A Workshop on Modular Forms and Related Topics
February 06-10, 2012 -  AUB, CAMS
College Hall B1

Schedule of Mini-Courses and Talks

February 6, 2012
8:30-8:45 Registration
8:45-9:00 Opening Remarks
9:00-9:50 (Strömberg-Lecture 1) Introduction to Hyperbolic Geometry and Fuchsian Groups
9:50-10:00 Q&A
10:00-10:15 Coffee Break
10:15-11:05 (Kohnen-Lecture 1) Elliptic Modular Forms
11:05-11:15 Q&A
11:15-12:05 (Choie-Lecture 1) Jacobi Forms 1
12:05-12:15 Q&A
12:15-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-14:50 (Bruin-Lecture 1) Modular Curves: Complex Analytic Aspects
14:50-15:00 Q&A
15:00-15:15 Coffee Break
15:15:16:05 (Wiese-Lecture 1) Integral Structures in Modular Forms
16:05-16:15 Q&A

February 7, 2012
9:00-9:50 (Strömberg-Lecture 2) The Spectral Decomposition
9:50-10:00 Q&A
10:00-10:15 Coffee Break
10:15-11:05 (Choie-Lecture 2) Jacobi Forms 2
11:05-11:15 Q&A
11:15-12:05 (Kohnen-Lecture 2) Siegel Modular Forms
12:05-12:15 Q&A
12:15-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-14:50 (Bruin-Lecture 2) Modular Curves: Algebraic and Arithmetic Aspects
14:50-15:00 Q&A
15:00-15:15 Coffee Break
15:15:16:05 (Wiese-Lecture 2) Modular Forms mod p: Theory and Computation
16:05-16:15 Q&A

 February 9, 2012
8:00-8:50 (Kohnen-Lecture 3) Growth Estimates for Fourier Coefficients of Siegel Cusp Forms
8:50-9:00 Q&A
9:00-9:15 Coffee Break
9:15-10:05 (Choie-Lecture 3) Quasi-Modular Forms and Jacobi Forms
10:05-10:15 Q&A
10:15-11:05 (Wiese-Lecture 3) Galois Representations Attached to Modular Forms
11:05-11:15 Q&A
11:15-12:05 (Bruin-Lecture 3) Galois Representations in Jacobians of Modular Curves
12:05-12:15 Q&A
12:15-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-14:50 (Strömberg-Lecture 3) Computational Aspects
14:50-15:00 Q&A
15:00-15:15 Coffee Break
15:15-15:45 Periods and Supersingularity for Elliptic Curves and Drinfeld Modules (Talk by Ahmad El Guindy)
15:45-15:55 Q&A
15:55-16:25 Equations of the Modular Curve X_1(N) (Talk by Houria Baaziz)
16:25-16:35 Q&A

February 10, 2012
8:00-8:50 (Kohnen-Lecture 4) A Characterization of Siegel Cusp Forms of Degree Two by the Growth of its Fourier Coefficients.
8:50-9:00 Q&A
9:00-9:15 Coffee Break
9:15-10:05 (Choie-Lecture 4) Mock Modular Forms and Jacobi Forms
10:05-10:15 Q&A
10:15-11:05 (Wiese-Lecture 4) Galois Representations of Weight One
11:05-11:15 Q&A
11:15-12:05 (Bruin-Lecture 4) Computation of Modular Galois Representations
12:05-12:15 Q&A
12:15-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-14:50 (Strömberg-Lecture 4) Selected Open Problems
14:50-15:00 Q&A
15:00-15:15 Coffee Break
15:15-15:45  Weakly Modular Forms, de Rham Cohomology and Congruences (Talk by Matija Kazalicki)
15:45-15:55 Q&A
15:55-16:25 Selberg Trace Formula (Talk by Karen Taylor)
16:25-16:35 Q&A