{"589991":{"#nid":"589991","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Challenges in Aperiodic Media","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EConference honoring the 65th Birthday of Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/d6.math.gatech.edu\/users\/jeanbel\u0022\u003EJean Bellissard\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E will be held during February 28-March\u0026nbsp;2,\u0026nbsp;2011 at the University of Lyon, France.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe theory of aperiodic media is a cornerstone of solid state physics and wonderfully rich in the variety of the mathematical techniques involved. Aperiodicity allows a better understanding\u0026nbsp;of properties of such media, but still a large number of challenging questions remains open. We wish to unite experts from different communities to exhibit the state of the art and exchange ideas about aperiodic media. Lectures will include the following topics:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EThe structural analysis of quasiperiodic media by K-theoretic and geometric means with applications to gap labelling theorems, spectral analysis and diffraction.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EThe emergence of new tools of non-commutative geometry for various problems in solid state physics, such as the analysis on Cantor sets and fractals.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EThe non-commutative Bloch theory as a framework for the study of quasiperiodic and random operators.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EElectronic transport in quantum mechanical models of quasiperiodic and disordered media, with particular focus on localization, Mott hopping and anomalous transport as well as topological robustness of conductivity properties.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on registration and details as they become available, please visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/%7Esavinien\/Jeanbel65\/jeanbel65.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E Conference website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EConference \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gallery.me.com\/barbaragentz#100517\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ephotos\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Mathematics \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www-old.math.gatech.edu\/news\/conferences\/aperiodic\/photos\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EPhotos\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Conference honoring the 65th Birthday of Professor Jean Bellissard will be held during February 28-March 2, 2011 at the University of Lyon, France."}],"uid":"34469","created_gmt":"2017-04-07 15:15:09","changed_gmt":"2017-04-07 15:15:09","author":"nmcleish3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-02-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-02-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"589990":{"id":"589990","type":"image","title":"Jean Bellissard","body":null,"created":"1491578079","gmt_created":"2017-04-07 15:14:39","changed":"1491578087","gmt_changed":"2017-04-07 15:14:47","alt":"","file":{"fid":"224763","name":"JBellissard_1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/JBellissard_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/JBellissard_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":13137,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/JBellissard_1.jpg?itok=0WUZdgWn"}}},"media_ids":["589990"],"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":""}}}