeley, who has 
              been one of the most influential mathematicians in the world in 
              the area of noncommutative geometry and quantum groups.
            
            Outline of Program Activities
            
            June 3-7, 2013 
              Theme 
              Week on Noncommutative Geometry and Dynamical Systems 
              (organized by Hanfeng Li and Ian Putnam) 
              Activities during this theme week will be devoted to the interaction 
              between noncommutative geometry and dynamical systems,
            
               
                | Location: | 
                 Stewart Library, Fields 
                  Institute  | 
              
               Speakers:  | 
              David Kerr, University of Tokyo 
                Entropy, dynamics, and operator algebras  | 
              
               
                Thierry Giordano, University 
                  of Ottawa 
                  Topological orbit equivalence and full groups | 
              
            
            June 10-14, 
              2013 
              Theme Week on Quantum Groups and Hopf Cyclic Homology Activities
              (organized by Piotr M. Hajac) 
              Activities during this theme week will be devoted to quantum groups 
              and Hopf cyclic homology 
            
               
                | Location:  | 
                Bahen Building, Room 1190 (map) | 
              
               Speakers:  | 
              Alfons Van Daele, University 
                of Leuven - Belgium  
                Locally compact quantum groups  | 
              
               
                Bahram Rangipour  
                  Hopf-Cyclic Homology: How and Why | 
              
            
            
             June 17-21, 2013 
              Theme Week on Noncommutative Geometry and Index Theory, Geometry 
              and Mathematical Physics Activities
              (organized by Jonathan Rosenberg) 
              Activities during this theme week will be devoted to connections 
              between noncommutative geometry and index theory, geometry, and 
              mathematical physics. 
            
               
                | Location: | 
                Bahen Building, Room 1170 
                  (map) | 
              
               Speakers:  | 
              Nigel Higson, Pennsylvania State 
                University  
                 Minicourse on Noncommutative Geometry and Representation Theory 
               | 
              
               
                Paul Baum, Pennsylvania State 
                  University  
                  Minicourse on Index Theory | 
              
            
             June 24-28, 2013 
              Conference 
              on Noncommutative Geometry and Quantum Groups 
              Location: Monday and Tuesday, Fields Institute, Room 230
              Wednesday-Friday Bahen Building, Room TBA(map) 
               
             
              The last week will be devoted to a capstone conference. 
            
            Program Visitors
             
              All scientific events are open to the mathematical sciences community. 
                Additional support is available (thanks to NSF) to support junior 
                US visitors to this program. Participants in this category should 
                be sure to use US-flag carriers if traveling by air and to contact 
                Jonathan Rosenberg for further details.
               
                
              
              Fields scientific programs are devoted to research in the mathematical 
                sciences, and enhanced graduate and post-doctoral training opportunities. 
                Part of the mandate of the Institute is to broaden and enlarge 
                the community, and to encourage the participation of women and 
                members of visible minority groups in our scientific programs. 
              
              
              
                
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