The Fields Institute will be hosting a four-day Symposium in October 2012 dedicated to one of the 2010 recipients of the Fields Medal, Professor Ngô Bảo Châu of the University of Chicago.
Context for the Symposium will be given in the following blog posts and will take the form of short expository articles, interviews, infographics, and video clips.
Check often to see the following types of posts:
- Interviews with Professor James Arthur
- The Fields Medal: A Brief History: Part I, Part II
- The Awarding Process
See the press release for some important information:
Fields Medal Symposium Homepage
Scientific Programs Schedule
A Wikipedia page has been set up:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fields_Medal_Symposium
A Twitter account has been set up:
@FieldsMedalSymp
[...] of Ngo’s Fields Medal winning work, on Fundamentals of the Langlands Program. They have a symposium blog, and including a video with Jim Arthur who gives a little bit of historical background to the [...]