Parameter Spaces in Algebraic Geometry

Overview

Caucher Birkar
Tsinghua University

In this lecture, Professor Birkar (FRS, Fields Medalist 2018) will focus on parametrising algebraic varieties, a very old subject that has seen significant progress in recent years.  He will pay particular attention to questions regarding boundedness and moduli of certain classes of varieties.  In particular, he will discuss Fano and Calabi-Yau varieties as well as minimal varieties of arbitrary Kodaira dimension.