Student Topology Seminar
Duke - NC State - UNC
Duke - NC State - UNC
This seminar brings together students from Duke, NC State, and UNC to learn about current directions in topology, covering topics such as knots, 3-manifolds, Khovanov homology, Heegaard Floer homology, and contact topology. It is a collaborative space for undergraduates, graduates, and postdocs to present and learn math, meeting approximately every two weeks, with the location rotating between the three campuses.
Recent Seminar Talks
March 27, 2026 - Duke (Physics 119)
Sriram Raghunath (Grad Student, Rutgers)
"Khovanov homology of strongly invertible knots"
February 27, 2026 - Duke (Physics 119)
Group Discussion (Part 2)
"Exotic Seifert Surfaces and Cobordism Maps in Khovanov Homology" (after Hayden–Sundberg)
February 13, 2026 - NC State (SAS 1218)
Group Discussion (Part 1)
"Exotic Seifert Surfaces and Cobordism Maps in Khovanov Homology" (after Hayden–Sundberg)
February 6, 2026 - Duke (Physics 119)
Biji Wong (Postdoc, Duke)
"Involutive Khovanov homology and strongly invertible knots"
April 25, 2025 - Duke (Gross 324)
Joe Breen (Postdoc, University of Iowa)
"Hard Legendrian unknots"
March 7, 2025 - Duke (Physics 119)
Luke Conners (Grad Student, UNC)
"Column-Colored HOMFLY Homology"
February 21, 2025 - NC State (SAS 3282)
Everett Meike (Grad Student, NC State)
"Obstructing Crossing Changes and Variants of the Unknotting Number"
February 14, 2025 - Duke (Physics 119)
Biji Wong (Postdoc, Duke/Rutgers)
"Using immersed curves technology to tackle questions in low-dimensional topology"