Joint Mathematics Meetings Program by Special Session

Current as of Thursday, January 15, 2009 00:44:11

Joint Mathematics Meetings
Washington, DC, January 5-8, 2009 (Monday - Thursday)
Meeting #1046

• Tuesday January 6, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
  AMS Special Session on Categorification and Link Homology, I
  Harding Room, Mezzanine Level, Marriott
  Organizers:
  Aaron Lauda, Columbia University lauda@math.columbia.edu
  Mikhail Khovanov, Columbia University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Construction of H-thick knots in Khovanov Homology.
    Andrew W. Elliott*, Rice University
    (1046-55-617)
  • 8:25 a.m.
    Functoriality for the $\mathfrak{su}_{3}$ Khovanov homology.
    David A Clark*, Randolph-Macon College
    (1046-57-602)
  • 8:50 a.m.
    Twin TQFTs and Frobenius algebras.
    Carmen L Caprau*, California State University, Fresno
    (1046-57-1025)
  • 9:15 a.m.
    Equivariant sl(n)-link homology.
    Daniel Krasner*, Columbia University
    (1046-81-615)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    The 2-point and 4-point Khovanov categories.
    Scott Morrison*, Microsoft Station Q
    Clark David, Randolph-Macon College
    Kevin Walker, Microsoft Station Q
    (1046-54-955)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Break
  • 10:15 a.m.
    Transverse knots and knot homologies.
    Lenny Ng*, Duke University
    (1046-57-622)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Involutions on 3-manifolds and Khovanov homology.
    Liam Watson*, Universite du Quebec a Montreal
    (1046-57-969)
  • 11:05 a.m.
    Patterns in odd Khovanov homology.
    Alexander N. Shumakovitch*, The George Washington University
    (1046-57-2050)
  • 11:30 a.m.
    Link Homologies via Instanton Counting.
    S Gukov*, Cal Tech
    (1046-54-2085)
• Wednesday January 7, 2009, 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
  AMS Special Session on Categorification and Link Homology, II
  Harding Room, Mezzanine Level, Marriott
  Organizers:
  Aaron Lauda, Columbia University lauda@math.columbia.edu
  Mikhail Khovanov, Columbia University
  

  • 1:00 p.m.
    A categorification of quantum tangle invariants via quiver varieties.
    Ben Webster*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1046-18-1244)
  • 1:25 p.m.
    Discussion
  • 1:50 p.m.
    Towards a geometric categorification of the coloured Reshetikhin-Turaev sl(m) knot invariants.
    Sabin Cautis*, Rice University/MSRI
    (1046-14-1164)
  • 2:15 p.m.
    How to categorify dynamical zeta functions.
    Alexander Fel'shtyn*, University of Szczecin and Boise State University
    (1046-57-1010)
  • 2:40 p.m.
    Gram determinants of planar states and Lagrangian tangles.
    Jozef H. Przytycki*, George Washington University
    (1046-57-1710)
  • 3:05 p.m.
    Crossingless matchings and the Springer representation.
    Heather M. Russell*, University of Iowa
    Julianna S. Tymoczko, University of Iowa
    (1046-57-1373)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Plane diagrammatics and categorification.
    Radmila Sazdanovic*, The George Washington University
    Mikhail Khovanov, Columbia University
    (1046-16-1241)
  • 3:55 p.m.
    Sheaves of modules over posets and Khovanov homology.
    Paul R Turner*, Heriot-Watt University/ Universite de Fribourg
    Brent J Everitt, University of York
    (1046-57-638)
  • 4:20 p.m.
    Discussion
  • 4:45 p.m.
    Every modular category is the category of modules over an algebra.
    Hendryk Pfeiffer*, The University of British Columbia
    (1046-20-1762)
  • 5:10 p.m.
    Groupoidification.
    John C. Baez*, University of California, Riverside
    (1046-18-596)
  • 5:35 p.m.
    A categorification of Hecke algebras.
    Alexander E Hoffnung*, University of California, Riverside
    (1046-18-1057)