Knots in Washington XXX; Categorification, Quantum knots and Quantum computing
May 19-21, 2010
George Washington University
Washington, DC, USA

Organizers
Valentina Harizanov (GWU), Jozef H. Przytycki (GWU, UTD), Yongwu Rong (GWU, NSF), Radmila Sazdanovic (MSRI), Alexander Shumakovitch (GWU), Hao Wu (GWU)

List of Talks

Lowell Abrams Towards a Classification of Cellular Automorphisms of Surfaces
Patricia Cahn A Generalization of the Turaev Cobracket for the Andersen-Mattes-Reshetikhin Algebra
J Scott Carter Categorical Quandles and Knots
Jessica Ceniceros (t, s) racks and their knot invariants
Qingtao Chen Orthogonal Quantum Group Invariants of Links
Razvan Gelca Non-abelian theta functions a la Andre Weil
Tobias Hagge Topological Quantum Computation and Topology in Quantum Computation
Jennifer Hom Bordered Heegaard Floer homology and the tau-invariant of cables
Naoko Kamada Quandles and multivariable polynomial invariants of twisted links
Seiichi Kamada On quandles and biquandles related to twisted virtual links
Thomas Kerler Integral TQFTs from Quantum Doubles, Gauge Equivariance, and Applications
Samuel J. Lomonaco Quantum Braids
Sam Nelson Blackboard biracks and their link invariants
Maciej Niebrzydowski Quandle invariants of spatial graphs
William Parke Quantum Physics and Strings
Jozef H. Przytycki The second quandle homology of the Takasaki quandle of an odd order abelian group
Krzysztof Putyra A 2-category of dotted cobordisms and a universal odd link homology
Yongwu Rong Computational complexity for topology and dynamics of boolean networks
Masahico Saito Knot invariants from categorical fundamental quandles
Radmila Sazdanovic SLarc algebra, bimodules and functors
Matt Sequin Comparing Invariants of 3-manifolds
Hao Wu Color and orientation in sl(N)-homology
Yoshiro Yaguchi The orbits of Hurwitz action on systems of braids