Cascade Topology Conference
The Cascade Topology Seminar is a semi-annual gathering of topologists from the Pacific Northwest and Southwestern Canada. This meeting is supported in part by grants from the National Science Foundation and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences. The support of these agencies is gratefully acknowledged. This year’s meeting, hosted by Boise State University, will be held remotely on Zoom on November 6-7, 2021.
Everyone is welcome to attend. However, we would appreciate if you fill out this very short Registration Form.
For more information, contact the local organizers Jens Harlander and Uwe Kaiser
Schedule and Speakers
Saturday, November 6
- 9:30-10:30am MT
Keegan Boyle, University of British Columbia
Title: Equivariant signatures for symmetric knots
Link to Abstract.
Link to Video - 11:00am-12:00pm MT
Charles Frohman, University of Iowa
Title: Representations of the Kauffman Bracket skein algebra
Link to Abstract.
Link to Video - 2:00-3:00pm MT
Jennifer Hom, Georgia Tech
Title: Unknotting number and satellites
Link to Abstract
Link to Video - 3:30-4:30pm MT
Priyam Patel, University of Utah
Title: Mapping class groups of infinite-type surfaces and their actions on hyperbolic graphs
Link to Abstract
Link to Video
Sunday, November 7
- 9:30-10:30am MT
Chris Rogers, University of Nevada
Title: Parenthesized chord diagrams, graph complexes, and Chern characters
Link to Abstract
Link to Video - 11:00am-12:00pm MT
Emily Stark, Wesleyan University
Title: Graphically discrete groups and rigidity
Link to Abstract
Link to Video