70th birthday of Oleg Viro

KNOTS IN WASHINGTON XLVI

 

May 4–6, 2018

Partially sponsored by NSF and GWU

The conference takes place at the George Washington University on May 4–6, 2018.


The Conference will start at 1:00pm on Friday, May 4, 2018 in MPA 310 with a colloquium-type talk "On real algebraic knots and links in RP3" by Stepan Orevkov from the University of Toulouse, France.

All talks will be held in the MPA Building (on Friday) and Duques Hall (on Saturday and Sunday).


Schedule of Talks

Oleg Viro lecturing on May 5, 2017 (click for a large version):

Knots in Washington XLVI

Group photo on May 4, 2017 (click for a large version):

Knots in Washington XLVI

Group photo on May 5, 2017 (click for a large version):

Knots in Washington XLVI

Group photo on May 6, 2017 (click for a large version):

Knots in Washington XLVI

Oleg Viro at the party on May 5, 2017 (click for a large version):

Knots in Washington XLVI


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:

Johan Björklund (University of Gävle, Sweden)
Ilia Itenberg (Sorbonne University, France)
Viatcheslav Kharlamov (University of Strasbourg, France)
Stepan Orevkov (University of Toulouse, France)
Oleg Viro (Stony Brook University)

Distinguished graduate student talk:

Grégoire Naisse (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium)

Conference organizers:

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


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