Topology and Invariants of Smooth 4-manifolds
March 10-14, 2014
The Savoy Hotel, Miami Beach, FL
Organized by Nikolai Saveliev
This workshop will be held in connection with the FRG project supported by the NSF Grant DMS-1065905 "FRG: Collaborative Research: The Topology and Invariants of Smooth 4-manifolds". It will host the principal investigators on the grant and several invited researchers. The discussion will center around exotic smooth structures on small 4-manifolds, using techniques from gauge theory, symplectic topology, and Floer homology.
Among invited speakers is Dr. Robert Lipshitz from Columbia University, who will give a short course on bordered Heegaard Floer homology. Other speakers will be determined during the workshop.
The Program (morning talks begin at 9:30am)
Monday: Li, Karakurt, Chen, Wu
Tuesday: Lipshitz
Wednesday: Lipshitz
Thursday: Auckly, Kalafat, Arikan
Friday: Ruberman, Karakurt
Participants will include:
Selman Akbulut – Michigan State University
Anar Akhmedov – University of Minnesota
Mehmet Arikan – University of Rochester
David Auckly – Kansas State University
Kenneth Baker – University of Miami
Weimin Chen – University of Massachusetts
Tedi Draghici – Florida International University
Kyle Evans-Lee – University of Miami
Mustafa Kalafat – Michigan State University
Cagri Karakurt – University of Texas
Thomas Leness – Florida International University
Tian-Jun Li – University of Minnesota
Robert Lipshitz – Columbia University
Prayat Poudel – University of Miami
Daniel Ruberman – Brandeis University
Nikolai Saveliev – University of Miami
Weiwei Wu – Michigan State University
