KNOTS IN WASHINGTON XXVI

 

Interconnections between Khovanov, Khovanov-Rozansky and
Ozvath-Szabo homology; categorification of skein modules


April 18-20, 2008
The 26th Conference on Knot Theory and its Ramifications
George Washington University, Washington, DC

Sponsored by NSF and GWU

 
Plenary speakers include Mikhail Khovanov, Marco Mackaay, Ciprian Manolescu, Lenhard Ng, Oleg Viro.
 
 
The conference will start on Friday April 18, at 1:00pm with the talk "How to categorify a quantum group" by Mikhail Khovanov from Columbia University/IAS .
 
On Friday, April 18, Lenny Ng will give a colloquium-style talk "Knot homologies and transverse knots" at 3:30pm.
 
 
 

Conference Organizers:
Jozef H. Przytycki (GWU), przytyck@gwu.edu
Yongwu Rong (GWU), rong@gwu.edu
Alexander Shumakovitch (GWU), shurik@gwu.edu
Hao Wu (GWU), haowu@gwu.edu