We cordially invite everyone to the award ceremony for the Barbara and Jaroslav Zemánek Prize in the field of functional analysis, which will take place as part of the IMPAN Colloquium at the Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IMPAN) on October 29th, 2025, at 2:15 PM in room 321 (third floor).
Programme of the ceremony:
14:15 Award ceremony and introductory lecture by Rafał Latała (University of Warsaw)
15:15 Coffee break
15:45 Lecture of the laureate Alexandos Askenazis (Sorbonne University)
Abstracts:
Rafał Latała
Title: Selected Results of Alexandros Eskenazis with a Probabilistic Perspective
Abstract: Alexandros Eskenazis is the author of many deep results in metric geometry, high-dimensional convex geometry, probability theory, and discrete analysis. During the talk, we will discuss a selection of his results from the standpoint of a probabilist.
Alexandros Askenazis
Title: Metric characterizations in the Ribe program
Abstract: A key goal of the Ribe program is to provide metric characterizations of classical linear properties of norms in an attempt to create a nonlinear analogue of the local theory of Banach spaces. In this talk, we shall explore some recent advances in this direction, including the development of new bi-Lipschitz invariants for metric spaces, the refutation of conjectured metric analogues of classical results from the linear theory, and the emergence of new, purely metric phenomena within the Ribe program dictionary. The talk is based on joint works with Manor Mendel and Assaf Naor.
