Hot Topics: Surface subgroups and cube complexes
http://www.msri.org/web/msri/scientific/workshops/hot-topics-workshops/show/-/event/Wm9922
Mar 18, 2013 to Mar 22, 2013
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, CA USA

Organizers:
Ian Agol* (Berkeley), Danny Calegari (Chicago), Ursula Hamenstädt (Bonn), Vlad Markovic (Caltech)

To apply for funding, you must register by Fri, Jan 27 2012.

Recently there has been substantial progress in our understanding of the related questions of which hyperbolic groups are cubulated on the one hand, and which 
contain a surface subgroup on the other. The most spectacular combination of these two ideas has been in 3-manifold topology, which has seen the resolution of many 
long-standing conjectures. In turn, the resolution of these conjectures has led to a new point of view in geometric group theory, and the introduction of powerful new 
tools and structures. The goal of this conference will be to explore the further potential of these new tools and perspectives, and to encourage communication between 
researchers working in various related fields.

Preliminary list of Speakers:
Mladen Bestvina (Utah)
Daniel Groves (UIC)
Alessandra Iozzi (ETH Zurich)
Sang-Hyun Kim (KAIST)
Yi Liu (Caltech)
Piotr Przytycki (Warsaw)
Anne Thomas (Sydney)
Alden Walker (Chicago)

plus the organizers

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Hot Topics: Surface subgroups and cube complexes
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