Ana Cannas da Silva

• Research papers and books:
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  • Symplectic origami, with Victor Guillemin and Ana Rita Pires
    to appear in Int. Math. Res. Not.
    - preprint in PDF file
  • Fold-forms for four-folds,
    J. of Sympl. Geom. 8 (2010), no. 2, 189-203
    - published article in PDF file
  • 4-manifolds with a symplectic bias
    notes written for a short course at the XVI International Fall Workshop on Geometry and Physics
    This article appeared in Geometry and Physics: XVI International Fall Workshop,
    R. L. Fernandes and R. Picken (eds.), AIP Conference Proceedings Volume 1023, pp. 34-54, 2008
    and may be found at http://link.aip.org/link/?apc/1023/34/
    - published article in PDF file
  • (book) Lectures on Symplectic Geometry,
    Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1764, Springer-Verlag, 2001 and 2008 (corrected printing)
    The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com
    - text in PDF file (January 2006)
  • (book) Introduction to Symplectic and Hamiltonian Geometry,
    lecture notes for the IMPA (Rio de Janeiro) short course delivered in February of 2002,
    Publicações Matemáticas do IMPA, 2003 and 2008 (revised printing)
    - text in PDF file (February 2002 - revised November 2007)
  • Symplectic geometry,
    overview written for the Handbook of Differential Geometry (eds. F.J.E.Dillen and L.C.A.Verstraelen), Elsevier, 2005
    - text in PDF file (December 2004)
  • Symplectic toric manifolds,
    lecture notes for the CRM (Barcelona) short course delivered in July of 2001,
    Symplectic Geometry of Integrable Hamiltonian Systems,
    Birkhäuser series Advanced Courses in Mathematics - CRM Barcelona, Birkhäuser (Springer), 2003
  - text in PostScript file or PDF file (October 2001)
  • On the unfolding of folded symplectic structures, with Victor Guillemin and Christopher Woodward,
    Math. Res. Lett. 7 (2000), no. 1, 35-53
    - article in PostScript file or PDF file (November 1999)
  • Quantization of presymplectic manifolds and circle actions, with Yael Karshon and Susan Tolman,
    Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 352 (2000), no. 2, 525-552
    - published article in PDF file
  • Quantization of symplectic orbifolds and group actions, with Victor Guillemin,
    Northern California Symplectic Geometry Seminar, edited by Y. Eliashberg et al., A.M.S. Translations 196 (1999), 1-12
    - article in PostScript file or PDF file (December 1998)
  • (book) Geometric Models for Noncommutative Algebras, with Alan Weinstein,
    Berkeley Mathematics Lecture Notes series, American Mathematical Society, 1999
    - text in PostScript file or PDF file (December 1998) - errata in PostScript file or PDF file (August 2000)
  • On the Kostant multiplicity formula for group actions with non-isolated fixed points, with Victor Guillemin,
    Advances in Mathematics 123 (1996), 1-15
    - published article in PDF file
  • To MathSciNet reviews

• Current teaching: (I.S.T., Spring 2011)
  • Cálculo Diferencial e Integral II


• Past teaching:
  
  • Álgebra Linear (I.S.T., Spring 2009)
  • Geometria Simpléctica (I.S.T., Spring 2009)
  • Análise Matemática III A (I.S.T., Fall 2005)
  • Symplectic Geometry (Princeton Univ., Fall 2004)
  • Álgebra Linear A (I.S.T., Fall 2003)
  • Análise Matemática IV (I.S.T., Spring 2003)
  • Análise Matemática III (I.S.T., Fall 2002)
  • Geometria I (I.S.T., Spring 2002)
  • Analyse M3 (Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, Spring 2001)
  • Análise Matemática III (I.S.T., Fall 2000)
  • Geometria Diferencial (I.S.T., Fall 2000)
  • Análise Matemática IV (I.S.T., Spring 2000)
  • Geometria Simpléctica (I.S.T., Spring 2000)
  • Geometria Diferencial (I.S.T., Fall 1999)
  • Análise Matemática IV (I.S.T., Spring 1999)
  • Differentiable Manifolds (U.C. Berkeley Math 214, Fall 1998)
  • Riemannian Geometry (U.C. Berkeley Math 240, Spring 1998)
  • Introduction to Abstract Algebra (U.C.Berkeley Math 113, Spring 1998)
  • Symplectic Geometry (U.C.Berkeley Math 242, Fall 1997)

• Seminars:
  
  • Algebraic Geometry / Moduli Seminar
  • Geometria em Lisboa
  • Mathematical Physics
  • Seminário Diagonal


• Undergraduate Summer Schools sponsored by the Gulbenkian Foundation:
  
  • Number Theory, Lisbon, 11-15 July 2011
  • O Gosto pela Matemática, Lisbon, 15-17 July 2010
  • Escola Diagonal 2007, Lisbon, 3-7 September 2007
  • Escola Diagonal 2005, Lisbon, 5-9 September 2005
  • Escola Diagonal 2004, Lisbon, 6-10 September 2004


• Outreach:
  • Simetria Passo a Passo - Matemática nas Calçadas de Lisboa
  • Um novo olhar sobre simetria (PDF preprint, Jan 2011)
  • As (orbi-)superfícies da simetria (PDF preprint, Jan 2011)
  • 22 séculos a medir área, with Miguel Abreu (PDF preprint, Jan 2011)


• Other academic activities:
  
  • Geometry Summer School
    Lisbon, 13-17 July 2009
  • Center for Mathematical Analysis, Geometry, and Dynamical Systems
    research center sponsored by the portuguese science foundation FCT
  • Programa Novos Talentos em Matemática
    undergraduate research program sponsored by the Gulbenkian Foundation
  • European Differential Geometry Endeavour
    european research network in differential geometry, 2000-2004
  • Geometric Analysis
    european research network in geometric analysis, 2000-2004
  • Lisbon Summer Lectures in Geometry
    two short courses held in Lisbon, June 14-18, 2004
  • Undergraduate Math Program
    coordination of Licenciatura em Matemática Aplicada e Computação, 2003
  • Young Researchers Symposium
    part of the International Congress of Mathematical Physics at IST, Lisbon, July 25-26, 2003
  • EMS Mathematical Weekend
    joint EMS-SPM meeting held in Lisbon, September 12-14, 2003
  • Poisson 2002 - Conference on Poisson Geometry
    Lisbon, September 2-7, 2002
  • Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Matemática
    meeting of the portuguese mathematical society held in Coimbra, February of 2002
  • Omega 99 - Conference on Symplectic Geometry
    Lisbon, June 21-26, 1999


• Research institutes (officially visited):
  
  • Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada, IMPA, Rio de Janeiro (February 2002)
  • Institute for Advanced Study, IAS, Princeton (Fall 2001)
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Bonn (Summer 2001)
  • Centre de Recerca Matemàtica,CRM, Barcelona (July 2001)
  • Institut de Recherche Mathématique Avancée, IRMA, Strasbourg (Spring 2001)
  • Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, MSRI, Berkeley (1996-1997)
  • Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge (Fall 1994)

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