KNOTS IN WASHINGTON XLV

 

December 8–10, 2017

Partially sponsored by NSF and GWU

The conference takes place at the George Washington University, December 8–10, 2017.


The Conference will start at 1:00pm on Friday, December 8, 2017 with a colloquium-type talk by Louis Kauffman on "Knotoids, Virtual Knots and Applications" in Rome Hall 204.

All talks will be held in Rome Hall.


Schedule of Talks

Group photo on December 8, 2017 (click for a large version):

Knots in Washington XLV

Group photo on December 9, 2017 (click for a large version):

Knots in Washington XLV

Group photo on December 10, 2017 (click for a large version):

Knots in Washington XLV


If you want to give a talk: submit your abstract

If you want to participate: e-mail Jozef Przytycki and/or Alex Shumakovitch so that a name tag can be prepared for you.

There is no registration fee

(Partial) finantial support is available for students, fresh PhD's and mathematicians without a grant.


IMPORTANT: if you travel internationally and want to be reimbursed for your flight, please make sure to fly on a U.S. flag air carrier (see the GWU Guidelines for the definition), or a foreign airline that code shares with one. If in doubt, please double check with Alex Shumakovitch before buying your ticket.

Plenary speakers include:

Michael Abel (Duke University)
Scott Carter (University of South Alabama)
Louis Kauffman (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Mikhail Khovanov (Columbia University)
Krzysztof Putyra (University of Zürich, Switzerland)

Distinguished graduate student talks:

Xiao Wang (The George Washington University)
Melissa Zhang (Boston College)

Conference organizers:

Valentina Harizanov
Jozef H. Przytycki
Yongwu Rong
Radmila Sazdanovic (NCSU)
Alexander Shumakovitch
Hao Wu


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