2017 Georgia International Topology Conference

该NSF奖项为将于2017年5月22日至6月2日在格鲁吉亚大学举行的八周年格鲁吉亚国际拓扑会议提供部分支持。拓扑学研究“空间”的数学性质，从我们日常生活中的物理三维空间和四维时空，到更抽象的空间，如机器人的所有可能配置或方程的所有可能解的空间。本次会议将汇集来自世界各地的约200名拓扑学家，分享最先进的知识，听取国际知名专家对过去八年最重要的研究成果的演讲，并发展新的合作。这个会议有展示开创性工作和激励许多代拓扑学家的历史，今年的迭代将延续这一传统。2017年会议的目的是将过去几年中在几何拓扑学和相关几何学领域获得的最重要的成果展示给广大的拓扑学观众，包括大量的学生和最近的博士生，并向年轻的数学家介绍这些成果背后的技术。这些主题将突出令人兴奋的新发展，包括双曲三流形，映射类群，辛刚性和灵活性，接触拓扑和不变量的结，三流形和四流形的进展。从历史上看，这次会议产生了巨大的兴趣，研究生和最近的博士学位。 特别注意邀请年轻的拓扑研究人员发言。演讲者和主题的组合将为学生和新博士提供一个很好的机会，倾听并与该学科的领导者以及成功的数学家在他们职业生涯的开始进行互动。为了补充研究会谈，一系列的临时讲座计划，将介绍年轻的数学家会议的主要主题。 以前的程序的格鲁吉亚拓扑会议一直是最好的任何会议程序。继续传统，所有的发言者将被邀请提交文章，会议参与者将被招募，以帮助审查提交的文章的程序。会议网站是：https://research.franklin.uga.edu/topology/content/2017-georgia-international-topology-conference

This NSF award provides partial support for the octennial Georgia International Topology Conference, to be held at the University of Georgia from May 22 to June 2, 2017. Topology studies the mathematical properties of "spaces," from the physical 3-dimensional space and 4-dimensional space-time in which we carry out our daily lives, to much more abstract spaces such as the space of all possible configurations of a robot or all possible solutions to an equation. This conference will bring together about two hundred topologists from around the world to share state of the art knowledge, hear talks from a select group of internationally renowned experts on the most important research results of the past eight years, and develop new collaborations. This conference has a history of showcasing groundbreaking work and inspiring many generations of topologists, and this year's iteration will continue that tradition. This grant will support travel expenses for graduate students, early career researchers and speakers.The purpose of the 2017 conference is to have the most important results obtained during the last few years in geometric topology and related geometry presented to a wide topological audience,including a large number of students and recent PhD's, and to introduce young mathematicians to the techniques underlying these results. The topics will highlight exciting new developments including advances in hyperbolic three-manifolds, mapping class groups, symplectic rigidity and flexibility, contact topology, and invariants of knots, three-manifolds, and four-manifolds. Historically this meeting has generated tremendous interest among graduate students and recent PhD's. Special attention is given to inviting young researchers in topology to speak. The combination of speakers and topics to be presented will offer students and fresh Ph.D.s a great opportunity to listen to and interact with the leaders in the subject as well as with successful mathematicians at the beginning of their careers. To complement the research talks, a series of expository lectures are scheduled that will introduce young mathematicians to the major themes of the conference. Previous proceedings of the Georgia Topology Conference have been among the best of any conference proceedings. Continuing with the tradition, all of the speakers will be invited to submit articles and conference participants will be enlisted to help review submitted articles for the proceedings.The conference website is at: https://research.franklin.uga.edu/topology/content/2017-georgia-international-topology-conference