Swiss Knots 2011: Knot Theory and Algebra

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AbstractAward: DMS-1105703Principal Investigator: Thang Le, Jozef H. PrzytyckiThis proposal supports US participation at the conference SwissKnots 2011: Knot Theory and Algebra, to be held in Lake Thun,Switzerland in May 2011. The goal of the conference is to bringtogether experts and junior researchers to discuss recentadvances and perspectives for future developments in Knot Theoryand its interaction with Algebra. Specific topics include planaralgebras, categorification and link homology, virtual knots,quantization, and various invariants of links and 3-manifolds.The conference Swiss Knots 2011 will create a forum for theexchange of ideas between the experts in knot theory and algebra.Junior mathematicians will have a chance to learn about newdevelopments in the fields and will be able to present their ownresearch accomplishments. The participants will come from allover the world. The US researchers and graduate students willinteract with mathematicians from other countries. Organizershope this opportunity will yield future collaborations. Moreinformation about the conference can be found at the websitehttp://www.math.uzh.ch/swissknots2011/