This Thematic Month aims to cover topics related to singularity theory of algebraic or analytic spaces, algebraic study of differential equations, and their applications to questions of transcendence. This 5-week program covers different themes that are often not closely related. One of the main objectives is to make them interact. To encourage participants (especially the youngest ones) to attend the entire month and foster interactions outside each one’s expertise zone, the scientific program of each week of the month will consist of courses accessible to non-experts, as well as more specialized presentations. This month will consist of five successive weeks: – Logarithmic and non-archimedean methods in Singularity Theory. The first week will focus on recent results based on methods in logarithmic geometry and non-archimedean geometry in singularity theory. – Foliations, birational geometry and applications. The second week will cover topics in birational geometry, including singularity resolution, MMP (Minimal Model Program), algebraic foliation theory, and local holomorphic dynamics. – Tame Geometry. The third week will address tame geometry in various forms: o-minimality, transseries, Hardy fields, non-archimedean analogs of tame geometry, and their applications to number theory. – Galois differential Theories and transcendence. The fourth week is devoted to differential Galois theory and its applications to questions of functional transcendence and number theory, as well as the study of periods and E and G-functions. – Enumerative combinatorics and effective aspects of differential equations. The last week is dedicated to enumerative combinatorics and certain effective aspects of differential equations, especially applications in enumerative combinatorics of techniques presented in the previous week, or as effective results on topics covered in the preceding weeks.

Dates and Location

The conference will begin on the morning of Saturday, May 17 and finish in mid-afternoon on Sunday, May 18. All talks will take place in the ACLC Building. Please note the deadlines below.

• March 17 funding request deadline.
• April 17 abstract submission deadline.
• May 2 registration deadline.

Plenary Speakers

• Anthony Bonato, Toronto Metropolitan University
• Daniel Cranston, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Peter Nelson, University of Waterloo
• Zi-Xia Song, University of Central Florida

About

The series of Cumberland Conferences on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing began with the intention of meeting a regional need. The conferences bring together internationally known researchers, university and college professors from throughout the southeastern region, some industrial mathematicians and computer scientists, graduate students in these fields, and some undergraduate students. Particular efforts are made to include faculty and students from smaller institutions throughout the region. These conferences are typically held during the month of May, immediately after the end of the spring semester, and the location rotates among universities in the Cumberland region.

Organizing Committee

• Joe Briggs
• Jessica McDonald
• Songling Shan

• Zach Walsh

  Please contact the organizers at zww0009@auburn.edu if you have any questions.

Scientific Committee

• Mark Ellingham
• Dong Ye