{"589892":{"#nid":"589892","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Greg Blekherman Lecturer at Berlin Mathematical School","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/d6.math.gatech.edu\/users\/gblekherman3\u0022\u003EGreg Blekherman\u003C\/a\u003E is one of the lecturers at the summer school \u0026quot;Convex Geometry - Discrete and Computational\u0026quot; to be held at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.math-berlin.de\/academics\/summer-schools\/2015\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EBerlin Mathematical School\u003C\/a\u003E during June 29-July 10, 2015 and organized by Martin Henk (Technische Universit\u0026auml;t Berlin) and Raman Sanyal (Freie Universit\u0026auml;t Berlin).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe aim of the summer school is to introduce contemporary methods from discrete and computational convex geometry to a broad audience ranging from graduate students to postdocs and junior faculty. The central theme is the computation with non-linear convex bodies by way of structural insights. The courses will be supplemented with problem sessions and guest lectures.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELectures include:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAlexander Barvinok (U Michigan) \u0026quot;Integer points in polyhedra\u0026quot;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EGreg Blekherman (Georgia Tech) \u0026quot;Convex geometry of nonnegative polynomials\u0026quot;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EJesus de Loera (UC Davis) \u0026quot;Convex geometry problems from optimization\u0026quot;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EFrank Vallentin (U K\u0026ouml;ln) \u0026quot;Packings, coverings, and embeddings\u0026quot;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor Greg Blekherman is one of the lecturers at the summer school \u0022Convex Geometry - Discrete and Computational\u0022 to be held at the Berlin Mathematical School during June 29-July 10, 2015 and organized by Martin Henk (Technische Universit\u00e4t Berlin) an"}],"uid":"34469","created_gmt":"2017-04-06 14:26:17","changed_gmt":"2017-04-06 14:26:17","author":"nmcleish3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1279","name":"School of Mathematics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"173647","name":"_for_math_site_"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}