Organizing Committee
- Dan Margalit
Georgia Institute of Technology - Kevin Pilgrim
Indiana University - Becca Winarski
University of Michigan
Abstract
Thurston maps are orientation-preserving branched covering maps of the two-sphere to itself for which the forward orbits of the branch points form a finite set. They arise in the classification of complex dynamical systems.
Recent work has shown close connections between the combinatorial, topological, and algebraic theory of Thurston maps and that of mapping class groups. The algorithmic and computational theories of mapping class groups are highly advanced and have reached the point of effective implementation via computer programs. However, such implementations for Thurston maps are significantly less advanced. The aim of the proposed Hot Topic workshop is to bring together researchers in the computational theory of mapping class groups and those in the combinatorial theory of Thurston maps in order to make headway on fundamental problems.
This workshop is fully funded by a Simons Foundation Targeted Grant to Institutes.
Confirmed Speakers & Participants
Talks will be presented virtually or in-person as indicated in the schedule below.
- Speaker
- Poster Presenter
- Attendee
- Virtual Attendee
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James Belk
University of St Andrews
-
Mark Bell
Independent
-
James Broda
Bowdoin College
-
Yassin Chandran
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
-
Changjie Chen
Brown University
-
C Davis
Indiana University
-
Michael Dougherty
Colby College
-
Kostiantyn Drach
Jacobs University Bremen
-
Dzmitry Dudko
Stony Brook University
-
Bernat Espigule
Universitat de Barcelona
-
Tatiana Firsova
Kansas State University
-
William Floyd
Virginia Tech
-
Ajeet Gary
New York University
-
Mark Greenfield
University of Michigan
-
Funda Gultepe
University of Toledo
-
Mikhail Hlushchanka
University of California, Los Angeles
-
Worapan Homsomboon
Oregon State University
-
Andy Huynh
Rutgers University
-
Alex Kapiamba
University of Michigan
-
Sarah Koch
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
-
Justin Lanier
Georgia Tech
-
Daniel Lautzenheiser
University of Nevada Las Vegas
-
Samuel Lelièvre
Université Paris-Sud
-
Russell Lodge
Indiana State University
-
Rylee Lyman
Tufts University
-
Johanna Mangahas
University of Buffalo
-
Dan Margalit
Georgia Institute of Technology
-
Daniel Minahan
Georgia Tech
-
Jeff Monroe
University of Oregon
-
Volodymyr Nekrashevych
Texas A&M University
-
Insung Park
Indiana University Bloomington
-
Walter Parry
Eastern Michigan University
-
Kevin Pilgrim
Indiana University
-
Yuze Ruan
Vanderbilt University
-
Saul Schleimer
University of Warwick
-
Nikita Selinger
University of Alabama at Birmingham
-
Roberta Shapiro
Georgia Institute of Technology
-
Thomas Sharland
University of Rhode Island
-
Anastasia Shepelevtseva
Scuola Normale Sueriore
-
Dylan Thurston
Indiana University
-
Yvon Verberne
University of Toronto
-
Xiaoguang Wang
Zhejiang University
-
Becca Winarski
University of Michigan
-
Nancy Wrinkle
Northeastern Illinois University
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S.Öykü Yurttas
Dicle University
-
Xiaoping Zhu
Rutgers University