[DMANET] Fall School, 02-20 September 2013, TU Graz -- Call for participation

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Fall School, 02-20 September 2013, TU Graz -- Call for participation
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We invite you to participate in

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Fall School "Phase Transition in Random Discrete Structures"
02-20 September 2013
Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), Austria

http://www.math.tugraz.at/mathb/seminar/2013FallSchool-TUGraz.pdf
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SUMMARY:

The phase transition is a phenomenon observed in mathematics and natural
sciences in many different contexts. It deals with a sudden change in
the properties of a large structure caused by altering a critical
parameter. The phase transition in random discrete structures (e.g.
random graphs, random graph processes, random satisfiability problems,
Ising/Potts model, percolation) has captured the attention of many
scientists in recent years.

The goal of the fall school is to provide advanced master students, PhD
students, and early stage postdocs, who are interested in random
discrete structures and related fields, the opportunities

- to learn the state of the art results in the study of the phase
transition in various random discrete structures;
- to understand modern proof techniques that have successfully been
applied to the study of phase transition and its critical behaviour;
- to meet fellow colleagues in their early research career, which
possibly results in their future collaboration.

On top of this scientific and educational achievement, young
participants can experience the research environment of TU Graz as a
candidate place for their future research, and establish contacts with
other participants for their future collaboration. The language of the
school is English.

The fall school is supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) within
the Doctoral Programme "Discrete Mathematics"at TU Graz and by the
European Science Foundation (ESF) within the Research Networking
Programme "Random Geometry of Large Interacting Systems and Statistical
Physics (RGLIS)"

LECTURERS:

The lectures of the fall school will be given by the two experts in the
study of phase transitions in random discrete structures:

-Amin Coja-Oghlan (University of Frankfurt)
- Konstantinos Panagiotou (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)

AUDIENCE:

The course is addressed to advanced master students, PhD students, and
early stage postdocs, who are interested in random discrete structures
and related fields. The total number of participants is limited to 35.

There will be a limited amount of scholarships (of max. 500 Euro each)
available for PhD students or for advanced Master students in a field
related to the topics of the school.

APPLICATION:

Applications for participation only, with a short curriculum vitae and
scientific background, should be sent by 5 July 2013 to Sandra Wissler
<sandra.wissler@tugraz.at>

Applications for scholarship and participation, with curriculum vitae,
abstract of thesis, a research statement, and a letter of recommendation
(sent directly by a thesis advisor or a renowned mathematician in the
field), should be sent by 5 July 2013 to Sandra Wissler
<sandra.wissler@tugraz.at>

Applicants will be notified by 15 July 2013.

ORGANIZER:

Mihyun Kang (Graz University of Technology, Austria)

Further Information can be found at
http://www.math.tugraz.at/mathb/seminar/2013FallSchool-TUGraz.pdf
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Univ.-Prof. Mihyun Kang
Technische Universitaet Graz
Institut fuer Optimierung und Diskrete Mathematik (Math B)
Steyrergasse 30, 8010 Graz, Austria

kang@math.tugraz.at
http://www.math.tugraz.at/~kang/
http://www.math.tugraz.at/mathb/

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