11-13 Oct 2013
Warsaw, Poland
Andrzej Mostowski Centenary
Call for participation
October 11-13, 2013
Warsaw, Poland
Professor Andrzej Mostowski (1913-1975) was one of the leading researchers
of Logic and Foundations of Mathematics in the period from WWII to his
untimely death in 1975. A student of both Gödel and Tarski, he became
world-wide famous for his contributions to all major areas of the
Foundations, including Model Theory, Recursion Theory, Set Theory, and
others. He is considered one of the main pioneers and founders of such new
research directions, actively studied until now, as the generalized
quantifiers leading to the abstract model theory, and the descriptive
hierarchies of sets. He created a major center of foundational research in
Warsaw, Poland, bringing together researchers from all over the world.
In celebration of the centenary of his birth, the Mostowski Centenary
Conference will focus on his contributions to logic and the foundations of
mathematics, as well as on the continuing influence of his work. The
objective of this meeting is to present and discuss up-to-date research
advances in the field, with an emphasis on today's perspectives and
challenges.
The Mostowski Centenary will be held at the
<http://www.mimuw.edu.pl>Department of Mathematics, Mechanics and Computer
Science of the <http://www.uw.edu.pl>University of Warsaw , Poland, on
October 11-13, 2013 as a joint meeting of the European Mathematical
Society and the Polish Mathematical Society.
The program will consist of eight plenary lectures related to Mostowski's
heritage in modern Foundations of Mathematics by: M.Boja"czyk,
H.Friedman, T.Jech, M.Magidor, Y.Moschovakis, J.V??n?nen, J.Wole"ski,
and W.H.Woodin. Additional invited presentations on current perspectives
in the areas of Mostowski's mathematical activities will be given by:
M.D?amonja, L.Ko,odziejczyk, K.Krupi"ski, A.Macintyre, L.Newelski,
A.Pillay, C.Rosendal (to be confirmed), Z.Sela, and S.Solecki.
The Conference is an open event. Everybody interested in participating is
welcome. The registration is now open,
<http://mostowski100.mimuw.edu.pl/doku.php?id=registration>please follow
the link to the registration page . However, due to the space limitations,
we may not be able to accept registration after September 1. Late
registration will be accepted only if resources allow.
Thanks to our sponsors, there will be no workshop registration fee.
Participants are responsible for their own accommodation and travel
expenses. The conference has some (limited) funds directed for support of
some categories of participants. These include:
* Student participants from Eastern Europe (DLMPS/IUHPS)
* Student participants from Europe (EMS)
* Student and faculty participants from United States Some additional
funds for students from Poland are also available. Participants willing to
present a poster should notify us by September 1
(<http://mostowski100.mimuw.edu.pl/doku.php?id=registration> via the
registration page ).
We will host an informal rump session intended for short and engaging
presentations on recent unpublished results, work in progress, breaking
news, progress reports, memories, or other short and entertaining topics
of interest to the Conference attendees. Participants willing to take
active part in the rump session should notify us and ask for a talk time
slot by September 1 (via the registration page; with title and amount of
time not exceeding 10 minutes). Some submissions may have to be rejected
because of time constraints.
We are looking forward to seeing you at the conference.
On behalf of the organizers,
Damian Niwi"ski and Marian Srebrny
http://mostowski100.mimuw.edu.pl/doku.php
The conference e-mail address is:
mostowski100@mimuw.edu.pl