FRG Workshop on Moduli Spaces of sheaves and Bridgeland Stability
UIC
December 7-9, 2018

Minicourses:

Arend Bayer (University of Edinburgh)
Jarod Alper (University of Washington Seattle)

Speakers:

Laure Flapan (Northeastern University)
Sarah Frei (University of Oregon)
John Kopper (UIC)
Daniel Levine (Penn State)
Franco Rota (University of Utah)
Benjamin Schmidt (UT Austin)
Benjamin Sung (Northeastern University)
Rebecca Tramel (UIUC and Mt. Holyoke)

Organizers: İzzet Coşkun (U. Illinois at Chicago), Howard Nuer (U. Illinois at Chicago), Aaron Bertram (U. Utah), Jack Huizenga (Penn State U.), Emanuele Macri (Northeastern U.)

Registration: Registration is free and open to everyone. If you are planning to attend, please register by October 30, 2018 by filling out the registration form here. There may be limited funds available for graduate students and post-docs. If you would like to be considered for financial aid, please apply by October 15, 2018 and have a recommendation letter from your advisor be forwarded to uicagworkshops@gmail.com

Registered participants: You can find a list of registered participants here

Schedule:
Friday:
3:00-4:00 Arend Bayer in Lecture Center D5
4:15-5:15 Benjamin Schmidt in Lecture Center D2

Saturday:
9:30-11:00 Arend Bayer
11:20-12:00 Sarah Frei
1:30-2:10 Daniel Levine
2:10-2:50 Benjamin Sung
3:15-4:15 Jarod Alper
4:30-5:30 Laure Flapan

Sunday:
9:00-10:30 Jarod Alper
10:45-11:25 John Kopper
11:25-12:05 Franco Rota

The lectures on Saturday and Sunday will take place in Lecture Center D4. Note that the Friday lectures will take place in Lecture Center D5 and D2, respectively. See the campus map for directions
Titles and Abstracts: The titles and abstracts can be found here

Travel Information:

The conference will be held in the UIC Math Department, which is located in the Science and Engineering offices building (SEO, 851 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607). There will be signs with directions to the lecture room.

Traveling by car: UIC is easily accessible by car, and is located just off of either the 90/94 or 290 interstates. If you are coming into UIC, it's best to park at the Halsted Parking Structure at the NE corner of the Taylor and Halsted intersection.

Traveling by train/bus: UIC is also close to Chicago's Union Station with convenient Amtrak trains / Megabus routes to many locations in the region. A cab to UIC from Union Station should cost under $10. The Greyhound station is also very close by, and an easy walk to UIC.

Traveling by air: Chicago has two major airports, O'Hare (ORD) and Midway (MDW), and it is easy to get to UIC from either one.

If you are flying into O'Hare, you can take a Blue Line train (costing $5) into the city (towards the loop or Forest Park) which stops right next to the UIC campus (at the UIC/Halsted station). For reference, a taxi from O'Hare to downtown will cost around $45 before tip (and can be paid with a credit card).

If you are flying into Midway, you can take an Orange Line train (costing $2.50) into the city (towards the loop), which will allow you to transfer to the Blue Line (at the Harold Washington Library station) which stops right next to the UIC campus (at the UIC/Halsted station). For reference, a taxi from Midway to downtown will cost around $25 before tip (and can be paid with credit card).

Accommodations: We will make hotel reservations directly for participants receiving support from the conference. All other participants should make their own arrangements.

Important Information about Travel Reimbursement : Visitors who will receive funding from NSF must fly a US carrier in order to receive airfare reimbursement. When US carriers have code-share agreements with foreign carriers, you may use a foreign carrier only if the flight number has a US carrier name. If you are not a US citizen or permanent resident, please do not make your own travel arrangements, but contact us for travel arrangements.