Optimal transport, heat flow and synthetic Ricci bounds

This summer school is being held to celebrate Luigi Ambrosio who won the 2024 Frederic Esser Nemmers Prize in Mathematics for his "deep and numerous contributions to calculus of variations and geometric measure theory, and broad and far-reaching influence of these fields."  Ambrosio is Professor of Mathematics, and currently serving as Director, of the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa. See here for more information about the Nemmers Prize.

The summer school schedule will include three mini-courses and three one-hour research talks given by experts in the field, including a mini-course by Ambrosio himself.   The summer school is aimed at mathematics graduate students, postdocs and junior faculty.  

The mini courses will start at 2pm on Tuesday, and finish by 12:30pm on Saturday.

This conference is funded by Northwestern University.   

If you are interested in attending, please register on this website.  All who register are welcome to attend the summer school.

Tips for getting from Chicago O'Hare to Evanston

Pulse Dempster Line: Take the free Airport Transit train to O'Hare Multi-Modal Facility.  Take the Pulse Dempster Line, whose last stop is the Davis St CTA Station in downtown Evanston.  It costs $2 with a touchless credit card or $2.25 with cash (bus drivers do not give change).  Or you can purchase a Ventra card.  The ride is about 40 minutes (more with traffic).  Another bus is 250 Pace Bus, which is slower.

Uber/Lyft: The Uber/Lyft pickup is on the departure level of Terminal 2.  If you arrive at Terminals 1, 2 or 3 then walk to the departure (upper) level of Terminal 2 and request the Uber/Lyft.  If you arrive at Terminal 5 you must first take the free Airport Transit Train to Terminal 2.  The cost of an Uber or Lyft to Evanston is usually in the range of $40-70, and it takes around 40-50 minutes, depending on traffic.

Chicago Taxi: There are Chicago taxicabs available at all of the terminals.  The cost of a taxi to Evanston is around $50-60.  If you decide to take a taxi, make sure to take an official Chicago taxicab from the taxi stand outside the arrivals area.  Do not talk to anyone who approaches you asking if you need a taxi:  they will rip you off.  Also, when you tell the taxi driver the address in Evanston, make it very clear that you are going to Evanston and not Chicago.  There are similar addresses in Chicago and Evanston.

Suburban taxi: When you arrive you can schedule a ride with a suburban taxi company such as 303 Taxi or American Taxi.  They will arrange to pick you up.  The rates are cheaper than Chicago taxis.