SMS 2013 Summer School: Physics and Mathematics of Link Homology

June 24 - July 5, 2013

Program

 

Monday, June 24, 2013

08:00 - 09:00
Registration and Coffee & Croissants
Room(s) Hall d’entrée Aisenstadt


Meeting room(s) : 1140

09:00 - 10:15
Dror Bar-Natan
(University of Toronto)
A quick introduction to Khovanov homology-I


video
10:15 - 10:45
Coffee break
Room(s) 1221
10:45 - 12:00
Ramadevi Pichai
(Indian Institute of Technology)
Chern-Simons theory and knot invariants-I
Abstract

video
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 - 14:45
Alexei A. Oblomkov
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Topology of planar curves, knot homology and representation theory of Cherednik algebras-I
Abstract

video
14:45 - 15:15
Coffee break
Room(s) 1221
15:15 - 16:30
Mina Aganagic
(University of California)
Knots and string dualities-I


video

 

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

08:30 - 09:00
Coffee & Croissants
Room(s) 1221


Meeting room(s) : 1140

09:00 - 10:15
Marcos Marino
(Université de Genève)
Integrality properties of link invariants from topological-strings-I
Abstract

video
10:15 - 10:45
Coffee break
Room(s) 1221
10:45 - 12:00
Dror Bar-Natan
(University of Toronto)
A quick introduction to Khovanov homology-II


video
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 - 14:45
Alexei A. Oblomkov
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Topology of planar curves, knot homology and representation theory of Cherednik algebras-II
Abstract

video
14:45 - 15:15
Coffee break
Room(s) 1221
15:15 - 16:30
Mina Aganagic
(University of California)
Knots and string dualities-II


video

16:30
Welcoming reception
Room(s) 6245

 

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

08:30 - 09:00
Coffee & Croissants
Room(s) 1221


Meeting room(s) : 1140

09:15 - 10:15
Piotr Sulkowski
(University of Warsaw)
TBA


video
10:15 - 10:45
Coffee break
Room(s) 1221
10:45 - 12:00
Dror Bar-Natan
(University of Toronto)
Meta-groups, Meta-bicrossed-products, and the Alexander polynomial


video
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 - 14:45
Ramadevi Pichai
(Indian Institute of Technology)
Chern-Simons theory and knot invariants-II
Abstract

video
14:45 - 15:15
Coffee break
Room(s) 1221
15:15 - 16:30
Ben Webster
(University of Virginia)
Knot homology, KLR algebras and quiver Varietys-I
Abstract

video

 

Thursday, June 27, 2013

08:30 - 09:00
Coffee & Croissants
Room(s) 1221


Meeting room(s) : 1140

09:00 - 10:15
Marcos Marino
(Université de Genève)
Integrality properties of link invariants from topological strings-II
Abstract

video
10:15 - 10:45
Coffee break
Room(s) 1221
10:45 - 12:00
Ben Webster
(University of Virginia)
Knot homology, KLR algebras and quiver Varietys-III
Abstract

video
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 - 14:45
Alexei A. Oblomkov
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Topology of planar curves, knot homology and representation theory of Cherednik algebras-III
Abstract

video
14:45 - 15:15
Coffee break
15:15 - 16:30
Ramadevi Pichai
(Indian Institute of Technology)
Chern-Simons theory and knot invariants-III
Abstract

video
16:45 - 17:45
Shamil Shakirov (UC Berkeley)
Zodinmawia (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay)
Discussion: “Refined 6-j symbols”

 

Friday, June 28, 2013

08:30 - 09:00
Coffee & Croissants
Room(s) 1221


Meeting room(s) : 1140

09:00 - 10:15
Ben Webster
(University of Virginia)
Knot homology, KLR algebras and quiver Varietys-II
Abstract

video
10:15 - 10:45
Coffee break
10:45 - 12:00
Marcos Marino
(Université de Genève)
Integrality properties of link invariants from topological strings-III
Abstract

video
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 - 14:45
Johannes Walcher
(McGill University)
Matrix factorizations and topological strings for knots-I


video
14:45 - 15:15
Coffee break
15:15 - 16:15
Hiroyuki Fuji
(University of Tokyo)
TBA
Abstract

video

 

Monday, July 1, 2013

08:30 - 09:00
Coffee & Croissants
Room(s) 1221


Meeting room(s) : 1140

09:00 - 10:15
Johannes Walcher
(McGill University)
Matrix factorizations and topological strings for knots-II


video
10:15 - 10:45
Coffee break
Room(s) 1221
10:45 - 12:00
Aaron Lauda
(University of Southern California)
Knot invariants and their categorifications via Howe duality-I
Abstract

video
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 - 14:45
Mikhail Khovanov
(Columbia University)
Categorification of the HOMFLYPT polynomial and its specializations-I


video
14:45 - 15:15
Coffee break
Room(s) 1221
15:15 - 16:30
Anton Kapustin
(California Institute of Technology)
Abelian Chern-Simons theory as an extended topological field theory-I
Abstract

video

 

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

08:30 - 09:00
Coffee & Croissants
Room(s) 1221


Meeting room(s) : 1140

09:00 - 10:15
Aaron Lauda
(University of Southern California)
Knot invariants and their categorifications via Howe duality-II
Abstract

video
10:15 - 10:45
Coffee break
Room(s) 1221
10:45 - 12:00
Mikhail Khovanov
(Columbia University)
Categorification of the HOMFLYPT polynomial and its specializations-II


video
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 - 14:45
Anton Kapustin
(California Institute of Technology)
Abelian Chern-Simons theory as an extended topological field theory-II
Abstract

video
14:45 - 15:15
Coffee break
Room(s) 1221
15:15 - 16:15
Lev Rozansky
(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
TBA
Abstract

 

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

08:30 - 09:00
Coffee & Croissants
Room(s) 1221


Meeting room(s) : 1140

09:00 - 10:15
Sergei Gukov
(Harvard University)
Overview of physics of knot homologies-I


video
10:15 - 10:45
Coffee break
Room(s) 1221
10:45 - 12:00
Marko Stosic
(Instituto Superior Técnico)
Colored HOMFLY homology of knots and links-I
Abstract

video
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 - 14:45
Jacob Rasmussen
(University of Cambridge)
Differentials on knot homologies- I
Abstract

video
14:45 - 15:15
Coffee break
Room(s) 1221
15:15 - 16:30
Joel Kamnitzer
(University of Toronto)
Knot homology via the affine Grassmannian-I
Abstract

video

 

Thursday, July 4, 2013

08:30 - 09:00
Coffee & Croissants
Room(s) 1221


Meeting room(s) : 1140

09:00 - 10:15
Ciprian Manolescu
(UCLA)
An introduction to knot Floer homology
Abstract

video
10:15 - 10:45
Coffee break
Room(s) 1221
10:45 - 12:00
Sergei Gukov
(Harvard University)
Overview of physics of knot homologies-II


video
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 - 14:45
Marko Stosic
(Instituto Superior Técnico)
Colored HOMFLY homology of knots and links-II
Abstract

video
14:45 - 15:15
Coffee break
Room(s) 1221
15:15 - 16:30
Jacob Rasmussen
(University of Cambridge)
Differentials on knot homologies- II
Abstract

video

 

Friday, July 5, 2013

08:30 - 09:00
Coffee & Croissants
Room(s) 1221


Meeting room(s) : 1140

09:00 - 10:15
Joel Kamnitzer
(University of Toronto)
Knot homology via the affine Grassmannian-II
Abstract

video
10:15 - 10:45
Coffee break
Room(s) 1221
10:45 - 12:00
Ciprian Manolescu
(UCLA)
From knot Floer homology to invariants of 3- and 4-manifolds
Abstract

video