Inauguration of the Hausdorff School

The Hausdorff School for Advanced Studies in Mathematics is an innovative new program for postdocs

We have celebrated the inauguration of the Hausdorff School with a scientific and a public part on October 20, 2015.

You can watch several videos from the inauguration on our YouTube channel.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM, 14h

• Lecture by László Székelyhidi (Universität Leipzig): "The h-principle in fluid mechanics"
• Poster exhibition of our postdoctoral researchers

FESTIVITY, 15.30h

Addresses of welcome

• Michael Hoch, Rektor of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
• Ulf-G. Meißner, dean of the faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Presentation of the Hausdorff School

• Karl-Theodor Sturm, coordinator of the Hausdorff Center

Greetings

• Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, president of the European Research Council
• Claudia Lücking-Michel, member of the Bundestag
• Marlis Hochbruck, vice president of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
• Dietmar Möhler, department head at the Ministry of Science NRW

Ceremonial address

• Jean-Pierre Bourguignon: "Sound, Shape, and Harmony – A mathematician’s perspective"

Reception