The following workshops and special courses will take place in the Summer Semester 2012:

Topics in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics
Prof. Greg Pavliotis (Imperial College London)
18 June - 13 July 2012
MON 12-14, WED 10-12, FRI 12-14 at FU Berlin, Arnimallee 3, room 005

Eigenvalues of large unitary matrices
Prof. Thierry Levy (Paris 6)
9 May - 27 June 2012 (eight lectures)
WED 12:15 – 13:45 at TU Berlin, room MA 748

Extrinsic geometry of smooth and polyhedral surfaces
Prof. Tom Banchoff (Brown University)
12 April - 19 July 2012
TUE + THU 10:15 - 11:45 at TU Berlin, room MA 212 (BMS Seminar room)

Partial differential equations and fluid dynamics  
Prof. Edriss S. Titi (UC Irvine)
10 April -14 July 2012
MON 14:15-15:45 at FU Berlin, Arnimallee 6, room SR 032 (Lecture)
TUE 14:14-15:45 at FU Berlin, Arnimallee 3, room SR 005 (Tutorial)


BMS Mini Course in Statistical Mechanics

Random walks in random environment and dynamics of spin glasses (Jiri Cerny, University of Vienna)       
10 - 12 April 2012
Lectures:   Tue - Thu 16:15 - 17:45 
Location:   TU Berlin, Math Building, room MA 748

Abstract: In the last decade great progress was made in understanding of random walks in random media and of dynamics of spin glasses. On one side, we have seen many new limit theorems and bounds on transition probabilities. On the other side, the aging phenomenon was understood in many situations. The mini course will survey these results, explain their relations, and present the main ideas in proving them.