Topological and Homological Methods in Group Theory 2024

18.03.2024 - 22.03.2024

Bielefeld

This is the fourth instalment of the THGT conference series. As its predecessors, the conference takes place in Bielefeld in spring, and as before it welcomes researchers studying groups through their interactions with topology and homology, as well as people interested in entering the subject.

Organisers: Ilaria Castellano, Dawid Kielak and Stefan Witzel.
Registration is closed!

THIS CONFERENCE IS SUPPORTED BY

Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) -- SFB-TRR 358/1 2023 -- 491392403

Invited Speakers

  • Uri Bader (Weizmann Institute of Science)
  • Robert Bieri (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)
  • Yves de Cornulier (CNRS, Nantes Université)
  • Alejandra Garrido (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
  • Dessislava Kochloukova (Universidade Estadual de Campinas)
  • Claudio Llosa Isenrich (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie)
  • Bruno Martelli (Università di Pisa)
  • Conchita Martínez Pérez (Universidad de Zaragoza)
  • Roman Sauer (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie)
  • Anne Thomas (University of Sydney)
  • Matthew Zaremsky (University at Albany)

Programme

The conference dinner will be at the Numa.

TimeTitleSpeaker
Monday, 18.03
09:00 - 10:00Registration
10:00 - 11:00Negatively curved spaces obtained via branched coverings over a torusBruno Martelli (Università di Pisa)
11:00 - 11:30Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30Groups with exotic finiteness properties from complex Morse theoryClaudio Llosa Isenrich (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie)
12:30 - 14:00