The Eleventh Workshop on Numerical
Ranges and Numerical Radii
第十一屆數值域與數值半徑研討會
First Announcement (as of April
3, 2012)
Click for: On-line
Registration, Accommodation, Poster
…
National
Sun Yat-sen University
July 9-12, 2012
Organizing
Committee: Mao-Ting Chien 簡茂丁, Hwa-Long
Gau 高華隆, Chi-Kwong Li 李志光,
Ying-Fen Lin 林英芬, Ngai-Ching
Wong黃毅青, and Pei Yuan Wu 吳培元
The study of the numerical ranges and numerical radii has a
long and distinguished history. There has been a great deal of active research
conducted by different research groups around the world. Its relations and
applicability are bounded to many different branches of pure and applied
science such as operator theory, functional analysis, C*-algebras, Banach algebras, matrix norms, inequalities, numerical
analysis, perturbation theory, matrix polynomials, systems theory, quantum information
science, etc. Moreover, a wide
range of mathematical tools including algebra, analysis, geometry,
combinatorial theory, and computer programming are useful in the study.
The first workshop on the subject starts in 1992 at
Williamsburg. Then the workshop was conducted in every other year in different
countries: at Coimbra, Portugal in 1994; at Sapporo, Japan in 1996; at Madison,
USA in 1998, at Nafplio, Greece in 2000, at Auburn,
USA in 2002, at Coimbra, Portugal in 2004; at Bremen, Germany in 2006; at
Williamsburg, USA in 2008; at Krakow, Poland in 2010.
Confirmed Invited Speakers (as of April
3, 2011):
Invited
Speakers with positive response
T. Ando (Japan), U. Batzorig
(Mongolia), N. Bebiano (Portugal), Jor-Ting
Chan 陳作庭 (Hong Kong), Chi-Tung Chang 張其棟
(Taiwan), Wai-Shun Cheung 張偉信(Hong Kong), M. D. Choi 蔡文端 (Canada), Mao-Ting
Chien 簡茂丁(Taiwan),
Chang-Pao Chen 陳璋泡 (Taiwan), M. Fiedler (Czech), Hwa-Long Gau 高華隆 (Taiwan), M. Goldberg (Israel), Mark C. Ho 何宗軒 (Taiwan), Nathaniel Johnston (Canada), David W. Kribs (Canada), Tsang-Hai
Kuo郭滄海(Taiwan),
Hang-Chin Lai 賴漢卿 (Taiwan), Chin-Cheng Lin 林欽誠 (Taiwan), Chi-Wai Leung 梁子威 (Hong Kong), Denny
H. Leung 梁浩瀚 (Singapore), Chi-Kwong
Li 李志光 (USA), Ying-Fen Lin 林英芬 (Taiwan), H. Nakazato (Japan), Chi-Kueng Ng 吳志強 (China), Yiu Tung Poon 潘耀東 (USA) , P. Psarrakos (Greece), Agnes Radl (Switzerland), L. Rodman (USA), A. Salemi (Iran), Mau-Hsiang Shih 施茂祥 (Taiwan), Ilya Spitkovsky (USA), Raymond
Nung-Sing Sze 施能聖 (USA), Bit-Shum Tam 譚必信 (Taiwan), Tin
Yau Tam 譚天祐 (USA), Ming-Cheng
Tsai 蔡明誠 (Taiwan), Frank
Uhlig (USA), Kuo-Zhong Wang 王國仲 (Taiwan), Mu-Ming
Wong 王牧民
(Taiwan), Pei
Yuan Wu 吳培元 (Taiwan), J. Zemanek (Poland) , F. Zhang (USA), K. Zyczkowski (Polland).
Invited Speakers to be
confirmed
C. Davis (Canada), J.
Holbrook (Canada), C. Tretter (Switzerland).
Registration Fee:
USD100 or NT$3000 (New Taiwan Dollars), cash
please, will be collected in venue. Under the conditions of our supporting
grants, all participants with Taiwan NSC supported have fee waivers. Spouses and students do
not need to pay registrations, either.
On-Line Registration (open until June 20, 2012).
Accommodation:
We will provide free accommodation to all speakers
during the Workshop at the Uni
Resort Hotel. It is a few hundred meters from the campus gate, and 15 minutes walk
distance to the venue. This hotel
overlooks the sea (but it is not allowed to swim in the sea). It has a spa (not swimming) pool. You can swim in the beach inside the campus
nearby the venue, anyway.
A half-day tour: The academic program ends by the noon of July 12, 2012. A half-day tour to local attractions is planned. Click to see the details. Participants are expected to share the cost about US$30 per head. This includes a supper and a boat tour.
Banquet: The banquet, free
of charges to all participants and spouses and students, will be in the evening
of July 11 at the Uni Resort Hotel, with a special event to be announced. Everyone please shows up.
Maps:
· Click and fetch a campus map of the venue, Department of Applied
Math., National Sun
Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung
80424, Taiwan (in Chinese or English versions), a map showing the route to the venue, and a map of the Kaohsiung city.
Travel Information:
· If you travel by air, please make sure that
your final destination is Hsiaokang International Airport at Kaohsiung.
The airport code of Kaohsiung Airport on your ticket is KHH. There is
another (much bigger) Taoyuan International Airport
(previously known as Chiang Kai-shek International Airport) located at Taoyuan, 1 hour to Taipei downtown, and 5 hours highway
drive from Kaohsiung. There are frequent scheduled flights connecting
Kaohsiung (airport code: KHH) to other cities. In particular, there are
about 9 flights a day from Hong Kong to Kaohsiung, and another 9 flights from
Kaohsiung to Hong Kong, via the China Airlines (CI), Mandarin Airline (AE) and Dragon Airlines (KA). If you want to fly to Taipei (airport code: TPE), though not advised, and
plan to take a high speed train (90 minute one
way) from Taipei to Kaohsiung, please arrange your flight to arrive in Taipei
before 7pm to catch the last train (departing at 10:16pm). You need to
take a shuttle connecting the airport and the high speed train station at Taoyuan for approximately 1 hour one way. Upon
arriving at the Kaohsiung, you can take a metro train from the KHH airport station to the downtown
Kaohsiung, the university campus at O1 station (‘O’ for Orange color), or the
hotels at O2 station (we are still working for special deals with several local
hotels, and have not decided yet). Alternatively, you can take a taxi to
the hotels, or the university
(known locally as Chung Shan University: ‘Chung Shan’ is the other name of Dr. Sun Yat-sen.) You pay by meter plus a fixed airport taxi
service charge (NT $50). The cost for a single trip from Kaohsiung
Airport to the hotels, or to the University is about NT $350 + 50. Paying
tips is not necessary in Taiwan. However, you have to pay by local currency.
We suggest you to make money exchange at the KHH airport. The rate is
same as in downtown banks there.
· If you travel by train, you can take a taxi from Kaohsiung
Train Station to the University for about NT $200 per single trip.
Or you can take the No. 248 bus and get off from the bus at the University
Tunnel Entrance bus stop. The fare is NT $12. You can also use the metro and stop at the O1 station.
· If you use the highspeed train, you can
transfer to the metro at the Kaohsiung highspeed train station. The campus is in 10 minute
walking distance from the O1 (Orange One) metro station.
· If you travel by car, exit at the Chung Cheng Road rump on Highway
1. Then turn right at the first traffic light and you will be on Chung Cheng
Road. Follow Chung Cheng Road until the end for about 20 minutes. Soon after
you pass the Love River Bridge, make a right turn at the loop. You will be on Dagung Road and after a few blocks,
you will be on the joint of a `T' shape bridge. Make a left turn there. Drive
straight and make a right turn at Lin Hai 2nd Road.
After four traffic lights you will arrive at the University Tunnel Entrance
(for bicycles and walkers only). Make a left turn and follow the `S' sharp
river side Lienhai road. About 5 minutes you will see
the Main Entrance of the National Sun Yat-sen
University. Tell the guards there you are attending an international
mathematics workshop and then you will know how to drive to the venue.
Foreign nationals may obtain tourist visas to enter Taiwan if
they hold foreign passports or travel documents valid for more than six months.
Please visit Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs or a Taiwan Embassy in your country for
visa application. Visit also Information on Republic
of China Visitor Visas.
· 30-day to half-year visa-free privileges are
afforded to citizens of many countries and 30-day landing visas are afforded to
citizens of other few countries. For any further information, please visit the
website of the Bureau of Consular Affairs,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. For
any further questions about visa application, please contact
: on-line, Tel: +886-2-2343-2888
or by Fax: +886-3-2343-2968.
One may find other useful information from the web page of
the Tourism Bureau, ROC at http://www.tbroc.gov.tw. A brief
history of Taiwan, as well as travel information, is available there, too. The
temperature of Kaohsiung in July is about 25--33 degrees C. No heavy
clothing is in need.
Currency Exchange:
The current exchange
rate is about US $1= NT $30 (New Taiwan Dollars). It is best to make
exchange at Kaohsiung Airport right after you
walk out from the custom. You can also make exchange at banks in downtown or at
the hotels. Almost no service charge or surplus applies when you do it in a
bank or at the airport. You can change it back to US dollars or Euros or other
currencies at the airport again before you leave the country. Credit cards are
very popular here.
Notes:
1. The
Opening of the Workshop will be in the early morning of July 9, and followed by
first talk immediately.
2. The
last talk will be in the morning of July 12, and followed by a half day tour to
local attractions..
3. All
talks will be 40 minutes long. It
seems that we might have parallel sessions, unless we use the evenings or 30
minute talks instead. We are struggling
with a decision.
4. We
will provide free lunch boxes/snacks/coffee/tea during the Workshop.
5. I
would expect US$25 a day is more than enough for your relaxing staying with
beers and suppers and candies in Kaohsiung.
6. July
is summer time in Kaohsiung, and the temperature can easily reach above 30C,
with high humidity. We hope we
would have no typhoon during the workshop.
7. Please
arrange your trip to arrive in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, airport coded KHH. There are
77 flights a week between Hong Kong and Kaohsiung currently. We will try our
best to arrange pick-ups on July 8. There is another airport nearby Taipei,
coded TPE. It is about 400 km, or 5
hour highway driving, away from Kaohsiung. You have to take care yourself if
you arrive at TPE. Sorry!
8. English
speakers in Kaohsiung can survive, and it is not too difficult to find the
hotel by yourself in case.
Other informations:
1. Electricity
is supplied at 110 V - 60 Hz AC with American standard plugs.
2. Local weather in July is hot and
humid. It is easy to reach over 33C in day time, and hardly drop below 20C in
night time.
3. Computer
LCD projectors, overhead transparency projectors, real object projectors, black
and white blocks are available.
4. Window
based PCs are available to participants to check E-mails during the Conference.
5. Phone
cards are now popular and cheap in Taiwan. One can buy some at, e.g., the
24-hour operated `7-11’ chained stores.
Mobile phone networks are everywhere.
Usually, we use Skype or MSM/Yahoo Messengers.
6. More later!
Sponsors and Endorsers: National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), Taiwan National Science Council (NSC), and the
International Linear Algebra Society (ILAS).
Contact:
Chi-Kwong Li 李志光, ckli@math.wm.edu, Tel (Fax):
757-221-2042(7400),