Tech Topology Conference II

技术拓扑会议是在格鲁吉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。这个新的会议在几何和拓扑有一个重点突出和加强研究正在做的美国东南部。我们将有七位发言人，在接触拓扑学，Heegaard-Floer理论，4流形拓扑学和结理论领域;我们将有来自东南部以及全国其他地区的参与者。在过去的几年里，表面拓扑学、接触拓扑学、纽结理论和四维流形理论之间有着令人难以置信的交叉交流。在这次会议上，我们将有这些领域的专家，他们的工作是在两个以上的这些领域的接口。会议的主要目标是（1）为东南部提供一个高规格的几何拓扑会议，将该领域的领导者带到该地区，并展示东南部正在进行的高质量数学，（2）为东南部的研究人员和学生提供一个方便的聚会场所，讨论，研究，并与来自全国各地的领先数学家互动。这次会议将是一个宝贵的学习环境，研究生和初级教师在东南部，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时间，让他们在会谈和有组织的讨论会之间的长时间休息期间举行正式和非正式会议。我们计划在会议网站上发布所有演讲的笔记。更多的信息可以在会议网站上找到：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.