12th St. Petersburg Conference and Summer School in Spectral Theory
dedicated to the memory of M. Sh. Birman

Conference: 23 – 26 June, 2020.          School: 27 – 30 June, 2020.

Euler Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia

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Dear colleagues,

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference has been postponed to June 2021. We will keep you updated.


Conference speakers

The talks will take place on 23 – 26 June at Euler Institute.

The list of invited speakers includes:

  • Estelle Basor (American Institute of Mathematics, USA)
  • Percy Deift (Courant Institute, USA)
  • Jeff Galkowski (University College London, UK)
  • Bernard Helffer (University of Nantes, France)
  • Yulia Karpeshina (University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA)
  • Milivoje Lukic (Rice University, USA)
  • Eugenia Malinnikova (NTNU, Norway)
  • Marcin Moszynsky (University of Warsaw, Poland)
  • Leonid Pastur (ILT Kharkiv, Ukraine)
  • Louis Octavio Sylva Pereira (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico)
  • Mira Shamis (Queen Mary University of London, UK)
  • Gunter Stolz (University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA)
  • Andrei Shafarevich (Moscow State University, Russia)
  • Uzy Smilansky (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
  • Craig Tracy (University of California, Davis, USA)

Young researchers:

TBA

Mini-course speakers

  • Alexander Its (Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, USA)
  • Frederic Klopp (Sorbonne University, France)
  • Alexander Pushnitski (King's College London, UK)
  • Gregory Rozenblum (Chalmers University, Sweden)
  • Dimitri Yafaev (University of Rennes, France)


  • The mini-courses will take place during the Summer School on 27 – 30 June, at Euler Institute. The school will be oriented towards advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as early career postdoctoral researchers. The topics of the courses will cover different aspects of spectral theory.

    Funding

    A limited amount of funds is available to support junior researchers to attend both the Conference and the School. To be considered for travel support, please send a CV to specth@googlemail.com. In addition to the CV, please ask a senior researcher to write a short (0.5 – 1 page) recommendation letter in a free form and send to the same email address.

    Addition support may be available. For details, see the program website.

    Priority will be given to applicants who submit their applications before the first wave deadline: February 1st, 2020.

    Subject to availability of funds, there may be an additional round, with tentative deadline March 15th, 2020.

    Programme Committee:
    Alexander Fedotov (St. Petersburg State University)
    Nikolai Filonov (Steklov Institute, St. Petersburg)
    Ilya Kachkovskiy (Michigan State University)
    Alexander Sobolev (University College London)
    Tatiana Suslina (St. Petersburg State University)
    Dmitri Yafaev (University of Rennes 1 and St. Petersburg State University)

    Organizing Committee:
    Alexander Fedotov (St. Petersburg State University)
    Nikolai Filonov (Steklov Institute, St. Petersburg)
    Alexander Sobolev (University College London)
    Tatiana Suslina (St. Petersburg State University)
    Dmitri Yafaev (University of Rennes 1 and St. Petersburg State University)
    Ilya Kachkovskiy (Michigan State University)
    Tatyana Vinogradova (Steklov Institute, St. Petersburg)
    Nadezhda Zalesskaya (Euler Institute, St. Petersburg)


    Previous meetings:
    21 – 24 June, 2019
    9 – 12 June, 2018
    3 – 6 July, 2017
    3 – 6 July, 2016
    3 – 6 July, 2015
    3 – 8 July, 2014
    2 – 6 July, 2013
    2 – 6 July, 2012
    1 – 6 July, 2011
    12 – 16 July, 2010
    3 – 7 August, 2009


    The conference is supported by:

    Chebyshev Laboratory at St. Petersburg State University

    Simons Foundation