Free Analysis June 19 to June 23, 2006 AIM Research Conference Center, Palo Alto, CA Organizers: Dimitri Shlyakhtenko and Dan Voiculescu Workshop topics: This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, will be devoted to the non-commutative analysis underlying problems in areas related to free probability theory. Typical examples of these are L2 questions for free difference quotient derivations. The topics of the workshop are: * free entropy (the analog of entropy in free probability theory) * L2 Betti numbers for von Neumann algebras; * large deviations for random multi-matrix systems. It is important to determine the right estimates or continuities required by these problems. Bringing together people working in von Neumann algebras and probability theory will offer an opportunity to compare methods and to subject what is being tried in one context to the test of its consequences in another one. Application deadline: March 19, 2006 For more information: http://aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/freeanalysis.html