Recent Developments in Number Theory
May 28-30, 2019
Plenary Speakers
- Adebisi Agboola (University of California Santa Barbara)
- Jennifer S. Balakrishnan (Boston University)
- Alexandru Buium (University of New Mexico)
- Bryden Cais (University of Arizona)
- Taylor Dupuy (University of Vermont)
- Kirsten Eisenträger (Pennsylvania State University)
- Matilde Lalín (Université de Montréal)
- Jennifer Park (University of Michigan)
- Felipe Voloch (University of Canterbury)
Other Speakers
- Roberto Alvarenga (Universidade de São Paulo and UC Irvine)
- Jeremy Booher (University of Arizona)
- Ricardo Conceição (Gettysburg College)
- Edgar Costa (MIT)
- Daniel Hast (Rice University)
- Wanlin Li (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Allysa Lumley (York University)
- Travis Morrison (Univeristy of Waterloo)
- Jackson Morrow (Emory University)
- Padmavathi Srinivasan (Georgia Tech)
- Isabel Vogt (MIT)
History of the Barrett Lectures
The John Barrett Memorial Lectures began in 1970 as a tribute to Dr. John H. Barrett, an expert on oscillation and disconjugacy theory of linear ordinary differential equations and influential Mathematics Department Head at the University of Tennessee. Originally dedicated to topics in Barrett’s field, ordinary differential equations, the lectures have been held annually since 1970 (except in 1990 and 2004). Since the 1980’s, however, the lecture themes have traversed the mathematical landscape: from mathematics education through computational and applied mathematics, discrete mathematics and stochastics to general relativity, nonlinear partial differential equations and topological quantum field theory.
During their history, the Barrett Lectures have been graced by a succession of distinguished mathematicians, with lectures given by Garrett Birkoff (1972); Shreeram Abhyankar (1986); Sir Michael Atiyah, Isadore Singer and Karen Uhlenbeck (1989); Sir John Ball and Lawrence C. Evans (1991); Sergiu Klainerman, Fang-Hua Lin and Michael Struwe (1995); Alice Chang, Tobias Colding and Karsten Grove (2000); Yasutaka Ihara and Yujiro Kawamata (2003); John Baez (2006); Richard Schoen, Robert Wald and Igor Rodnianski (2011); and Fernando Marques and André Neves (2013), to name a few.
A list of past Barrett Lectures and speakers can be found at Barrett Lectures History.
Registration
Registration for all (including speakers) who would like to request financial support (see below) have to be completed by April 15. You can register here: Registration Page.
All participants will also have to register on site between 8am and 8:45am on the first day. See the Schedule page for more information.
Financial Support
This conference is sponsored by the University of Tennessee‘s Mathematics Department, as well as its College of Arts and Sciences and its Office of Research.
This conference is supported in part by the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) through its Participating Institution (PI) Program. PI members may use IMA/PI funds to support personnel’s travel to this conference.
Limited funds are available to help support participant lodging and travel costs, particularly to those who are graduate students, early-career researchers, and/or members of groups that are under-represented in mathematics.
Financial support can be requested in the registration page. Pending confirmation of funding, we expect the conference will pay for lodging (at the Hilton Knoxville — see Accommodations below) of participants who request it in their registration. Some extra support for travel for those not giving talks might also be available, but cannot be guaranteed and the actual amounts will only be known after the conference.
Note that all invited speakers will have their travel expenses (plane tickets or mileage) reimbursed by the conference.
Travel
All participants, including invited speakers, are responsible for making their own travel arrangements.
The conference will be at University of Tennessee, located in Knoxville, TN. The closest major airport is McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS). The closest major hub for connections is the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL).
Accommodations
All participants who requested financial support from the conference, including speakers, will stay at the Hilton Knoxville, which is within walking distance from the conference site. (Here are directions. Google says 0.5 mile and a 12 minute walk.)
The reservations will be made directly by the math department and include parking. (If the reservation was not made by us, you might be charged for parking.)
Note that graduate students and post-docs might have to share rooms. You can request a roommate in the registration form. If you don’t have a request, we can assign you one.
Although we expect all participants to stay at the Hilton, those who do not need support for lodging and desire to make their own hotel reservations have also the following hotels within walking distance of the conference. Note that most of these charge extra for parking!
- Four Points by Sheraton. Closest to the conference site.
- The Tennessean.
- Holiday Inn Knoxville downtown.
- Hampton Inn & Suites.
Parking
Participants staying at any of the above hotels are encouraged to walk to the conference location. On-campus hourly parking is available at Volunteer Hall Parking Garage at 1545 White Avenue. The cost is $1.00 for every half-hour. For more information, check UT’s Visitor Parking Page.
Note also that hourly parking is available at several parking garages in downtown Knoxville. For more information, check Downtown Knoxville Parking.
Location
The Barrett Lectures will be held at the Ken And Blaire Mossman Laboratory Building (map), room 212, at the UT campus. Note that this is not the math department building!
Here is the Campus Map.
Food
Besides coffee and light snacks in between talks, pending funding confirmation, we expect that lunch will also be available (for free) to all participants at the atrium of the Mossman Building (where the talks will take place).
Please let us know in the Additional Comments of the registration form if you have any dietary restriction (e.g., vegetarian, vegan, allergies, gluten-free, etc.) and we will do our best to accommodate you for the lunches and banquet.
For other options for dinner, check the list of Restaurants Near Campus/Hotels.
Banquet
Pending funding confirmation, there should be a (free) Conference Banquet on Wednesday 05/29 at Calhoun’s On the River (Map).
Calhoun’s is within walking distance from the Hilton, so transportation will not be provided. Here are walking directions. (Google estimates 0.4 miles and 9 minutes.) Keep in mind that the way is quite hilly, going up on the way back to the hotel. If there is interest in sharing cabs/Ubers, we can try to help organizing it.
Please let us know if you would like to attend the banquet in your registration.
WiFi
Participants can connect to the internet via eduroam if that is available from your home institution. WiFi instructions will also be made available to participants at the conference.
Links
- Registration
- Schedule
- Map of Points of Interest
- Titles and Abstracts (to come later)
- List of Registered Participants (to come later)
- Restaurants Near Campus/Hotels
- University of Tennessee
- Math Department
Contact Information
Feel free to contact Luís Finotti or Marie Jameson (co-organizers) for more information or assistance.