Recent and Future
- Numerical Aspects of Hyperbolic Balance Laws and Related Problems – Young Researchers Conference, 2nd edition, Ferrara, December 17-19, 2024
- Socialysm: Social Sciences and Mathematics, sala conferenze INdAM, Roma, Italy, November 25-27, 2024
- Workshop “The many facets of Kinetic Theory”, ICMS Edinburgh, UK, September 23-27, 2024
- DATAHYKING network-wide research and training event, Laboratoire Jean Alexandre Dieudonné, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France, September 9-11, 2024
- Solving the Boltzmann Equation for Neutrino Transport in Relativistic Astrophysics, ICERM Brown University, USA, July 8-12, 2024
- Interacting Particle Systems: Analysis, Control, Learning and Computation, ICERM, Brown University, USA, May 6-10, 2024
- MAC-MIGS-Amsterdam/Utrecht Workshop on Scientific Computation, Statistics and PDEs, Maxwell Institute, Edinburgh, UK, May 1-3, 2024
- International Conference on Multiscale Modeling and Simulation based on Physics and Data, IPAM, UCLA, USA, April 25-26, 2024
- DATAHYKING training workshop, Department of Computer Science, Leuven, Belgium, April 8-12, 2024
- Computational Challenges and Optimization in Kinetic Plasma Physics, Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation (IMSI), University of Chicago, USA, February 19-22, 2024
- Modeling, analysis, and control of multi-agent systems across scales, Centro De Giorgi, Pisa January 22-26, 2024
2023
- Workshop on "Recent advances in kinetic theory and related models", Peking University, Beijing, China, Dec 4-8, 2023.
- Control Methods in Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations, MFO Oberwolfach, Germany, November 5-11, 2023
- XXII Congresso dell'Unione Matematica Italiana, Pisa, 4-9 settembre 2023
- SIMAI 2023 - Congress of the Italian Society of Applied and Industrial Mathematics, Matera, August 28-September 1, 2023
- Numerical Aspects of Hyperbolic and Related Problems 2023, Il Palazzone, SNS-Pisa, Cortona, Italy, June 18-24, 2023
- Fifth conference on Asymptotic Behaviors of systems of PDEs arising in physics and biology, University of Lille, France, June 5-9, 2023
- Workshop on "Mathematical Challenges in Social Systems and Applications to Public Health", University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 9-12, 2023
- Workshop on "Optimal Transport, Mean-Field Models, and Machine Learning", TUM-IAS Munich, Germany, April 24-28 2023
- 2nd SFB International Workshop on "Taming Complexity in Partial Differential Systems", University of Vienna, Austria, April 19-21, 2023
- Workshop Purpose-driven particle Systems, Lorentz Center, Leiden, Netherlands, 13-17 March 2023
- Workshop on "Innovative numerical methods for evolutionary partial differential equations and applications", in memory of Maurizio Falcone, University of Catania, 20-22 February 2023
- Program on "Multiscale Analysis and Methods for Quantum and Kinetic Problems’’, IMS, National University of Singapore. Workshop on "Multiscale analysis and methods for PDEs: fluids and active matter dynamics'", 6-10 February 2023
- Workshop on Kinetic and Hyperbolic Equations: modeling, analysys and numerics, University of Toulouse, France, December 12-16, 2022
- BIRS-CMO Workshop on Kinetic Equations: Recent Developments and Novel Applications, Casa Matemática Oaxaca (CMO), Mexico, October 30-November 4, 2022
- Workshop "Round meanfield: crowd-opinion-cells", CNR Rome, Sept. 26-29, 2022
- Focused Research Group on Novel perspectives in kinetic equations for emerging phenomena, BIRS, Banff, Canada, July 17-24, 2022
- Workshop on Contemporary trends in kinetic theory and nonlinear PDEs, University of Pavia, July 11-12, 2022
- Thematic Programme on “Computational Uncertainty Quantification: Mathematical Foundations, Methodology & Data”. Workshop on UQ in kinetic and transport equations and in high-frequency wave propagation, June 13-17, 2022, Erwin Schroedinger Institute, Vienna
- Thematic Programme on "Frontiers in kinetic theory: connecting microscopic to macroscopic scales". Workshop on Frontiers in numerical analysis of kinetic equations, May 23-27, 2022, Newton Institute, Cambdridge UK
- 2022 Asia-Pacific Conference on Applied Mathematics and Statistics (AMS 2022), May 20-22, Seoul, South Korea
- Conference The Boltzmann equation: In the trail of Torsten Carleman, Institut Mittag-Leffler, Djursholm, Sweden, May 16-20, 2022.
- Workshop Efficient high-order time discretization methods for PDEs, Second Edition, May 11-13, 2022, Villa Orlandi – Capri, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy.
- FIAM-2021 The 4th International Conference on Frontiers in Industrial and Applied Mathematics, December 21-22, 2021, SLIET Longowal Punjab, India
- Numerical aspects of hyperbolic balance laws and related problems: young researchers edition, Università di Verona, December 15-17, 2021
- School on Kinetic and Mean Field Problems: Theory, Numerics And Applications, Università di Ferrara, October 25-28, 2021
- SIMAI 2020+2021, University of Parma, August 30- September 3, 2021
- Conference Numerical methods for hyperbolic problems: NumHyp2021, University of Trento, July 26-30, 2021
- Workshop and summer school on Kinetic theory and related applications, Beijing Computational Science Research Center, China, July 6-11, 2021
- Workshop on Numerical Methods for Kinetic Equations: NumKin21, CIRM Marseille, France, June 14-18, 2021
- Research school: Scaling Limits from Microscopic to Macroscopic Physics, CIRM Marseille, France, January 18-22, 2021
2020
- Workshop telematico su Modellistica e Covid-19: 22 Giugno, 2020, Università di Trento e l’Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche.
- Electronic workshop on Collective models, control and uncertainty quantification for infectious disease and related problems, April 4, 2020, University of Verona, Italy
- Electronic workshop on Interacting Particle Systems, March 29, 2020, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
- Workshop on Numerical approximation of hyperbolic problems and applications, GNCS 2019 project, Rome, February 6-7 2020
- Workshop on Kinetic Traffic Models and Numerical Methods, Rome, February 5, 2020
2019
- Workshop on Emergent Phenomena – from Kinetic Models to Social Hydrodynamics: 16 - 20 December, 2019, NSU Singapore.
- XXI Congresso Unione Matematica Italiana, Pavia, Italy, September 2-7 2019
- Summer School Trails in kinetic theory: foundational aspects and numerical methods, HIM Bonn, Germany, May 20-24, 2019
- XVIII Italian Meeting on Hyperbolic Equations - IperPA2019, Palermo, Italy. May 15-17, 2019
- Efficient high-order time discretization methods for PDEs, - Villa Orlandi, Anacapri, Italy. May 8-10, 2019
- Workshop Indam-GNCS "Metodi numerici per problemi di controllo multiscala e applicazioni", Verona, 7-8 febbraio 2019
2018
2017
2013
- Workshop on "Innovative Trends in the Numerical Analysis and Simulation of Kinetic Equations", MFO Oberwolfach, Germany, December 16-22, 2018
- Autumn School "From interacting particle systems to kinetic equations", Verona, November 26-30, 2018
- Ki-Net Conference on Multiscale Computations for Kinetic and Related Problems, Nov 7 - 10, 2018, Department of Mathematics, NCSU, USA
- First Joint Meeting Italian Mathematical Union, Italian Society for Applied and Industrial Mathematics and Polish Mathematical Society, Wrocław, Poland, 17th-20th September, 2018
- Workshop "Numerical Methods for Multiscale PDEs", IESC in Cargese, Corsica, France, 2nd-7th September, 2018
- 7th Workshop "Theory and Numerics of kinetic equations", May 28-30, 2018, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
- Workshop on "Kinetic Theory for Control, Games and Uncertainty", University of Aachen, Germany, May 14-15, 2018
- INdAM day on Recent advances in multiscale modeling and numerics for hyperbolic and kinetic equations, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Ferrara, April 18, 2018
- Numerical aspects of hyperbolic balance laws and related problems, University of Ferrara, April 16-20, 2018
- Giornata di Studio Progetto INdAM-GNCS 2017 “Metodi numerici per equazioni iperboliche e cinetiche e applicazioni”, Università di Catania, 20 gennaio 2018
- Workshop Classical and Quantum Mechanical Models of Many-Particle Systems, MFO Oberwolfach, Germany, December 4-9 2017
- Kinetic theory and fluid mechanics: theoretical and computational aspects, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France, November 6-10, 2017
- Hypocoercivity and Sensitivity Analysis in Kinetic Equations and Uncertainty Quantification, Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin Madison, USA, October 2-5, 2017
- Mean Field Games and Related Topics, Chiostro di S. Pietro in Vincoli, Roma, June 14-16, 2017, Italy.
- Mathematical and Computational methods for Quantum and Kinetic Problems, June 7-14, 2017, CSRC, Beijing, China.
- 2016-17 Warwick EPSRC Symposium: Emerging PDE models in Socio-Economic Sciences, May 15-19, 2017, Warwick, UK.
- Recent Advances on Particle Systems in Kinetic Theory, May 8-12, 2017, ICES, University of Texas at Austin, USA.
- School on Uncertainty Quantification for Hyperbolic Equations and Related Topics, GSSI, L'Aquila, April 24-28, 2017, Italy.
- European Workshop on High Order Nonlinear Numerical Methods for Evolutionary PDEs: Theory and Applications, March 27-31, 2017, University of Stuttgart, Germany.
2016
- Forefront of PDEs: Modelling, Analysis and Numerics, TU Vienna, December 12-14, 2016
- CMC Workshop on Collective Dynamics of Many-Body Systems and Related Topics, Seoul National University, Korea, November 8-11, 2016
- Recent advances in numerical methods for hyperbolic conservation laws and nonlinear time dependent partial differential equations, Trento, November 2-4, 2016
- Transport phenomena in collective dynamics: from micro to social hydrodynamics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, November 1-4 2016
- XVI International Conference on Hyperbolic Problems. Theory, Numerics and Applications, Aachen, Germany, August 1-5 2016
- Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations and Scientific Computing, Beijing Computational Science Research Center and Capital Normal University, China, July 5-10, 2016
- Conference on Quantum and Kinetic Transport, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, July 11-14, 2016.
- SIAM Conference on Uncertainty Quantification, Lausanne, Switzerland, April 5-8, 2016
2015
- Numerical Aspects of Hyperbolic Balance Laws and Related Problems, University of Ferrara, December 17-19 2015
- Numerical Solution of Differential and Differential-Algebraic Equations (NUMDIFF-14), Halle, Germany, 7-11 September 2015
- Workshop on Kinetic and Related Equations, CMO, Oaxaca, Mexico, 5-10 July 2015
- INdAM Workshop Numerical Methods for Hyperbolic Systems with Source Terms and Applications (NumHyp2015), Cortona, Italy, 14-20 June 2015
- Calcolo scientifico e modelli matematici alla ricerca delle cose nascoste attraverso le cose manifeste, Università di Genova, Italy, 3-5 June 2015
- Workshop on Asymptotic Preserving and Multiscale Methods for Kinetic and Hyperbolic Problems, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, 4-9 May 2015.
- Workshop on High Performance and Parallel Computing Methods and Algorithms for Multiphase/Complex Fluids, NUS Singapore, 2-6 March 2015.
- Statistical physics methods in social and economic systems, Institut Henri Poincare, France, 26-30 January 2015.
2014
- "Multiscale kinetic and fluid problems: asymptotic analysis, modelling and numerical simulation", IESC: Institut d'Etudes scientifiques de Cargèse, September 28-October 4, 2014
- SIMAI 2014, Taormina, Italy 7-10 luglio 2014
- The 10th AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications, July 07 - July 11, 2014, Madrid, Spain.
- International Conference on "Multiscale Modeling and Simulation for Physical Science and Engineering" in honor of Russ Caflisch' 60th birthday, IPAM, UCLA, USA, April 25-26, 2014.
- Special session on "Advances in Monte Carlo methods for kinetic equations", 11th conference on "Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo methods", Leuven, Belgium, April 6-11, 2014.
- Kinetic Interaction Team (KIT) activity on "Asymptotic-Preserving Schemes for Multiscale Kinetic Equations", February 3-6, 2014, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
- Workshop on "Stochastic Modelling of Multiscale Systems", Advanced Study Center Eindhoven Multiscale Institute, Eindhoven, The Netherland, December 2-6, 2013.
- SciCADE, the International Conference on Scientific Computation and Differential Equations, University of Valladolid, Spain, September 16-20, 2013.
- IperMiB2013: 15th Italian Meeting on Hyperbolic Equations, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy, September 11-13, 2013.
- Workshop "Multiscale methods and Asymptotic-Preserving schemes", Porquerolles island, France, 9-15 june 2013.
- ICERM Workshop "Issues in Solving the Boltzmann Equation for Aerospace Applications", Brown University, USA, June 3-7, 2013.
- KI-Net conference, “Quantum Systems: A Mathematical Journey from Few to Many Particles”, Center for Scientific Computation And Mathematical Modeling, University of Maryland, College Park, USA, May 13-16, 2013.
- Workshop on "PDEs in the social and life sciences: emerging challenges in modeling, analysis and computations", Banff International Research Station, Canada, Mar 31 - Apr 05, 2013.
2012
- Workshop "From individuals to collectivity: crowds and swarms", CNR Rome, November 15-16, 2012
- Fourteenth International Conference devoted to Theory, Numerics and Applications of Hyperbolic Problems – HYP2012, University of Padova, Jun 25-29, 2012
- Workshop on "Asymptotic-Preserving schemes", MIP Toulouse, Ile de Porquerolles, May 20-26, 2012
- Workshop on "Numerical aspects of hyperbolic balance laws and related problems", University of Ferrara, April 27-28, 2012
- Spring School "Kinetic Theory and Fluid Mechanics", Université Claude Bernard, Lyon 1, France, Mar 26-30, 2012
- Workshop on "Mathematical theory and computational methods for multiscale problems", National University of Singapore, Jan 9-13, 2012
2011
- PAL2 Workshop - Modelling instabilities in high-energy plasmas, ALTEC SPA, Torino, Nov 23-24, 2011
- ICERM Semester Program on "Kinetic Theory and Computation", Brown University, USA, Sept 7- Dec 9, 2011.
- Nonlinear Hyperbolic Systems of Balance Laws in Extended Thermodynamics and Kinetic Theory, Cortona, Italy, Sept 4-9, 2011.
- Summer School on Kinetic Theory, Shanghai Jiaotong University. Shanghai, China, June 20-July 1, 2011.
- XIV Convegno Nazionale Equazioni Iperboliche, Messina, 11-16 february 2011.
- Workshop on Numerical Aspects of Hyperbolic Balance Laws and Related Problems, University of Ferrara, Italy, Feb 4-5, 2011.
- Numerical Methods for stiff problems in Hamiltonian systems and kinetic equations, Saint-Malo, France, 26-28 january 2011.
2010
- Classical and Quantum Mechanical Models of Many-Particle Systems, MFO Oberwolfach, Germany, december 10-12, 2010.
- Partial Differential Equations in Kinetic Theories, Newton Institute, Cambridge UK, 13-17 september 2010.
- Kinetic Theory and Multiscale Phenomena: Modelling, Analysis, Computation and New Applications, Kruger National Park, South Africa, 27-30 august 2010.
- II i-Math School on Numerical Solutions of Partial Differential Equations, Malaga, Spain, 8-12 february 2010.
- Annual Kinetic FRG Meeting FRG Workshop in Kinetic Theory, Brown University, USA, 10-14 may 2010.
- Complexity in Life and Socio-Economic Sciences, Università di Bologna, Italy, 21-22 may 2010
2009
- Convegno Nazionale GNCS, Montecatini Terme, 3-5 febbraio 2009.
- Quantum and Kinetic Transport: Tutorials, IPAM, UCLA Los Angeles, USA, 10-13 marzo 2009. (ciclo di seminari)
- Theory and Applications of Classical and Quantum Kinetic Theory, BANFF, Canada, 22-26 giugno 2009.
- Kinetic and mean field models in the socio-economic sciences, ICMS Edinbugh, UK, 27-31 luglio 2009.
2008
- Workshop on Kinetic and Macroscopic Models for Cars, Supply Chains, and Pedestrian Flows, WPI Vienna, Austria. 2-4 luglio 2008.
- Workshop: Numerics for Kinetic Equations, MFO Oberwolfach, Germany, 16-22 novembre 2008.
- Kinetic modelling for socio-economic and related problems, Vigevano, 27-29 novembre 2008.
2007
- Workshop on kinetic theory and socio-economical equilibria modelling, University of Orleans 15-17 march 2007
- Fifth meeting on hyperbolic conservation laws , SISSA Trieste, Italy, June 21-22, 2007
- ICIAM 2007 6th international congress on industrial and applied matheatics , ETH Zurich, 16-20 july 2007
- XXXII Scuola estiva di fisica matematica, Ravello Villa Rufolo,10-22 settembre 2007
- Traffic flow a microscopic and macroscopic perspective , Department of Mathematics, University of Hamburg, Germany, October 11-12, 2007.
- Modeling and computational methods in fluid dynamics and material science: towards the challenge of the nanoscale, Bressanone, Italy, december 19-22, 2007.
2006
- Traffic flow modelling and manadgement: A meeting on mathematical problems motivated by traffic, Brescia, Italy, January 19-20, 2006.
- VIII Congresso SIMAI , M17 Modeling and Simulation of Flows on Networks, Baia Samuele (Ragusa), Italy, 22-26 Maggio 2006
- 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel Los Angeles, California, USA, July 16 - 22, 2006
- INdAM Workshop on Multiscale Problems: Modeling, Adaptive Discretization, Stabilization, Solvers, Cortona, Italy, September 18-22, 2006
- Convegno Nazionale "Metodi e Problemi Matematici in Meccanica Quantistica" Modena, 5-7 ottobre 2006
- Workshop " Modern Applications of Gross-Pitaevskii equations : The Bose-Einstein Condensation " , WPI Vienna 6. Nov - 9. Nov 2006
2005
- Nanoscale Material Interfaces: Experiment, Theory and Simulation, IMS, Singapore (24 Nov 2004 - 23 Jan 2005)
- Numerical Methods for Transport Phenomena : Particles Methods, INRIA Sophia-Antipolis, 23-24 march, 2005.
- Third annual meeting of the HYKE network "Around HYperbolic and Kinetic Equations: A-HYKE-3", 13 - 15 April 2005 CNR & Università di Roma "La Sapienza" Rome, Italy
- Workshop on hyperbolic equations, in memoria di Stefano Benvenuti, Facoltà di Architettura, Università di Ferrara, 15-17 giugno 2005
- Analysis and Numerics of kinetic and hydrodynamic modelling for the environment and the economy , Castiglione della Pescaia, Grosseto, Italy, 5-7 maggio 2005
- 2005' Summer School of Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computing , Beijing, China, June 1 to Aug.31, 2005.
- A-HYKE2 : Around HYperbolic and Kinetic Equations 2, ENS Paris, FRANCE, April 14-17, 2004.
- Modelling and Numerics of Kinetic Dissipative Systems: Cooling, Clustering and Pattern Formation , Island of Lipari, ITALY, May 31 - June 4, 2004.
- Summer School on Methods and models of Kinetic Theory (M&MKT 2004), Porto Ercole (Grosseto), ITALY, June 6-12, 2004
- RGD24 International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, Porto Giardino Monopoli (Bari), ITALY, July 10-16, 2004
- Kinetic models for multiscale problems , BANFF research center, Canada, August 21 - September 4, 2004
- Tenth International Conference on Hyperbolic Problems Theory, Numerics, Applications , HYP 2004-Osaka, JAPAN, September 13-17, 2004
- 6th MAFPD , Mathematical Aspects of Fluid and Plasma Dynamics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, JAPAN, September 19 – 23, 2004
- HYKE Conference on Complex Flows: Analytical and Numerical Methods for Kinetic and Hydrodynamic Equations, CRM, Campus UAB, Barcelona, SPAIN, October 6-9, 2004
- IPERPISA 2004, XI Incontro Nazionale sulle Equazioni Iperboliche , Pisa, Italy, October 20-22, 2004
- Summer school on Mathematical modelling and computational challenges in plasma physics and applications, 25-30 October 2004, Cargese (Corsica), France
2003
- PASI 2003: Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute at the CMM, Santiago, Cile, January 6-18, 2003
- First EMS -SMAI -SMF Joint Conference on Applied Mathematics and Applications of Mathematics, February 10-13, 2003, Nice, France
- Around HYperbolic and Kinetic Equations, First annual meeting of the HYKE network, February 24-28, 2003, Vienna, Austria
- Analysis and Numerics for Modeling Semiconductor Devices and Biological Channels, May 19-23, 2003, College Park, Maryland USA
- Very high order numerical schemes for conservation laws, May 27-31, 2003, Cambridge, UK
- Direct Simulation Monte Carlo: The Past 40 Years and the Future, June 2-5, 2003, Milano, Italy
- Leggi di Conservazione Iperboliche: recenti risultati e prospettive di ricerca, June 3-4, 2003, Bologna, Italy
- ICIAM 2003:The 5th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Sydney, Australia, 7-11 july, 2003
- HYP2002: X International Conference on Hyperbolic Problems Theory, Numerics, Applications, Caltech, Pasadena, March 25-29 2002
- VI Congresso SIMAI , Chia Laguna, Cagliari, Italy, May 26-31 2002
- PDE2002: Conference on advances on nonlinear PDEs , L'Aquila, Italy, June 5-8, 2002
- First joint international meeting UMI-AMS , Pisa, Italy, June 12-16, 2002
- Comp-HYKE: XX school on computational mathematics , Piano di Sorrento, Napoli, Settembre 22-28, 2002
- IPERFE2002: Incontro nazionale sulle equazioni iperboliche, Ferrara, Italy, October 10-12, 2002
- TMR Workshop on Numerical methods for kinetic and hyperbolic equations II, University of Catania, Italy, February 8-10, 2001
- International Conference on Nonlinear Evolutionary PDEs , City of Yellow Mountain, China, June 10-15, 2001
- SIAM 2001 Annual Meeting , San Diego, California, July, 9-13, 2001
- ENUMATH 2001 , Ischia, Italia, July, 23-28, 2001
- Euroconference on Asymptotic methods and applications in kinetic and quantum kinetic theory Granada, Spain, September 17-21, 2001
- IPERCT2001: Incontro nazionale sulle equazioni iperboliche Catania, Italy, November 22-24, 2001
- TMR Workshop on Numerical and asymptotic methods for kinetic equations , Saarbrucken, Germany, November 29-December 1, 2001
- TMR Workshop on Numerical methods for kinetic and hyperbolic equations I, University of Ferrara, Italy, December 17-18, 1999
- Analisi Numerica, Metodi e Software Matematico , University of Ferrara, Italy, January 19-21, 2000
- HYP2000: Eighth International Conference on Hyperbolic Problems Theory, Numerics, Applications , Magdeburg, February 28 - March 3, 2000
- TMR Workshop on Numerical Methods for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws , Valencia, Spain, May 10-12, 2000
- IMA Workshop: Simulation of Transport in Transition Regimes , IMA, University of Minnesota, USA, May 22-26, 2000
- Monte Carlo 2000, International Conference on Monte Carlo and Probabilistic Methods for PDEs , Monte Carlo (Monaco), France, July, 3-5, 2000
- 2000 SIAM Annual Meeting , Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, July, 10-14, 2000
- Final meeting of the European TMR network on Hyperbolic Problems , Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris France, September, 11-13, 2000
- TMR Workshop: Advances in Mathematical Semiconductor Modeling University of Pavia, Italy, September 22 - 23, 2000
- ECMI2000 Torre Normanna, Palermo, Italy, September 26-30, 2000
- IPERBS2000 Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Brescia, Italy, November 30-December 2, 2000