Tech Topology Conference II

技术拓扑会议是在佐治亚理工学院举行的年度会议，第二届会议将于2012年12月7日至9日举行。这次几何学和拓扑学的新会议强调强调和加强在美国东南部正在进行的研究。我们将有7名发言者，分别是接触拓扑学、希加德-弗洛尔理论、4流形拓扑学和纽结理论；我们将有来自东南部以及该国其他地区的与会者。在过去的几年里，曲面拓扑学、接触拓扑学、纽结理论和4流形理论之间有了令人难以置信的数量的交叉。在这次会议上，我们将有这些领域的专家，他们的工作取决于另外两个领域的接口。会议的主要目标是(1)向东南地区提供一个备受瞩目的几何-拓扑会议，将该领域的领导者聚集到该地区，并展示东南部正在进行的高质量数学研究；(2)为东南地区的研究人员和学生提供一个方便的聚会场所，让他们聚集、讨论、研究并与来自全国各地的顶尖数学家进行互动。这次会议将为东南地区的研究生和初级教师提供一个有价值的学习环境，并将有助于提高该地区的形象。我们将为与会者提供充足的正式和非正式会面时间，例如在演讲和有组织的讨论之间的长时间休息时间。我们计划在会议网站上张贴所有讲座的笔记。欲了解更多信息，请访问会议网站：http://ttc.gatech.edu.。

The Tech Topology Conference is an annual conference held at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the second edition of the conference will run form December 7 to 9, 2012. This new conference in geometry and topology has an emphasis on highlighting and enhancing research being done in the Southeast US. We will have seven speakers, in the areas of contact topology, Heegaard-Floer theory, 4 manifold topology, and knot theory; and we will have participants from across the southeast as well as the rest of the country. Over the past few years, there has been an incredible amount of cross-fertilization between the fields of surface topology, contact topology, knot theory, and 4 manifold theory. At this conference, we will have specialists in each of these areas, whose work lies at the interface of two more more of these areas. As such, the conference will be a fertile ground for new ideas in geometry and topology.The main goals of the conference are (1) To provide a high-profile geometry-topology conference to the Southeast that brings leaders of the field to the area as well as showcases the high quality mathematics being done in the Southeast, and (2) To provide a convenient meeting place for Southeastern researchers and students to gather, discuss, research, and interact with leading mathematicians from across the country. This conference will be a valuable learning environment for graduate students and junior faculty in the Southeast, and will help raise the profile of the region. We will provide ample time for the participants to meet, formally and informally, for example during long breaks between talks and organized discussion sessions. We plan to post notes from all the talks on the conference web site. More information can be found on the conference web site: http://ttc.gatech.edu.