Organisers: Murray Elder (University of Newcastle), Jacqui Ramagge (University of Sydney), Colin Reid (University of Newcastle), Anne Thomas (University of Sydney), George Willis (University of Newcastle)

Program Structure:

Week 1: Lie-type Techniques for TDLC Groups, 27 June 2016 – 1 July 2016
Courses of 5 Introductory Lectures
George Willis (University of Newcastle): The scale function on a totally disconnected group
Helge Glöckner (University of Paderborn):  Automorphisms of Lie groups over local fields

Week 2: Combinatorial and Descriptive Techniques for TDLC Groups, 4 July – 8 July 2016
Courses of 5 Introductory Lectures
Anne Thomas (University of Sydney): Automorphism groups of combinatorial structures
Phillip Wesolek (Universite Catholique de Louvain): Elementary t.d.l.c. groups.

ASSOCIATED EVENTS

Workshop: Lie-type Techniques for TDLC Groups 27 June 2016 – 1 July 2016

Workshop: Combinatorial and Descriptive Techniques for TDLC Groups 4 July – 8 July 2016

Participants:

• Benjamin Brawn (University of Newcastle)
• Timothy Bywaters (University of Sydney)
• Wee Chaimanowong (University of Melbourne)
• Murray Elder (University of Newcastle)
• Helge Glöckner (University of Paderborn)
• John Harrison (Baylor University)
• Waltraud Lederle (ETH Zurich)
• Rupert McCallum (University of Tübingen)
• Sidney Morris (Federation University of Australia)
• Uri Onn (ANU)
• C.R.E. Raja  (Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore)
• Jacqui Ramagge (University of Sydney)
• Colin Reid (University of Newcastle)
• David Robertson (University of Newcastle)
• Anurag Singh (University of Utah)
• Simon Smith (City University of New York)
• George Willis (University of Newcastle)
• Thomas Taylor (University of Newcastle)
• Anne Thomas (University of Sydney)
• Stephan Tornier (ETH Zurich)
• Tian Tsang (RMIT)
• Phillip Wesolek (Universite Catholique de Louvain)