International Workshop on Operator Theory and its Applications

International Workshop on Operator Theory and its Applications
Formation1981; 43 years ago (1981)
Chair of Vice Presidents
J. William Helton

International Workshop on Operator Theory and its Applications (IWOTA) was started in 1981[1] to bring together mathematicians and engineers working in operator theoretic side of functional analysis and its applications to related fields.[2][3] These include:

The other major branch of operator theory, Operator algebras (C* and von Neumann Algebras), is not heavily represented at IWOTA and has its own conferences.

IWOTA gathers leading experts from all over the world for an intense exchange of new results, information and opinions, and for tracing the future developments in the field. The IWOTA meetings provide opportunities for participants (including young researchers) to present their own work in invited and contributed talks, to interact with other researchers from around the globe, and to broaden their knowledge of the field.[4] In addition, IWOTA emphasizes cross-disciplinary interaction among mathematicians, electrical engineers and mathematical physicists. In the even years, the IWOTA workshop is a satellite meeting to the biennial International Symposium on the Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems (MTNS).[5] From the humble beginnings in the early 80's,[1] the IWOTA workshops grew to become one of the largest continuing conferences attended by the community of researchers in operator theory.[6]

  1. ^ a b J. W. Helton (1982). "A conference report". Integral Equations and Operator Theory. Vol. 5. pp. 605–607.
  2. ^ "NSF Award". 13th International Workshop on Operator Theory and Applications. Blacksburg, Virginia: National Science Foundation. 2002.
  3. ^ "NSF Award". IWOTA 2005 - International Workshop on Operator Theory and Applications. Storrs, CT: National Science Foundation. 2005.
  4. ^ "Notices of the American Mathematical Society" (PDF). Vol. 62, No. 1. American Mathematical Society. 2015. p. 4.
  5. ^ Levan, N., ed. (1981). International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems : August 5-7, 1981, Miramar-Sheraton Hotel, Santa Monica, California. North Hollywood, California: Western Periodicals Co. p. iii.
  6. ^ "IMAGE, the Bulletin of the International Linear Algebra Society" (PDF). International Linear Algebra Society. 2014. p. 35.