The conference is organized by the research group GDR Géométrie Non Commutative, and the ANR Project SingStar.
It will take place in Lyon at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 from June 1 to 5, 2015.
The purpose of this conference is to survey recent applications of Noncommutative Geometry in topology and geometry. Topics include :
- Groupoids and singular foliations,
- Recent advances in index theory,
- Mapping surgery to analysis,
- Positive Scalar Curvature problem,
- Secondary invariants ...
A series of mini-courses given by U. Bunke, P. Piazza and G. Skandalis will be accessible to graduate and post-doc students.