2009 Ramanujan Prize Ceremony on Tuesday 13 July

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*2009 Ramanujan Prize Ceremony*

 

Professor Fernando Quevedo

Director of the ICTP

has the pleasure of inviting you to the

2009 Ramanujan Prize Ceremony on

 

*Tuesday, 13 July 2010*

at 15:00

in the Main Lecture Hall of the Leonardo Building

 

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*Programme*

 

Welcome remarks by Professor Fernando Quevedo

Director of the ICTP

 

Remarks by Professor Helge Holden

Chairman of the Abel Fund

 

Remarks by Professor László Lovász

President of the International Mathematical Union

 

Remarks by Professor José Seade

Universidade Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

 

Presentation of the Ramanujan Prize to

Professor Ernesto Lupercio

 

Acceptance speech by the Prize winner

 

Ramanujan Prize Lecture by Ernesto Lupercio

"Quantum field theory and geometry: a fruitful interaction"

 

Refreshments on the Terrace

 

*THE 2009 RAMANUJAN PRIZE CITATION*

 

This year's Ramanujan Prize is awarded to *Ernesto Lupercio*, CINVESTAV, 
Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico, in recognition of "his 
outstanding contributions to algebraic topology, geometry and 
mathematical physics. He is an expert in the theory of orbifolds (spaces 
with singularities arising from finite symmetric groups). He has 
fundamental results on K-theory, gerbes, and Chas-Sullivan type string 
topology operations.

 

"The prize is also in acknowledgement of the enormous contribution that 
Professor Lupercio has made to mathematics in Mexico, through his 
energy, enthusiasm and collaborations with young researchers."

 

_Ramanujan Prize Selection Committee_

Wilfrid Gangbo

Ramadas Ramakrishnan (Chair)

Srinivasa Varadhan

Marcelo Viana

Ragnar Winther