Talks
Some invited talks I have given:
Conferences and workshops
2021/06 A cactus group action on crystals through categorical braid group actions, UMass Amherst NSF FRG Conference: Categorical braid group actions and categorical representation theory (online)
2021/05 Braid group actions, crystals and cacti, AMS session: Diagrammatic and combinatorial methods in representation theory (online)
2021/05 Lagrangian correspondences in Schubert calculus for cotangent bundles, AMS session: Geometric and categorical methods in representation theory (online)
2020/12 Lagrangian correspondences in Schubert calculus, CMS session: Algebraic geometry of integrable systems (online)
2020/12 The cactus group, crystals, and perverse equivalences, Workshop on 'Monoidal and 2-categories in representation theory and categorification'', Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics, Bonn, Germany, (online)
2020/10 The cactus group and perverse equivalences, AMS session: Monoidal categories in representation theory, USA (online)
2020/10 Branching in Schubert calculus, Workshop on New connections in integrable systems, Brisbane, Australia (online)
2020/09 Schubert calculus via Lagrangian correspondences, Junior global Poisson workshop (online)
2020/06 Perverse equivalences and cacti, Online Lie theory conference, Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada (online)
2020/03 Branching in Schubert calculus and Lagrangian correspondences, One-day conference: Combinatorics and geometry of Jordan type and commuting varieties, Northeastern University, USA (online)
2019/12 Branching in Schubert calculus, CMS session: Algebraic geometry and representation theory, Toronto, Canada
2019/08 From puzzles to Lagrangian correspondences: a branching story, Conference on Flags, galleries and reflection groups, University of Sydney, Australia
2019/07 Restricting Schubert classes to symplectic Grassmannians using self-dual puzzles, FPSAC 2019, Ljubljana, Slovenia. slides
2019/04 Schubert calculus and self-dual puzzles, Conference on Symplectic representation theory, Centre International de Rencontres Mathématique, Luminy, France
2019/02 Self-dual puzzles in Schubert calculus, Kioloa conference on Subfactors and representation theory, Australian National University, Australia
2019/02 Diagrammatic categories and the periplectic Lie superalgebra, Conference on Subfactors in Sydney 2019, University of New South Wales, Australia
2018/12 Symmetric puzzles give the restriction to the symplectic Grassmannian, MATRIX program on Geometric and categorical representation theory, Australia
2018/12 Puzzles for restricting Schubert classes to the symplectic Grassmannian, 62nd Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society, University of Adelaide, Australia
2018/12 Virtual and welded tangles via operads, 62nd Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society, University of Adelaide, Australia
2018/06 Higher Schur-Weyl duality and the periplectic Lie superalgebra, Southeastern Lie theory workshop X, University of Georgia, USA
2017/12 The periplectic Lie superalgebra from a diagrammatic perspective, Transformation groups 2017: A conference dedicated to Ernest Vinberg on the occasion of his 80th birthday, Moscow, Russia.
2017/01 A monodromy action on crystals and the cactus group, AMS special session: Representations and Related Geometry in Lie Theory, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Atlanta, USA. slides
2016/11 The cactus group, crystals, and shift of argument algebras, 49th Algebra and Representation Theory in the North (ARTIN) meeting, University of Lancaster, UK. handout
2016/10 Cacti, crystals, and monodromy of the shift of argument algebras, AMS sectional meeting: Quantum field theories and geometric representation theory, University of St. Thomas (Minneapolis campus), USA. abstract
2016/07 An action of the cactus group on crystals, Representation Theory and Physics, University of Leeds, UK. handout
2016/03 Generalizing the Multivariable Alexander Polynomial, Advances in Quantum and Low-Dimensional Topology, University of Iowa, USA. handout
2015/12 Two generalizations of the multivariable Alexander polynomial, Knots in Washington XLI, The George Washington University, USA. slides
2015/10 A cactus group action on crystals, AMS sectional meeting: Combinatorial and geometric representation theory, Loyola University Chicago, USA. slides
Seminars
2021/03 Lagrangian correspondences in Schubert calculus, Geometry and representation theory at home seminar (online)
2021/01 Categorical braid group actions, the cactus group, and crystals, Categorification learning seminar (online)
2020/11 Schubert calculus and Lagrangian correspondences, Algebraic geometry seminar, UC Davis (online)
2020/06 Self-dual puzzles in Schubert calculus branching, Algebra and discrete math seminar, UC Davis (online)
2019/10 Classical and higher Schur-Weyl duality for gl(n) and beyond, Student research seminar, Northeastern University, USA
2019/10 Self-dual puzzles in Schubert calculus, Geometry, algebra, singularities and combinatorics seminar, Northeastern University, USA
2019/09 Tangles, circuit algebras, and the Kashiwara-Vergne problem, Topology seminar, Northeastern University, USA
2019/07 R- and K-matrices for restricting cohomology classes from GL(2n)- to Sp(2n)-Grassmannians, Mathematical physics seminar, University of Melbourne, Australia
2019/05 Tangles, wheeled props, and Kashiwara-Vergne solutions, Topology seminar, Australian National University, Australia
2019/05 Branching in Schubert calculus and Maulik-Okounkov classes, Representation theory seminar, University of Melbourne, Australia
2019/04 Branching in Schubert calculus and self-dual puzzles, Algebra seminar, University of Sydney, Australia
2019/04 Circuit algebras and wheeled props, Topology seminar, University of Melbourne, Australia
2018/10 Virtual tangles and Alexander-type invariants, Topology seminar, Monash University, Australia
2018/10 Tangles and Alexander type invariants, Geometry and topology seminar, University of Sydney, Australia
2018/09 The cactus group and a monodromy action on crystals, Representation theory seminar, University of Melbourne, Australia
2018/08 Tangles and generalizations of the Alexander polynomial, Topology seminar, University of Melbourne, Australia
2018/08 Schur-Weyl duality and Lie superalgebras, Pure mathematics seminar, University of Melbourne, Australia
2018/02 Schur-Weyl duality for Lie superalgebras, Oliver club, Cornell University, USA. abstract.
2017/04 Higher Schur-Weyl duality for the periplectic Lie superalgebra p(n), Mathematics colloquium, Queen's University Belfast, UK. abstract
2017/03 Schur-Weyl duality for the periplectic Lie superalgebra p(n), Algebra seminar, Newcastle University, UK.
2017/02 Endomorphism algebras for gl(n), the symmetric group and the Hecke algebra, Postgraduate forum, University of Lancaster, UK.
2017/02 Schur-Weyl duality for gl(n) and beyond, MAXIMALS preseminar, The University of Edinburgh, UK.
2017/02 The odd Brauer category and the periplectic Lie superalgebra, MAXIMALS seminar, The University of Edinburgh, UK.
2017/02 The periplectic Lie superalgebra p(n) and signed VW-algebras, Pure mathematics colloquium, University of Lancaster, UK.
2016/11 An action of the cactus group on crystals, Algebraic geometry seminar, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA. abstract
2016/10 Crystals, the cactus group, and shift of argument algebras, Algebra seminar, University of York, UK.
2016/02 The Gromov width via crystal bases, Symplectic geometry seminar, University of Toronto, Canada. slides
2016/02 The Gromov width of coadjoint orbits of the symplectic group, Geometry and topology seminar, McMaster University, Canada. abstract
2015/06 Monodromy and cactus group actions on crystals, Geometry seminar, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. abstract
2015/03 A cactus group action on crystals and the shift of argument algebras, Applied algebra seminar, York University, Canada. abstract
2014/12 Shift of argument algebras and the cactus group, Algebra seminar, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal. abstract
2014/03 A foray into knot theory: the Alexander polynomial, Graduate student seminar, University of Toronto, Canada. slides