Distinguished Lectures on Radio Astronomy and Training the Next Generation [Distinguished Lecturers]

PIMS Distinguished Chair Lectures

PIMS Distinguished Chair Lectures

In these notes we first offer an overview of two core areas in the dynamics of probability measure preserving systems, the Kolmogorov-Sinai theory of entropy and the theory of orbit equivalence. Entropy is a nontrivial invariant that, said simply, measures the exponential growth rate of the number of orbits in a dynamical system, a very rough measure of the complexity of the orbit structure. On...

Next Generation Radio Astronomy Receiver Systems

Ground-breaking radio astronomy observations in the coming decade will require unprecedented levels of sensitivity while mapping large regions of space with much greater efficiency than is achieved with current telescopes. This requires new instrumentation with the greatest achievable sensitivity, dynamic range, and field of view. Receiver noise is quickly approaching fundamental limits at most...

Distinguished positive regular representations

Let $G$ be a tamely ramified reductive $p$-adic‎ ‎group‎. ‎We study distinction of a class of irreducible admissible representations‎ ‎of $G$ by the group of fixed points $H$ of an involution‎ ‎of $G$‎. ‎The representations correspond to $G$-conjugacy classes of‎ ‎pairs $(T,phi)$‎, ‎where $T$ is a‎ ‎tamely ramified maximal torus of $G$ and $phi$ is a quasicharacter‎ ‎of $T$ whose restriction t...

Distinguished Contributors

Distinguished Contributors The "OASIS Distinguished Contributor" designation is awarded to a select group of OASIS members who have made significant contributions to the advancement of open standards. We gratefully acknowledge these outstanding individuals for their impact on the global information society.