Workshop in Geometric Topology

Schedule and Abstracts

All talks will take place in Room 110 of the Science Building on the Calvin College campus. See the campus map for location of the Science Building.

Click on the title of a talk to see the abstract of that talk. Click here to see the complete abstracts book.

Time	Speaker	Title of Talk
6:30 - 9:00 a.m.	Breakfast at the Prince Center
8:15 - 8:55 a.m.	Registration
8:55 - 9:00 a.m.	Welcome and introduction of principal speaker
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.	Pedro Ontaneda, Binghamton University	Riemannian hyperbolization I
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30 - 10:50 a.m.	Wouter Van Limbeek, University of Chicago	Riemannian manifolds with nontrivial symmetry
11:00 - 11:20 a.m.	Christopher Mooney, Bradley University	Affine maps between CAT(0) Spaces
11:30 - 11:50 a.m.	Russell Ricks, University of Michigan	Patterson-Sullivan theory in CAT(0) spaces
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 - 1:50 p.m.	Barry Minemyer, Binghamton University	Isometric embeddings of polyhedra
2:00 - 2:20 p.m.	Allan Edmonds, Indiana University	The Euler characteristic of a Haken 4-manifold
2:30 - 2:50 p.m.	Sergii Kutsak, University of Florida	Invariant contact structures on 7-dimensional nilmanifolds
3:00 - 3:30 p.m.	Break
3:30 - 3:50 p.m.	Denise Halverson, Brigham Young University	Busemann G-Spaces and infinite dimensions
4:00 - 4:20 p.m.	Leonard Rubin, University of Oklahoma	Extensions for G-acyclic resolutions
4:30 - 6:30 p.m.	Free time
6:30 p.m.	Dinner

Time	Speaker	Title of Talk
6:30 - 9:00 a.m.	Breakfast at the Prince Center
8:30 - 8:55 a.m.	Registration
8:55 - 9:00 a.m.	Announcements
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.	Pedro Ontaneda, Binghamton University	Riemannian hyperbolization II
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30 - 10:50 a.m.	Greg Friedman, Texas Christian University	Witt space bordism
11:00 - 11:20 a.m.	Daniel Farley, Miami University	The lower algebraic K-theory of split three-dimensional crystallographic groups
11:30 - 11:50 a.m.	Mathew Timm	The Tits alternative for generalized Baumslag-Solitar groups
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 - 1:50 p.m.	Craig Guilbault, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Weak Z-structures for some classes of groups
2:00 - 2:20 p.m.	Molly Moran	Finite dimensionality of Z-boundaries and its consequences
2:30 - 2:50 p.m.	Wiktor Mogilski, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	The fattened Davis complex and weighted L²-(co)homology of non-right angled Coxeter groups
3:00 - 3:30 p.m.	Break
3:30 - 3:50 p.m.	Kevin Schreve, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	The Atiyah conjecture for virtually compact special groups
4:00 - 4:20 p.m.	Hung Tran, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Relations between various boundaries of relatively hyperbolic group
4:30 - 6:30 p.m.	Free time
6:30 p.m.	Refreshments and picnic supper at the Venema's, 3220 Reeds Lake Blvd SE (map)

Time	Speaker	Title of Talk
6:30 - 9:00 a.m.	Breakfast at the Prince Center
8:30 - 8:55 a.m.	Refreshments
8:55 - 9:00 a.m.	Announcements
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.	Pedro Ontaneda, Binghamton University	Riemannian hyperbolization III
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30 - 10:50 a.m.	Eric Swenson, Brigham Young University	TBA
11:00 - 11:20 a.m.	Pete Sparks, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Hat splines and splittings
11:30 - 11:50 a.m.	Tony Bedenikovic, Bradley University	Andrews-Curtis Moves Viewed as Biomorphic Events
12:00 - 12:30 p.m.	Problem Session
12:30 - 2:00 p.m.	Lunch
2:30 - 5:30 p.m.	Outing to Frederik Meijer Gardens and Scultpure Park

Time	Speaker	Title of Talk
6:30 - 9:00 a.m.	Breakfast at the Prince Center
8:30 - 8:55 a.m.	Registration
8:55 - 9:00 a.m.	Announcements
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.	Pedro Ontaneda, Binghamton University	Riemannian hyperbolization II
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30 - 10:50 a.m.	Leonard Rubin, University of Oklahoma	Extensions for G-acyclic resolutions
11:00 - 11:20 a.m.	Daniel Farley, Miami University	The lower algebraic K-theory of split three-dimensional crystallographic groups
11:30 - 11:50 a.m.	Mathew Timm	The Tits alternative for generalized Baumslag-Solitar groups
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 - 1:50 p.m.	Denise Halverson, Brigham Young University	Busemann G-Spaces and infinite dimensions
2:00 - 2:20 p.m.	Molly Moran	Finite dimensionality of Z-boundaries and its consequences
2:30 - 2:50 p.m.	Wiktor Mogilski, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	The fattened Davis complex and weighted L²-(co)homology of non-right angled Coxeter groups
3:00 - 3:30 p.m.	Break
3:30 - 3:50 p.m.	Kevin Schreve, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	The Atiyah conjecture for virtually compact special groups
4:00 - 4:20 p.m.	Hung Tran, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Relations between various boundaries of relatively hyperbolic group
4:30 - 6:30 p.m.	Free time
6:30 p.m.	Refreshments and picnic supper at the Venema's, 3220 Reeds Lake Blvd SE (map)