Stratified spaces in geometric and computational topology and physics

2015年3月30日至4月2日，一场关于“几何、计算拓扑和物理中的分层空间”的国际会议将在威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校举行。该奖项为参与者的旅行提供支持。该活动将汇集对奇异代数变异的拓扑研究，拓扑数据分析以及结理论，代数几何和数学物理之间的相互作用感兴趣的研究人员和学生。这次会议旨在传播最近的发展，也将有一个重要的教育组成部分，包括研究生可以接受的介绍性讲座，以及加强各研究小组之间联系的讨论会议。此外，会议旨在为初级研究人员、博士后助理和研究生提供一个机会，以拓宽他们的视野，并与这些领域的更资深成员建立研究联系。会议计划将包括以下主题，每个主题都是由最近和基本的进展驱动的：(1)协维二嵌入理论和超曲面奇点；(2)分层图的拓扑结构；(3)奇点的对冲理论方面；(4)奇异品种的特征类；(5)数学物理中的奇异空间；(6)计算拓扑中的分层空间。提议的主题涉及从纯数学到更多应用领域的广泛研究领域，因此会议参与者将反映广泛的数学学科。近几十年来，涉及奇异分层空间研究的基本工具已经扩展到无数的数学领域，为各种相关专业的专家提供像这次会议这样的机会来进行互动变得越来越重要。欲了解更多会议详情，请访问：http://www.math.wisc.edu/~maxim/Sing15.html

An international conference on "Stratified spaces in geometric and computational topology and physics" will be held at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI, during March 30 - April 2, 2015. This award provides support for participant travel. The event will bring together researchers and students interested in the topological study of singular algebraic varieties, topological data analysis, and interactions between knot theory, algebraic geometry and mathematical physics. Th conference, intended to disseminate recent developments, will also have a significant educational component, featuring introductory lectures at a level accessible to graduate students, as well as discussion sessions to strengthen connections among the various research groups represented. Moreover, the conference aims to provide an opportunity for junior researchers, postdoctoral associates, and graduate students to broaden their perspective and create research ties with more senior members in these fields.The conference program will include the following topics, each driven by recent and fundamental advances: (1) Codimension two embedding theory and hypersurface singularities; (2) Topology of stratified maps; (3) Hodge-theoretic aspects of singularities; (4) Characteristic classes of singular varieties; (5) Singular spaces in mathematical physics; (6) Stratified spaces in computational topology. The proposed topics intersect a broad range of research endeavors in fields ranging from pure mathematics to more applied areas, thus conference participants will reflect a broad cross-section of mathematical disciplines. In recent decades, the basic tools involved in the study of singular stratified spaces have branched out into a myriad of mathematical territories, and it increasingly becomes important to provide an opportunity such as this conference for experts in the various related specializations to interact. For more details about the conference, please see: http://www.math.wisc.edu/~maxim/Sing15.html