Aim

The aim of the workshop, as in the previous editions (2009, 2011, 2013 & 2015), is to present the state of the art in the study of geometric properties of solutions to PDE's, mainly elliptic and parabolic. The themes of the meeting will include, for example, critical points, convexity, symmetry, blow-up and asymptotic behaviour of solutions, related geometric inequalities, and so on.
There will be 10 Plenary talks and 13 Short talks as well as a poster session.


Invited Speakers

Lorenzo Brasco (Università degli studi di Ferrara, Italy)        Dorin Bucur (LAMA-Université de Savoie, France)
Francesco Chiacchio (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy)   Elisa Francini (Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy)
Giovanni Franzina (Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy)   Maurizio Garrione (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy)
Nunzia Gavitone (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy)   Nao Hamamuki (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Kazuhiro Ishige (Tohoku University, Japan)   Jun Masamune (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Toru Kan (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)   Shigeaki Koike (Tohoku University, Japan)
Ki-Ahm Lee (Seoul National University, South Korea)   Anna Mercaldo (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy)
Yasuhito Miyamoto (The University of Tokyo, Japan)   Matteo Muratori (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Kenji Nakanishi (Osaka University, Japan)   Giorgio Poggesi (Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy)
Shigeru Sakaguchi (Tohoku University, Japan)   Motohiro Sobajima (Tokyo University of Science, Japan)
Erika Ushikoshi (Yokohama National University, Japan)   Hidemitsu Wadade (Kanazawa University, Japan)
Eiji Yanagida (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)  


Speakers in Poster Session

Lorenzo Cavalina (Tohoku University, Japan)        Shoichi Hasegawa (Tohoku University, Japan)
Masato Hashizume (Osaka City University, Japan)   Kurumi Hiruko (Tohoku University, Japan)
Kotaro Hisa (Tohoku University, Japan)   Takashi Kagaya (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Takahiro Kosugi (Tohoku University, Japan)   Hironori Michihisa (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Tatsuya Miura (The university of Tokyo, Japan)   Megumi Sano (Osaka City University, Japan)
Toshiaki Yachimura (Tohoku University, Japan)  


Organized by

Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University


Supported by

Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica "Ulisse Dini"
The Strategic Project "Equazioni Differenziali: aspetti geometrici, disuguaglianze collegate e applicazioni" of Università di Firenze


Sponsored by

JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Basic Research (A) (K. Ishige) No. 15H02058
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Basic Research (B) (S. Sakaguchi) No. 26287020
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Basic Research (B) (F. Takahashi) No. 15H03631


Organizing Committee

Vincenzo Ferone (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy)        Michinori Ishiwata (Osaka University, Japan)
Tatsuki Kawakami (Ryukoku University, Japan)   Rolando Magnanini (Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy)
Paolo Salani (Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy)   Futoshi Takahashi (Osaka City University, Japan)