From June 14–20, 2026, Washington University in St. Louis will host the 48th Summer Symposium in Real Analysis (SSRA48), an official satellite conference of the International Congress of Mathematicians.
For nearly five decades, this annual global symposium has brought together mathematicians from around the world to share ideas, train young researchers, and foster long-term collabortions. By returning the Symposium to the United States for the first time since 2019, SSRA48 will significantly expand access for graduate students and early-career researchers, particularly those in North America. The conference will provide these participants with direct exposure to world leaders in real analysis, a core area of mathematics whose ideas underpin modern developments in the physical sciences, engineering, and data science. The International Congress of Mathematicians satellite designation highlights the meeting's global significance and visibility.
SSRA48 will focus on recent advances in real analysis and closely related fields, including harmonic analysis, geometric measure theory, partial differential equations, and analysis on metric spaces. The plenary speakers are leading experts in real analysis, and their work includes connections to algorithmic information theory, learning theory, signal processing, time-frequency analysis, dynamical systems, and fractal geometry. In addition to the plenary lectures, the program will feature contributed talks by researchers at all career stages, a poster session emphasizing graduate student participation, and a problem session designed to stimulate new collaborations. By emphasizing early-career participation alongside established leaders, SSRA48 will advance cutting-edge research while supporting the professional development of the next generation of mathematicians.
The Symposium maintains traditions that set it apart:
(1) reserved time for private research and collaboration,
(2) prime speaking opportunities for young researchers,
(3) plenary lectures by leading mathematicians in real analysis and related areas,
(4) strong involvement of graduate students as both participants and volunteers, and
(5) a unique community that spans decades of history, from graduate students to retired professors who have attended since the first SSRA. Most participants choose
to live together in the university accommodations, providing ample opportunities for
informal discussion and social interaction
This conference is supported by the NSF Grant DMS-2606135. This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.
Plenary speakers include:
- Marianna Csörnyei, University of Chicago
- Alex Iosevich, University of Rochester
- Azita Mayeli, City University of New York
- Yumeng Ou, University of Pennsylvania
- Alexia Yavicoli, University of British Columbia
Conference organizers include:
- Alan Chang, Washington University in St. Louis
- Paul Humke, St. Olaf College
- Cheng-Han Pan, Mount Holyoke College
- Brandon Sweeting, Washington University in St. Louis
- Krystal Taylor, The Ohio State University
