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Algebraic Topology, Braids and Mapping Class Groups
(4 - 14 Dec 2008)

Workshop on Homotopy, Braids and Mapping Class Groups

Venue: IMS Auditorium

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Thursday, 4 Dec 2008
02:45pm - 03:00pm	Registration
	Chair: Yan-Loi Wong, National University of Singapore
03:00pm - 04:00pm	One introductory lecture on Khovanov homology Vladimir Vershinin, University of Monteplier II, France
04:00pm - 04:30pm	--- Coffee Break ---
04:30pm - 05:30pm	Informal discussion session on Khovanov homology Chair: Vladimir Vershinin, University of Monteplier II, France
	End of Day 1

Friday, 5 Dec 2008
09:15am - 09:30am	Registration
	Chair: Jon Berrick, National University of Singapore
09:30am - 10:30am	One introductory lecture on generalized braid groups and Artin groups Vladimir Vershinin, University of Monteplier II, France
10:30am - 11:00am	--- Coffee Break ---
11:00am - 12:00nn	Introductory/surveying lecture on line arrangements or curves (1) (PDF1) David Garber, Holon Institute of Technology, Israel
12:00nn - 02:00pm	--- Lunch Break ---
02:00pm - 03:00pm	Introductory/surveying lecture on line arrangements or curves (2) (PDF2) David Garber, Holon Institute of Technology, Israel
03:00pm - 03:30pm	--- Coffee Break ---
03:30pm - 04:30pm	Survey talk on deformation spaces of Kleinian groups (PDF) Ken'ichi Ohshika, Osaka University, Japan
	End of Day 2

Saturday, 6 Dec 2008
	Free discussion
	End of Day 3

Tuesday, 9 Dec 2008
09:15am - 09:30am	Registration
	Chair: Haibao Duan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
09:30am - 10:30am	Model spaces and graphs associated to manifolds Ken Shackleton, University of Tokyo IPMU, Japan
10:30am - 11:00am	--- Coffee Break ---
11:00am - 12:00nn	Simplicial structure for Nielsen-Thurston theory Fedor Duzhin, Nanyang Technological University
12:00nn - 03:00pm	--- Lunch Break ---
03:00pm - 04:00pm	Lecture on Brunnian braids and Brunnian mapping class groups Elizabeth Hanbury, National University of Singapores
04:00pm - 04:30pm	--- Coffee Break ---
04:30pm - 05:30pm	Informal discussion session on mapping class groups Chair: Jon Berrick, National University of Singapore
	End of Day 4

Wednesday, 10 Dec 2008
09:15am - 09:30am	Registration
	Chair: Miguel Alejandro Xicotencatl Merino, Centrode Investigacion Estudios Avanzados, Mexico
09:30am - 10:30am	Introductory/surveying talk on Heegaard splittings Fengchun Lei, Dalian University of Technology, China
10:30am - 11:00am	--- Coffee Break ---
11:00am - 12:00nn	Introductory/surveying lecture on geometry and homotopy (1) Haibao Duan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
12:00nn - 03:00pm	--- Lunch Break ---
03:00pm - 04:00pm	Introductory/surveying lecture on geometry and homotopy (2) Haibao Duan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
04:00pm - 04:30pm	--- Coffee Break ---
04:30pm - 05:30pm	Informal discussion session on geometry and homotopy Chair: Haibao Duan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
	End of Day 5

Thursday, 11 Dec 2008
09:15am - 09:30am	Registration
	Chair: Vladimir Vershinin, University of Monteplier II, France
09:30am - 10:30am	Surveying lecture on string topology (PDF) Miguel Alejandro Xicotencatl Merino, Centrode Investigacion Estudios Avanzados, Mexico
10:30am - 11:00am	--- Coffee Break ---
11:00am - 12:00nn	Lectures on topological complexity and LS category (1) (PDF1, PDF2) Norio Iwase, Kyushu University, Japan
12:00nn - 03:00pm	--- Lunch Break ---
03:00pm - 04:00pm	Lectures on topological complexity and LS category (2) (PDF1, PDF2) Norio Iwase, Kyushu University, Japan
04:00pm - 04:30pm	--- Coffee Break ---
04:30pm - 05:30pm	Informal discussion session on topological complexity Chair: Norio Iwase, Kyushu University, Japan
	End of Day 6

Friday, 12 Dec 2008
09:15am - 09:30am	Registration
	Chair: Norio Iwase, Kyushu University, Japan
09:30am - 10:30am	Introductory/surveying talk on Lie(n) and Goodwillie towers (PDF) Le Minh Ha, Vietnam National University, Vietnam
10:30am - 11:00am	--- Coffee Break ---
11:00am - 12:00nn	Lectures on decompositions of loop spaces and representation theory (I) (PDF1, PDF2) Jie Wu, National University of Singapore
12:00nn - 03:00pm	--- Lunch Break ---
03:00pm - 04:00pm	Lectures on decompositions of loop spaces and representation theory (II) (PDF1, PDF2) Jie Wu, National University of Singapore
04:00pm - 04:30pm	--- Coffee Break ---
04:30pm - 05:30pm	Informal discussion session on homotopy and representation theory Chair: Jie Wu, National University of Singapore
	End of Day 7

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