Last Updated 09/06/2015  
 
 

Conference on  
Finiteness Conditions in Topology and Algebra

Belfast, August 31-September 3, 2015

Queen's University Belfast School of Mathematics and Physics QUB Lanyon

 
Theme
The meeting will focus on finiteness properties arising in geometric topology, geometric group theory, and homological algebra, as well as Sigma-invariants of groups and spaces, Novikov homology, and interactions with other areas of mathematics, such as toric topology, hyperplane arrangements, and tropical geometry.
 
Venue
 
Organizers
Thomas Hüttemann (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
Alex Suciu (Northeastern University, US)
 
Speakers

Martin Bridson (University of Oxford, UK)
Dan Burghelea (Ohio State University, US)
Dieter Degrijse (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Stefan Friedl (University of Regensburg, Germany)
Ross Geoghegan (Binghamton University, US)
Thomas Hüttemann (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
Claudio Llosa Isenrich (University of Oxford, UK)
Dessislava Kochloukova (University of Campinas, Brazil)
Ian Leary (University of Southampton, UK)
Eduardo Martinez Pedroza (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)
Alexandra Pettet (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Tomasz Prytuła (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Ben Quigley (Dublin City University, Ireland)
Alexander Rahm (National University of Ireland at Galway)
Stanislav Shkarin (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
• Luke Steers (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
Alex Suciu (Northeastern University, US)
Stefan Witzel (University of Bielefeld, Germany)
 
Schedule
For the schedule of talks, please click here.
 
Abstracts
For a list of titles and abstracts, please click here.
 
Participants
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Registration
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Local information
For directions on how to get to Queen's and other practical matters please go to this web page.
 
Conference booklet
For a record of the conference talks, please click here.