Topology in dimension 3.5: A conference in memory of Tim Cochran

June 1-4, 2016
Rice University

The Rice University Mathematics Department, with support from the
National Science Foundation, is hosting a conference on knot and link
concordance, 3- and 4-dimensional manifolds, and related areas.  This
conference is dedicated to the memory of our colleague and friend Tim
Cochran, who was a leading figure in low-dimensional topology,
particularly knot theory.

Speakers:

Jae Choon Cha (POSTECH, Korea)
Christopher Davis (University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire)
Michael Freedman* (Microsoft Station Q)
Stefan Friedl (Universität Regensburg)
Elisenda Grigsby (Boston College)
Matthew Hedden (Michigan State University)
Jennifer Hom (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Robion Kirby (University of California, Berkeley)
Constance Leidy (Wesleyan University)
Adam Levine (Princeton University)
Kent Orr (Indiana University)
Mark Powell (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Arunima Ray (Brandeis University)
Daniel Ruberman (Brandeis University)
Peter Teichner (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics and University of
California, Berkeley)

*to be confirmed

Website:  http://math.rice.edu/NewsEvents/Conferences/TopologyConference2016/index.html

Limited funding is available. Graduate students, recent Ph.D.s, and
mathematicians in underrepresented groups working in low-dimensional
topology are especially encouraged to apply.

Organizers:

Shelly Harvey (Rice University)
Peter Horn (Syracuse University)
David Krcatovich (Rice University)
Allison Moore (Rice University)
Eamonn Tweedy (Widener University)

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Shelly Harvey
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics
Rice University
http://math.rice.edu/~shelly

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