Dear Colleagues,

I would like to advertise a Conference on "Stratified spaces in geometric and 
computational topology and physics", to be held at the University of 
Wisconsin-Madison, during March 30 - April 2, 2015.

The main topics of the conference are:
a) Codimension two embedding theory (knots and hypersurface singularities)
b) Characteristic classes of singular varieties
c) Singular spaces in mathematical physics
d) Stratified spaces in computation topology

The conference is dedicated to Julius Shaneson's 70th birthday.

More details about the conference (including a partial list of speakers, lodging 
and travel information, etc.) are available at the url:
http://www.math.wisc.edu/~maxim/Sing15.html

Anyone interested to participate should fill out the registration form at
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QShosvGridwUuY2R0M4KDH7aahGFG4rT4nX
vCWAmmac/viewform?c=0&w=1

An application for NSF funding is in process. Updates will be given at a later 
time. Priority for funding will be given to students and postdocs without any 
source of support. If you can (and are willing to) cover your travel and lodging 
expenses on your own, please indicate this on the registration form.

The registration deadline is February 15.

Sincerely,
Laurentiu Maxim (on behalf of the organizing committee)

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