RTG Graduate Research Seminar, Fall 2019.
A detailed syllabus can be found here. The seminar occurs from 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Fridays, unless otherwise specified. The location for the seminar is MIT 2-135 (Building 2 Room 135). For small changes in the time and location of the seminar by week see the detailed schedule below.
Schedule
20 September 2019: Introduction and overview of the seminar. Speaker: Brian Williams. Time/location: 3:00 – 5:00 PM, MIT 2-135.
4 October 2019: Factorization homology and excision. Speaker: Matt Hogancamp. Time/location: 3:00 – 5:00 PM, MIT 2-135.
11 October 2019: 2-categories and Barr-Beck for module categories. Speaker: Vasily Krylov. Time/location: 4:15 – 6:15 PM, MIT 2-135. NOTE THE NON-STANDARD TIME.
18 October 2019: Braided monoidal categories and E-2 algebras. Speaker: Matej Penciak. Time/location: 3:00 – 5:00 PM, MIT 2-135.
25 October 2019: Factorization homology of punctured surfaces. Speaker: Dmytro Matvieievskyi. Time/location: 3:00 – 5:00 PM, MIT 2-135.
1 November 2019: Examples of factorization homology on punctured surfaces. Speaker: Florian Naef. Time/location: 4:00 – 6:00 PM, MIT 2-135.