AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Saturday, October 11, 2008 00:27:40

Program | Deadlines | Registration/Housing/Etc. | Special Event or Lecture | Inquiries: meet@ams.org

Associate secretaries:
Michel L Lapidus, AMS lapidus@math.ucr.edu, lapidus@mathserv.ucr.edu

Saturday October 4, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Topology and Related Topics, I
Room 101, Chemical and Biological Engineering Bldg
Organizers:
Alejandro Adem, University of British Columbia adem@math.ubc.ca
Stephen Ames Mitchell, University of Washington mitchell@math.washington.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  Deformation K-theory and moduli spaces of flat connections.
  Daniel A Ramras*, Vanderbilt University
  (1041-55-21)
- 9:30 a.m.
  A new interpretation of the quadratic closure of a field.
  Sunil K Chebolu*, Illinois State University
  Jan Minac, Univerity of Western Ontario
  (1041-12-24)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Spaces of homomorphisms and spaces of representations.
  F. R. Cohen*, University of Rochester
  A. Adem, University of British Columbia
  E. Torres, University of Michigan
  (1041-55-191)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Generalized cohomology and generalized Witt schemes.
  Justin Noel*, University of Chicago
  (1041-55-162)

Saturday October 4, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Topology and Related Topics, II
Room 101, Chemical and Biological Engineering Bldg
Organizers:
Alejandro Adem, University of British Columbia adem@math.ubc.ca
Stephen Ames Mitchell, University of Washington mitchell@math.washington.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Homotopy periods.
  Dev Sinha*, University of Oregon
  Ben Walter, Purdue University
  (1041-55-28)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Derived smooth manifolds.
  David I. Spivak*, University of Oregon
  (1041-55-27)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Motivic weights in the classical Adams spectral sequence.
  Daniel Dugger*, University of Oregon
  Daniel Isaksen, Wayne State University
  (1041-55-64)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Field Theories, String Topology, and Hochschild homology.
  Ralph L Cohen*, Stanford University
  (1041-55-115)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Discussion

Sunday October 5, 2008, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Topology and Related Topics, III
Room 101, Chemical and Biological Engineering Bldg
Organizers:
Alejandro Adem, University of British Columbia adem@math.ubc.ca
Stephen Ames Mitchell, University of Washington mitchell@math.washington.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  Commutators in the Steenrod algebra.
  John H Palmieri*, University of Washington
  Jian J Zhang, University of Washington
  (1041-55-136)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Finiteness properties of certain homotopy fixed point spectra.
  Ethan S. Devinatz*, University of Washington
  (1041-55-98)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Tangle invariants and Springer representations.
  Heather Russell, University of Iowa
  Julianna Tymoczko*, University of Iowa
  (1041-55-63)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Knot spinning.
  Ryan D Budney*, University of Victoria
  (1041-57-26)

Sunday October 5, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
Special Session on Algebraic Topology and Related Topics, IV
Room 101, Chemical and Biological Engineering Bldg
Organizers:
Alejandro Adem, University of British Columbia adem@math.ubc.ca
Stephen Ames Mitchell, University of Washington mitchell@math.washington.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Discussion
- 3:30 p.m.
  Discussion

Inquiries: meet@ams.org