Workshop Announcement: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Random matrices ---------------------------------------------------------------- December 13 to December 17, 2010 American Institute of Mathematics Research Conference Center Palo Alto, California http://aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/randommatrices.html ------------ Description: ------------ This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, will focus on recent developments on limiting distributions concerning both local and global properties of the spectrum of a random matrix. The workshop is organized by Terence Tao and Van Vu. For more details please see the workshop announcement page: http://aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/randommatrices.html Space and funding is available for a few more participants. If you would like to participate, please apply by filling out the on-line form (available at the link above) no later than August 13, 2010. Applications are open to all, and we especially encourage women, underrepresented minorities, junior mathematicians, and researchers from primarily undergraduate institutions to apply. Before submitting an application, please read the AIM policies concerning participation and financial support for participants. -------------------------------- AIM Research Conference Center: -------------------------------- The American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) hosts focused workshops in all areas of the mathematical sciences. AIM focused workshops are distinguished by their emphasis on a specific mathematical goal, such as making progress on a significant unsolved problem, understanding the proof of an important new result, or investigating the convergence between two distinct areas of mathematics. For more information, please visit http://www.aimath.org/research/