AbstractWe will survey aspects of algebraically defined link homology theories and discuss several key open questions that come out of these structures.About the SpeakerMikhail KhovanovColumbia UniversityMikhail Khovanov is a recognized leader of the “categorification” program, which plays an important role in modern mathematics and physics.Khovanov received his Ph.D. in 1997 under the superv...
The Yanqi Lake Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications (BIMSA) is going to hold a summer school named « Chow-Witt rings: Computations and Applications ». As its name indicates, the program contains short lectures explaining basic concepts and methods and research talks focusing on recent advances involving Chow-Witt rings, such as computations on projective varieties, applic...