International Conference on Symplectic Contact and Low Dimensional Topology  
Period : November 9 ~ 13 2009
Venue : #101 Sangsan Mathematical Science Building Seoul National University
Sponsors: Departmenet of Mathematics Seoul National University & Research Insitute of Mathematics Seoul National University
 
¢Ã Organizing Committee
 
Cheol-Hyun Cho (SNU)

Yong-Geun Oh ( NIMS Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison)
 
Jongil Park (SNU)

¢Ã minicourses
 

Ko Honda (University of Southern California)

 

Andras Stipsicz (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

 

Michael Usher (University of Georgia)

¢Ã Invited Speakers
    • Augustin Banyaga (Pennsylvania State University)
    • Jae Choon Cha (POSTECH) 
    • David Gay (University of Cape Town) 
    • Ko Honda (University of Southern California)
    • Yunfeng Jiang (University of Utah)
    • Otto van Koert (Seoul National University)
    • Thomas Mark (University of Virginia)
    • Stefan Mueller (KIAS)
    • Kaoru Ono (Hokkaido University)
    • Andras Stipsicz (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
    • Michael Usher (University of Georgia)
    • Mei-Lin Yau (National Central University)
    • Ki-Heon Yun (Sungshin Women's University)
¢Ã Schedule

Nov. 9 (Mon)

9:20 - 10:30

  Ko Honda   Contact structures and categorification

11:00 - 12:00

  M. Yau  A holomorphic 0-surgery model with application to cylindrical contact homology

14:00 - 15:10

  A. Stipsicz  Combinatorial Heegaard Floer homology

15:40 - 16:40

  O. Koert  Diagrams for contact 5-manifolds

Nov. 10 (Tue)

9:20 - 10:30

  M. Usher   Introduction to Hamiltonian Floer homology

11:00 - 12:00

  T. Mark  Monodromy substitutions and rational blowdowns

13:30 - 14:40

  K. Honda  Contact structures and categorification

15:00 - 16:00

  S. Mueller  C0-symplectic topology and Hamiltonian homeomorphisms

16:30 - 17:40

  A. Stipsicz   Combinatorial Heegaard Floer homology

18:00

Banquet

Nov. 11 (Wed)

Excursion all day.

Nov. 12 (Thu)

9:20 - 10:30

 M. Usher   The filtered Floer complex

11:00 - 12:00

 K. Ono  Remarks on symplectic fillings of links of isolated surface singularities

13:30 - 14:40

 K. Honda   Contact structures and categorification

15:00 - 16:00

 K. Yun  Lefschetz fibration structures on knot surgery 4-manifolds

16:30 - 17:30

 J. Cha  L©÷-signatures, homology, and amenable groups

Nov. 13 (Fri)

9:20 - 10:30

  A. Stipsicz   Combinatorial Heegaard Floer homology

11:00 - 12:00

 D. Gay  Generalizing Morse theory to the study of generic maps to surfaces

14:00 - 15:10

 M. Usher   Spectral invariants and the energy-capacity inequality

15:40 - 16:40

 A. Banyaga  On the group of strong symplectic homeomorphisms

¢Ã
Online Registration is available until Novermber 4, 2009.
On-site registration will be available at the conference.
- List of Participants
List of Participants
Name Affiliation Arrival Depature Remark
 Stefan Müller  Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) / Research Fellow (Postdoc)  November 9  November 13
 Hyun Seok Yang  KIAS  November 9  November 13
 Yun Hyung Cho  KAIST  November 9  November 13
 HWANG NANA  TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN  .  .
 WANG NANA  AGAINST RE-HOLOCAUST COMMITTEE  November 9  November 13
 Joonhyung Kim  Seoul National University/full-time lecturer  November 9   November 13
 Jo Nelson  University of Wisconsin - Madison and NIMS / graduate student  November 9  November 13
 Dongning Wang  PhD student  11/08/2009  11/14/2009
 Hong Hansol  Ph.D student Seoul National University  .  .
 Shin Hyungseok  Ph.D student Seoul National University  November 9  November 13
 Heesang Park  Ph.D student Seoul National University  November 9  November 13
 Jungsoo Kang  Ph.D student SNU   November 9   November 13
 Youngjin Bae  Ph.D student Seoul National University  .  .
 Ju A Lee  Ph.D student Seoul National University  November 9  November 13
 Rui Wang  Ph. D student of University of Wisconsin-Madison/NIMS  Nov. 9  Nov. 13
¢Ã Venue
Venue: #101, Sangsan Mathematical Science Building (Bldg. no. 129), Seoul National University

1. Take a subway line no. 2 and get off at Seoul National University Entrance subway station. (Exit no. 3)

 
2. Take a school shuttle bus or regular bus (no. 5511 or 5513) coming to SNU.

 
 
 
 
 

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¢Ã Accommodation
Those who would like to attend the conference should send an e-mail to thematic@nims.re.kr for the information on the accommodation.
 
Accommodation is not provided to general participants.
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¢Ã Useful Information

 

Please visit the website of Prof. Yong-Geun Oh  (NIMS, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison)

¢Ã Workshop poster

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