Schedule
The workshop will start on the morning of Dec. 16 and end on the afternoon of Dec. 18.
There will be survey talks in the mornings, time for research collaboration in the afternoons, and short research talks at the end of the day.
The talks will take place in room 380-C in the basement of the math department (Building 380). The breakfast, lunch, coffee breaks and happy hour will be on the fourth floor of the math department.
Day 1
Saturday, December 16, 2023
8:30 - 9:00
Breakfast
9:00 -10:00
Constructing exotic 4-manifolds by hand
Tye Lidman (North Carolina State University)
10:00-10:30
Coffee break
10:30-11:30
Rational blow-down techniques
Andras Stipsicz (Renyi Institute, Budapest)
11:45-12:30
Organizational meeting
12:30-1:30
Lunch
1:30-3:30
Free time
3:30-4:00
Coffee break
4:00-5:00
Free time
5:00-5:30
Ribbon concordances and slice obstructions: experiments and examples
Sherry Gong (Texas A&M)
5:30-6:30
Happy hour
Day 2
Sunday, December 17, 2023
9:00-9:30
Breakfast
9:30-10:30
Sliceness techniques
Marco Marengon (Renyi Institute, Budapest)
10:30-11:00
Coffee break
11:00-12:00
Exotica with only one hand
Inanc Baykur (U. Mass. Amherst)
12:00-1:00
Lunch
1:00-3:00
Free time
3:00-3:30
Coffee break
3:30-5:00
Free time
5:00-5:30
Seeking exotica through RBG links
Qianhe Qin (Stanford)
5:30-6:30
Happy hour
Day 3
Monday, December 18, 2023
9:00-9:30
Breakfast
9:30-10:30
Quantifying exoticness
Kyle Hayden (Rutgers Newark)
10:30-11:00
Coffee break
11:00-12:00
Non-compact exotica
Bob Gompf (U. Texas Austin)
12:00-1:00
Lunch
1:00-3:00
Free time
3:00-3:30
Coffee break
3:30-5:00