RTG Seminar
In this seminar, speakers give talks aimed at introducing a research area to graduate students. This is a seminar hosted by the RTG group in Wells Hall C304 on Mondays at 3:00pm.
Spring 2024
Spring 2024
January 29: Manuel Rivera, Purdue
January 29: Manuel Rivera, Purdue
Title: String topology and homological algebra
March 25: Jingyin Huang, The Ohio State University
March 25: Jingyin Huang, The Ohio State University
Title: Introduction to Artin groups and K(pi,1)-conjecture
April 1: Henry Segerman, Oklahoma State University
April 1: Henry Segerman, Oklahoma State University
Title: Triangulations of three-manifolds: geometry, dynamics, and topology
April 8: Liam Watson, University of British Columbia
April 8: Liam Watson, University of British Columbia
Title: Mutation, after Conway
Fall 2023
Fall 2023
September 18: David Rose, UNC
September 18: David Rose, UNC
Title: The Temperly-Lieb and Bar-Natan categories
October 2: Anna Marie Bohmann, Vanderbilt
October 2: Anna Marie Bohmann, Vanderbilt
Title: An introduction to algebraic K-theory
November 6: Hokuto Konno, University of Tokyo/MIT
November 6: Hokuto Konno, University of Tokyo/MIT
Title: Diffeomorphism groups and gauge theory
December 4: Maggie Miller, University of Texas, Austin
December 4: Maggie Miller, University of Texas, Austin
Title: 2-knots are slice
Spring 2023
Spring 2023
March 20: Siddhi Krishna, Columbia University
March 20: Siddhi Krishna, Columbia University
Title: Fibered knots: what, why and how
April 10: Sam Gunningham, Montana State University
April 10: Sam Gunningham, Montana State University
Title: The skein theory TQFT
April 24: Sarah Petersen, University of Colorado, Boulder
April 24: Sarah Petersen, University of Colorado, Boulder
Title: Homotopy, Spectra & Group Actions
Fall 2022
Fall 2022
November 7: Calvin McPhail-Snyder, Duke
November 7: Calvin McPhail-Snyder, Duke
September 18: David Rose, UNC
September 18: David Rose, UNC
Title: The Temperly-Lieb and Bar-Natan categories