INVITED SPECIAL SESSIONS We are planing 27 Invited Special Sessions. Each session consists of 3 or 4 talks of leading specialists. (updated 2010/5/10) SS01: Branching Processes and Heavy Tails Organizer: Borovkov, Kostya (University of Melbourne, Parkville) Speakers: Foss, Serguei (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh) Klebaner, Fima C. (Monash University, Clayton) Vatutin, Vladimir A. (Steklov Mathematical Institute, Moscow) SS02: Determinantal Processes and Related Topics Organizer: Shirai, Tomoyuki (Kyushu University, Fukuoka) Speakers: Boutillier, Cédric (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris) Krishnapur, Manjunath (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore) Soshnikov, Alexander (UC Davis, Davis) SS03: Dirichlet Forms and Applications Organizer: Takeda, Masayoshi (Tohoku University, Sendai) Speakers: Kajino, Naotaka (Kyoto University, Kyoto) Sun, Wei (Concordia University, Montreal) Ying, Jiangang (Fudan University, Shanghai) SS04: Excursion Theory and Applications Organizers: Fukushima, Masatoshi (Osaka University, Osaka ) and Yano, Yuko (Kyoto University, Kyoto) Speakers: Burdzy, Krzysztof (University of Washington, Seattle) Fitzsimmons, Patrick J. (UC San Diego, San Diego) Yano, Kouji (Kobe University, Kobe) SS05: Financial Mathematics Organizers: Bouchard, Bruno (Université Paris-Dauphine, Paris) and Zariphopoulou, Thaleia (University of Oxford, Oxford) Speakers: Bouchard, Bruno (Université Paris-Dauphine, Paris) Nadtochiy, Sergey (University of Oxford, Oxford) Sîrbu, Mihai (University of Texas, Austin) SS06: Functional Inequalities and Related Topics Organizer: Wang, Feng-Yu (Swansea University, Swansea) Speakers: Aida, Shigeki (Tohoku University, Sendai) Guillin, Arnaud (Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand) Mao, Yong-Hua (Beijing Normal University, Beijing) SS07: Levy Processes: Recent Developments Organizer: Klüppelberg, Claudia (TU München, München) Speakers: Bender, Christian (Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken) Lindner, Alexander (TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig) Maejima, Makoto (Keio University, Yokohama) Perez-Abreu, Victor M. (CIMAT, Guanajuato) SS08: Mathematical Finance and Stochastic Control Organizer: Sheu, Shuenn-Jyi (Academia Sinica, Taipei) Speakers: Hernandez-Hernandez, Daniel (CIMAT, Guanajuato) Knispel, Thomas (Leibniz Universität Hanover, Hanover) Pham, Huyen (Université Denis Diderot and Institut Universitaire de France, Paris) Sekine, Jun (Osaka University, Osaka) SS09: Mathematical Population Genetics Organizer: Baake, Ellen (Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld) Speakers: Blath, Jochen (TU Berlin, Berlin) Véber, Amandine (Université Paris-Sud 11, Orsay) von Wangenheim, Ute (Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld) SS10: Potential Theory on Jump Processes Organizer: Kim, Panki (Seoul National University, Seoul) Speakers: Bañuelos, Rodrigo (Purdue University, West Lafaette) Chen, Zhen-Qing (University of Washington, Seattle) Schilling, René L. (TU Dresden, Dresden) SS11: Probabilistic Analysis of Algorithms Organizer: Devroye, Luc (McGill University, Montreal) Speakers: Gnedin, Alexander (Utrecht University, Utrecht) Hwang, Hsien-Kuei (Academia Sinica, Taipei) Lugosi, Gabor (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) SS12: Probabilistic Methods for Solving Stochastic and Deterministic PDEs Organizer: Crisan, Dan (Imperial College London, London) Speakers: Gyongy, Istvan (University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh) Rozovsky, Boris (Brown University, Providence) Touzi, Nizar (École Polytechnique, Palaiseau) SS13: Probabillistic Numerical Methods for PDEs Organizer: Touzi, Nizar (École Polytechnique, Palaiseau) Speakers: Crisan, Dan (Imperial College London, London) Dufour, François (Université Bordeaux 1, Talence, France) Zhang, Jianfeng (University of Southern California, Los Angels) SS14: Probability and Geometry Organizer: Kuwae, Kazuhiro (Kumamoto University, Kumamoto) Speakers: Funano, Kei (Kumamoto University, Kumamoto) Li, Xiang Dong (Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing) Ohta, Shin-ichi (Kyoto University, Kyoto) SS15: Probability and Zeta Function Organizer: Matsumoto, Hiroyuki (Yamagata University, Yamagata) Speakers: Biane, Philippe (Université de Marne la Vallée, Marne la Vallée) Bourgade, Paul (Harvard University, Cambridge) Matsumoto, Kohji (Nagoya University, Nagoya) SS16: Quantum Physics by Stochastic Analysis Organizer: Hiroshima, Fumio (Kyushu University, Fukuoka) Speakers: Hiroshima, Fumio (Kyushu University, Fukuoka) Lörinczi, József (Loughborough University, Leicestershire) Zambrini, Jean-Claude (University of Lisbon, Lisbon) SS17: Random Media and Related Topics Organizer: Sidoravicius, Vladas (CWI, Amsterdam and IMPA, Rio de Janeiro) Speakers: Beffara, Vincent (École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon) Ben Arous, Gérard (New York University, New York) Lacoin, Hubert (Roma Tre University, Roma) Sabot, Christophe (University of Lyon, Lyon) SS18: Random Structure in Asymptotic Representation Theory Organizer: Hora, Akihito (Nagoya University, Nagoya) Speakers: Collins, Benoît (University of Ottawa, Ottawa) Féray, Valentin (Université Bordeaux 1, Talence) Matsumoto, Sho (Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan) SS19: Rough Paths Organizer: Lyons, Terry (University of Oxford, Oxford) Speakers: Cass, Thomas (University of Oxford, Oxford) Friz, Peter (TU and WIAS Berlin, Berlin) Inahama, Yuzuru (Nagoya University, Nagoya) SS20: SLE and Related Topics Organizer: Lawler, Gregory F. (University of Chicago, Chicago) Speakers: Kang, Nam-Gyu (California Insitute Technology, Pasadena) Kozdron, Michael (University of Regina, Regina) Nolin, Pierre (New York University, New York) SS21: Spatial Random Networks Organizer: van der Hofstad, Remco (Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven) Speakers: Deijfen, Maria (Stockholm University, Stockholm) Giardina, Cristian (Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven) Masuda, Naoki (University of Tokyo, Tokyo) SS22: Statistical Inference for Stochastic Processes Organizer: Yoshida, Nakahiro (University of Tokyo, Tokyo) Speakers: Eberlein, Ernst (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg) Kutoyants, Yury (Université du Maine, Le Mans) Uchida, Masayuki (Osaka University, Osaka) SS23: Stochastic Analysis on Large Scale Interacting Systems Organizer: Deuschel, Jean-Dominique (TU Berlin, Berlin) Speakers: Dirr, Nicolas (University of Bath, Bath) Miller, Jason P. (Stanford University, Stanford) Tóth, Bálint (Budapest University of Technology, Budapest) SS24: Stochastic Models in Neuroscience Organizer: Thieullen, Michele (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris) Speakers: Bonaccorsi, Stefano (Universita di Trento, Trento) DeVille, Lee (University of Illinois, Urbana) Hoepfner, Reinhard (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz) Thieullen, Michele (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris) SS25: Stochastic Networks Organizer: Ramanan, Kavita (Brown University, Providence) Speakers: Gamarnik, David (MIT, Cambridge) van Leeuwaarden, Johan (Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven) Williams, Ruth (UC San Diego, San Diego) SS26: Stochastic Processes in Physics Organizer: Hara, Takashi (Kyushu University, Fukuoka) Speakers: Bodineau, Thierry (École Normale Supérieure, Paris) Járai, Antal A. (University of Bath, Bath) Sakai, Akira (Hokkaido University, Sapporo) SS27: Stochastic Process Models in Genetics Organizer: Griffiths, Robert (University of Oxford, Oxford) Speakers: Birkner, Matthias (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz) Griffiths, Robert (University of Oxford, Oxford) Kelleher, Jerome (University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh)