International Symposium on Geometry and Topology

in memory of C-C Hsiung

Dates: May 28-30, 2010

This symposium celebrates the life and mathematical legacy of Chuan-Chih Hsiung (1916-2009). C-C (as we knew him) was born in the village of Xuefang in Jiangxi province of China, February 15, 1915. He studied at Zhejiang University, graduating in 1936. He immigrated to the United States in 1945, coming to Michigan State University, where he received his Ph.D. in 1948, the first Ph.D. in mathematics awarded by Michigan State. Before coming to Lehigh University in 1952, he had positions at Wisconsin, Northwestern, and Harvard. Although C-C officially retired in 1984, he remained active mathematically, and within the department, for many years.

In 1967 C-C founded the Journal of Differential Geometry. Although C-C has many publications throughout his life in projective and differential geometry, including 3 books, the creation of the JDG was his proudest accomplishment. The Journal is now the leading mathematical journal in its field. The JDG sponsors an annual international Geometry and Topology conference held at Lehigh and Harvard universities. In 1989, the C.-C. Hsiung Fund for the Advancement of Mathematics was established at Lehigh University in honor of C.-C.

During his tenure at Lehigh University, C-C supervised 20 Ph.D. students.

The conference will start in the morning of Friday (with continental breakfast from 8:30 - 10:00), May 28 and end in the afternoon of Sunday, May 30.

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Speakers

Werner Ballmann,	MPI for Mathematics and University of Bonn	Index Theory for Dirac Operators on Non-Compact Manifolds
Simon Brendle,	Stanford University	Counterexamples to Min-Oo's conjecture
Kenji Fukaya,	Kyoto University	Lagrangian Floer theory and Mirror symmetry
Michael Hopkins,	Harvard University	On the Kervaire Invariant
Alina Marian,	University of Illinois at Chicago	Strange duality on moduli of sheaves over a generic K3 surface
D.H. Phong,	Columbia University	On estimates for the complex Monge-Ampere equation
Y.-T. Siu,	Harvard University	The abundance conjecture and direct images of amply twisted relative pluricanonical bundles.
Xu-Jia Wang,	Australia National University	The k-Yamabe Problem
S.-T. Yau,	Harvard University	Topics on Geometric Analysis(pdf online)

All talks will be in Neville Hall, lecture Hall I. This auditorium is across the street from the Math Department, which is at 14 E. Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, 18015.

A PowerPoint presentation of the photographs taken by our photographers Estizer Smith and Paula Michal-Johnson is now available.

Professor S.-T. Yau of Harvard University will present the inaugural C.-C. Hsiung lecture to begin the conference on Friday. This will be the first of a series of special lectures to be given at the nearly-annual Lehigh University geometry and topology conference.

The schedule of talks is now available.

On Saturday evening there will be a reception and banquet following the poster session.

More information will be available at this site as it becomes available. Please check back from time to time.

The conference is supported by the Journal of Differential Geometry, the Office of International Affairs of Lehigh University, the College of Arts and Sciences at Lehigh University, and the National Science Foundation.

On-campus housing is available at subsidized rates. We have funds to help cover expenses for many of the participants. Priority for support will be given to graduate students, recent Ph.Ds, and members of underrepresented groups, who are especially encouraged to attend. Participants interested in being considered for support should complete the request for travel support form no later than May 15, 2010.

If you prefer hotel accommodations, a block of rooms has been arranged at the Comfort Suites Hotel, located 4 blocks from campus. Their rate is $99 per day plus tax. mention that you are attending the Lehigh Geometry/topology Symposium. Contact the hotel directly by calling (610) 882-9700.

Scientific Committee

• Huai-Dong Cao (Lehigh University)
• Sylvain Cappell (New York University)
• Shiu-Yuen Cheng (University of Sciences and Technology, Hong Kong)
• Simon Donaldson (Imperial College, UK)
• Gerhard Huisken (Albert Einstein Institute/Max-Planck Institute, Germany)
• H. Blaine Lawson (SUNY Stoney Brook)
• Jun Li (Stanford University)
• Richard Schoen (Stanford University)
• Neil Trudinger (Australia National University, Australia)
• Claire Voisin ( Institut de mathématiques de Jussieu, France)
• S.-T. Yau (Harvard University)

Local Organizing Committee

• David L. Johnson (Lehigh University)
• Huai-Dong Cao (Lehigh University)
• Donald M. Davis (Lehigh University)
• Terry Napier (Lehigh University)
• Robert Neel (Lehigh University)
• Xiaofeng Sun (Lehigh University)
• Susan Szczepanski (Lehigh University)
• Steven H. Weintraub (Lehigh University)

Travel Information We now have bus schedules between Bethlehem and the Newark Airport, and between Bethlehem and Philadelphia. In addition, there are several area and campus maps.

Registration

If you are unable to submit your registration via the form, you can obtain a paper (or e-mail) version of the registration form by writing David Johnson at the address below: