Geometric and topological graph theory

25 Feb 2016, by ablahatherell in Events

Organisers: Tom McCourt and Tony Nixon

A 5 day workshop focusing on geometric and topological problems related to graph theory. Expected topics include topological graph theory, topological design theory, rigidity theory and other geometric structures.

The workshop will feature both invited speakers and contributed talks from participants. The invited speakers are

Dan Archdeacon (Vermont)

Robert Connelly (Cornell)

Mark Ellingham (Vanderbilt)

Mike Grannell (Open University)

Terry Griggs (Open University)

Bill Jackson (Queen Mary)

Tibor Jordán (Eötvös Lorand)

Bojan Mohar (Simon Fraser)

Mathew Penrose (Bath)

Stephen Power (Lancaster)

Walter Whiteley (York)

Attendees are invited to contribute shorter talks on any area relating to geometric or topological graph theory.

Deadlines:

Student funding requests: January 18th

Abstract submission: February 15th

Registration: March 15th

We are grateful to the Heilbronn Institute for generously funding this meeting and to the London Mathematical Society for providing support for postgraduate students.

Meeting website:

http://www.maths.bris.ac.uk/~maakn/GTGT2013