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Thematic
Program on Geometric Applications of Homotopy Theory
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SPEAKERS (Tentative):
John Baez (University of California) Aaron Lauda (University of Cambridge) Julie Bergner (Kansas State University) Tom Leinster (University of Glasgow) Eugenia Cheng (The University of Chicago) Peter May (University of Chicago) Alissa Crans (Loyola Marymount University) Joshua Nichols-Barrer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Nick Gurski (Yale University) Simona Paoli (Macquarie University) Andre Henriques (Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet) Urs Schreiber (Universität Hamburg) Andre Joyal (UQAM) Mike Shulman (The University of Chicago) Steve Lack (University of Western Sydney) Danny Stevenson (University of California)
SCHEDULE (Tentative):
Tuesday January 9 "Low dimensions" 9:00-9:30 Coffee and registration,
Welcoming remarks9:30-10:30 Tom Leinster
A survey of the theory of bicategories10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 - 12:00 Steve Lack
A survey of the theory of Gray-categories12:00 - 3:00 Lunch 3pm Russian seminar Nick Gurski
Tricategories7:00 - 8:00 Reception 8pm Informal talk Mike Shulman
Model categories for beginnersWednesday January 10 "n-categories and Homotopy Theory" 9:00-9:30 Morning Coffee 9:30-10:30 John Baez
The Homotopy Hypothesis10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 - 12:00 Simona Paoli
Semistrict Tamsamani's n-groupoids and connected n-types12:00 - 3:00 Lunch 3pm Russian seminar Eugenia Cheng
Batanin omega-groupoids and the homotopy hypothesis8pm Peter May
Applications of bicategories to algebraic topologyThursday January 11 "Quasicategories" 9:00-9:30 Morning Coffee 9:30 - 10:30 Michael Shulman
Introduction to quasicategories10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 - 12:00 Julie Bergner
Model categories Quillen equivalent to the quasi-category model structure12:00 - 2:30 Lunch 2:30 - 3:30 Joshua Nichols-Barrer
Fibred Quasi-Categories and Stacks3:30 - 4:00 Coffee Break 4pm Andre Joyal
From quasi-categories to higher categories
(Audio and slide are not available)Friday January 12 "Higher Gauge Theory" 9:00-9:30 Morning Coffee 9:30 - 10:30 Alissa Crans
A Survey of Higher Lie Theory10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 - 12:00 Danny Stevenson
Lie 2-algebras and Higher Gauge Theory12:00 - 3:00 Lunch 3pm Russian Seminar Urs Schreiber
Parallel transport in low dimensions8pm Igor Bakovic
Bigroupoid principal 2-bundlesSaturday January 13 "QFT and TQFT" 9:00-9:30 Morning Coffee 9:30 - 10:30 Aaron Lauda
Frobenius algebras, quantum topology and higher categories10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 - 12:00 Urs Schreiber
On 2-dimensional QFT: from arrows to disks
All scientific events are open to the mathematical sciences community. Visitors who are interested in office space or funding are requested to apply by filling out the application form. Additional support is available (pending NSF funding) to support junior US visitors to this program.
Applications for such support from all qualified candidates, particularly
women, aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities and members of
visible minorities are strongly encouraged, and can be made
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