Welcome   The Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) connects scientists, engineers, and mathematicians in order to address scientific and technological challenges in a collaborative, engaging environment, developing transformative, new mathematics and exploring its applications, while training the next generation of researchers and educators.

Today’s Schedule of Events The full schedule of events for this program is available online at www.ima.umn.edu.

IMA’s 2013 – 2014 Thematic Year on Scientific and Engineering Applications of Algebraic Topology Upcoming Tutorial: An Introduction to Statistics and Probability for Topologists (10/2-4/13) Upcoming Workshops: Topological Data Analysis (10/7-11/13) Modern Applications of Homology and Cohomology (10/28 – 11/1/13) Topological Structures in Computational Biology (12/9-13/13) Algebraic Topology in Dynamics, Differential Equations, and Experimental Data (2/10-14/14) Topological Systems: Communication, Sensing, and Actuation (3/3-7/14) Topology and Geometry of Networks and Discrete Metric Spaces (4/28- 5/2/14)

Upcoming Public Lecture Brian Conrad Stanford University September 19, 2013 Martin Nowak Harvard University October 8, 2013 7:00 p.m. East Bank Campus University of Minnesota

Did You Know? If you are presenting a lecture, you can upload your slides at any time before your presentation on your MY IMA page or e-mail them to abstracts@ima.umn.edu.

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