Random matrices appeared first in the context of nuclear physics to model nuclei with many energy levels. Here the Hamilton operator is modelled by a random matrix. Nowadays, random matrices appear in many areas of mathematics, physics, engineering or finance.

The aim of this school is to provide an introduction to the theory of random matrices and some of its applications. Among the questions to be addressed is the microscopic behaviour of the eigenvalue statistics (spacing of the eigenvalues, largest eigenvalue etc.), its macroscopic behaviour (limiting eigenvalue density of random matrices etc.) and applications to the spectral statistics of Laplcians on graphs.

The school is aimed at undergraduate, graduate and PhD students and researchers interested in the topic.

The school will consist of a series of morning lectures given by the invited speakers. The participants will have the possibility to give talks or present posters in the afternoon sessions. We are also studying the possibility to have problem sessions in the afternoons. The morning lectures will be held in English, afternoon lectures can be held in English or Spanish.

The mini courses are given by

• Zdzisław Burda (Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Polonia)
• Satya Majumdar (Université de Paris-Sud, Francia)
• Uzy Smilansky (Weizmann Institute, Israel)

Abstracts can be found here.

If you are interested in participating in the school, please register before the 11th of May here: registration form.

If you need further information, let us know by sending an e-mail to the organizers . If you are interested in giving a talk, please contact the organizers before the 13th of April 2013.

There will be no registration fee. Limited financial support for some participants from outside of Bogotá might be available. Participants interested in applying for financial support should indicate this clearly in the comments section in the registration form before the 13th of April 2014.