Workshop Announcement: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Classification of group von Neumann algebras ---------------------------------------------------------------- January 29 to February 2, 2018 American Institute of Mathematics Research Conference Center San Jose, California http://aimath.org/workshops/upcoming/groupvonneumann ------------ Description: ------------ This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, will be devoted to developing new ideas and approaches to the classification of group and group-action von Neumann algebras. The workshop is organized by Ionut Chifan, Adrian Ioana, Thomas Sinclair, and Stefaan Vaes. For more details please see the workshop announcement page: http://aimath.org/workshops/upcoming/groupvonneumann 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 29, 2017. Applications are open to all, and we especially encourage women, underrepresented minorities, junior mathematicians, and researchers from primarily undergraduate institutions to apply. -------------------------------- 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/workshops/upcoming/