Knots in Washington XVII, Conference on Knot Theory and its Ramifications
December 19-21, 2003
GWU
Washington, DC, USA

Organizers
Marta M.Asaeda (U.Iowa), Mietek K.Dabkowski (UTD), Jozef H.Przytycki(GWU), Yongwu Rong (GWU)

List of Talks

Marta M. Asaeda Khovanov homology of links in I-bundles over surfaces
Gefry Barad Gram determinant for type B Temperley-Lieb algebra
Abhijit Champanerkar Mahler measure of the Jones polynomial, part I
Qi Chen On certain integral tensor categories over cyclotomic rings and integral TQFTs
Mieczyslaw K. Dabkowski Fundamental group of the double branch cover of S³ along 2-bridge knots
Bill Goldman Flat Lorentz 3-Manifolds
Laure Helme-Guizon An analog of Khovanov Homology for graphs
Slavik Jablan The program "LinKnot"-its theoretical background and experimental mathematics results obtained
Gyo Taek Jin Superbridge index of knots
Joanna Kania-Bartoszynska Turaev-Viro invariants of 3-manifolds and normal surfaces
Thomas Kerler The Block Property of Integral Bases for TQFT's and its Consequences
Mark Kidwell Two Types of Amphichiral Links
Ilya Kofman Mahler measure of the Jones polynomial, part II
Jozef H. Przytycki My first and hundredth papers: from Z_n-actions on surfaces to periodicity of links and Khovanov homology
Yongwu Rong A Kauffman bracket polynomial for legendrian links
Radmila Sazdanovic Knot theory program LinKnot
Alexander Shumakovitch Torsion of the Khovanov Homology
Alexander Shumakovitch Computing the Khovanov Homology with KhoHo
Adam S. Sikora Quantum Invariants of knots and links
Adam S. Sikora Skein theory for SU_n-quantum invariants
Yuka Taylor Spherical Tetrahedra and a Semiclassical Invariant of Three-Manifolds
Amir A. Togha Non-left-orderable 3-manifold groups
Tatsuya Tsukamoto Generalized Cochran sequence and a factorization of the Conway polynomial