| DATE |
SPEAKER |
TOPIC |
| Sept. 30 |
Josh Greene,
Columbia University |
The lens space realization problem |
| Oct. 7 |
Nathan Broaddus,
Ohio State
|
Homology of the curve complex and the Steinberg module of the mapping class group |
| Oct. 14 |
Jacob Rasmussen,
Cambridge/SUNY Stony Brook |
Holomorphic triangle maps in sutured Floer homology |
| Oct. 21 |
Alexander Gaifullin,
Moscow State, Steklov Institute |
On local combinatorial formulae for Pontryagin classes |
| Oct. 28 |
Kei Nakamura,
Temple University |
Fox re-embedding and Bing submanifolds |
| Nov. 11 |
Lenny Ng,
Duke University |
Transverse homology |
| Nov. 18 |
Igor Rivin,
Temple University
|
Somewhat simple curves on surfaces, and the mysteries of covering spaces |
| Dec. 2 |
Sa'ar Hersonsky,
University of Georgia
|
Boundary Value Problems on Planar Graphs and Flat Surfaces with integer cone singularities |
| Dec. 9 |
John Pardon,
Princeton University |
Gromov's knot distortion |
| Dec. 16 |
Andy Cotton-Clay,
Harvard University
|
Holomorphic Pairs of Pants in Mapping Tori |