May 30 - June 6, 2008: Examples of groups at The Ohio-State University in Columbus.

The aim of this one week Summer school is to familiarize graduate students with several groups and classes of groups that often appear in geometric group theory.This program is supported by the NSF, CAREER grant DMS No. 0644613.

Speakers:

The following people have agreed to give a minicourse:
Cornelia Drutu (relatively hyperbolic groups)
Alessandra Iozzi (SL(n,Z))

The following people have agreed to give a lecture:
Joan Birman (Braid groups)
Tara Brendle (Mapping class group)
Lisa Carbone (Exotic buildings)
Ian Leary (Bestvina - Brady groups)
Dan Margalit (Torelli group)
Kim Ruane (some CAT(0) groups)
Anne Thomas (Classical buildings)


Web page: http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~indira/SS2008.html

Organising comittee:

Indira Chatterji (chair)
Linda Chen
Mike Davis
Aditi Kar

Advising comittee:

Ruth Charney
Karen Vogtmann