PEDRO NUNES' LECTURES first sessions with Luis Caffarelli

(8 July 2009 at University of Porto and 15 July 2009 at University of Coimbra).

PEDRO NUNES' LECTURES is an initiative organized by CIM (Centro Internacional de Matemática), in collaboration with SPM (Sociedade Portuguesa de Matemática), with the support of the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, for promoting short visits to Portugal of outstanding mathematicians. Each visitor is invited to give two or three lectures in Portuguese universities about recent developments in Mathematics, its applications and cultural impact.

PEDRO NUNES' LECTURES are addressed to a wide audience covering broad mathematical interests, particularly PhD students and young researchers. They constitute an opportunity for students and, especially prospective students to foster acquaintance with outstanding mathematicians. The PEDRO NUNES' LECTURES promote the cooperation between Portuguese universities and are a high level complement of PhD programs in Mathematics.

Professor Luis Caffarelli is a Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair at the University of Texas at Austin, and has been awarded in 2009 the AMS Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement. He is also the Director of Mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin of the CoLab - UTAustin|Portugal partnership program. His Lectures will be:

• "Phase transition and minimal surfaces for non local operators", Wednesday, July 8th, 2009, at University of Porto,
• "Fully non linear equations for nonlocal diffusions", Monday, July 15th, 2009, at University of Coimbra.

More detailed information can be found at CIM's web page.