SUMMARY
A two-week introductory school, structured across two weeks. Week 1 runs in the style of an Arbeitsgemeinschaft, with participants working in smaller groups on introductory material and presenting to each other; Week 2 consists of mini-courses on more advanced aspects of the introductory topics. The school is accessible to graduate students and postdocs, and open to participants of both programmes.
SCHEDULE
Tuesday, 11 th August 2026
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Ilya Gekhtman
Invariant and stationary random subgroups of hyperbolic groups and their applications to subgroup growth - Talk 1
Wednesday, 12 th August 2026
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Mitul Islam
Discrete subgroups in higher rank and geometric structures - Talk 1
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Ilya Gekhtman
Invariant and stationary random subgroups of hyperbolic groups and their applications to subgroup growth - Talk 2
Thursday, 13 th August 2026
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Mitul Islam
Discrete subgroups in higher rank and geometric structures - Talk 2
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Ilya Gekhtman
Invariant and stationary random subgroups of hyperbolic groups and their applications to subgroup growth - Talk 3
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Ishan Banerjee
An introduction to character varieties - Talk 3
Monday, 17 th August 2026
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Radhika Gupta
A walk in Outer Space - Talk 1
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Vicky Wen
Measures and dynamics in higher rank - Talk 1
Tuesday, 18 th August 2026
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Jing Tao
An introduction to geodesic currents - Talk 1
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Vicky Wen
Measures and dynamics in higher rank - Talk 2
Wednesday, 19 th August 2026
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Radhika Gupta
A walk in Outer Space - Talk 2
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Sami Douba
Hyperbolic reflection groups: a trip to the zoo - Talk 1
Thursday, 20 th August 2026
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sami Douba
Hyperbolic reflection groups: a trip to the zoo - Talk 2
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Radhika Gupta
A walk in Outer Space - Talk 3
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Jing Tao
An introduction to geodesic currents - Talk 2
Friday, 21 st August 2026
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Jing Tao
An introduction to geodesic currents - Talk 3
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Sami Douba
Hyperbolic reflection groups: a trip to the zoo - Talk 3
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Vicky Wen
Measures and dynamics in higher rank - Talk 3