Author: Henry Adams

Hi,
Journal of Applied and Computational Topology will be having a special issue on Random Topology.  This special issue will group together a variety of topics at the intersections of Topology, Probability, Combinatorics, and Statistics, with the aim of highlighting recent developments in Random Topology and related fields.  The deadline for paper submission is December 31, 2022.  However papers will be refereed as and when they are received.  In case you have a suitable paper,  please do consider submitting here.  Also if you have colleagues who may be interested,  please do forward them the email as well.  
Thanks.  
Cheers,  D. Yogeshwaran.  

The thematic quarter at Institut Henri Poincaré (IHP, Paris) on Geometry and Statistics in Data Sciences, has now started! Its program extends throughout Fall, until December. For the most part, the events will be broadcast online.
Mini-courses and long courses

The invited professors, resident at IHP, will give both mini-courses (~2x1h30) and long courses (~10 lectures throughout Fall), at a research/Masters level.

• Optimal Transport (Quentin Mérigot)
• Embedding for Data Analysis : Multidimensional Scaling and Manifold Learning (Ery Arias-Castro & Eddie Aamari)
• Geometry of Shape Spaces of Curves and Surfaces (Eric Klassen)
• Statistical Topological Data Analysis (Wolfgang Polonik)
• Asymptotic Analysis of Statistics of Random Geometric Structures (Joseph Yukich)
• A Few Applications of Geometric Measure Theory to Shape Analysis (Nicolas Charon)
• Mathematical Aspects of Deep Learning (Mikhail Belkin)
• Some Theoretical Aspects of Graph Neural Networks and Higher Order Variants (Yusu Wang)
• Topological Approaches to Neuroscience (Kathryn Hess)
• Riemannian Geometry on Lie Groups (Stephen Preston)

The complete program is available here.

Three one-week conferences

• Non linear and high-dimensional inference (3-7 October)
• Geometry, topology and statistics in data science (10-14 October)
• Measure-theoretic approaches and optimal transport (21-25 November)

Registration, to each conference separately, is free but compulsory. 
Please check “Remote participation” when registering if you want to attend online.

Hackathon

• Open contributions to the library Geomstats (17-21 October)

Associated events

• Maths-industry day with AMIES (8 November)
• Popularization day (TBA)

Although these events will be broadcast online, we hope to see you many at IHP during the upcoming weeks.

The organizing committee,Eddie Aamari, Catherine Aaron, Frédéric Chazal, Aurélie Fischer, Marc Hoffmann, Alice Le Brigant, Clément Levrard et Bertrand Michel

Dear colleagues,

The Applied Algebraic Topology Research Network (AATRN) is hosting our third annual interview series, featuring:

Frédéric Chazal interviewed by Steve Oudot – Sep 14, 2022, 11am Eastern

Konstantin Mischaikow interviewed by Tomas Gedeon – Oct 26, 2022, 11am Eastern

Yusu Wang interviewed by Tamal Dey – Dec 7, 2022, 11am Eastern

Claudia Landi interviewed by Barbara Giunti – Feb 1, 2023, 11am Eastern

Leonidas Guibas interviewed by Primoz Skraba – June 21, 2023, 11am Eastern

For the Zoom coordinates, please join the AATRN mailing list by visiting https://groups.google.com/g/aatrn, or email the AATRN directors at aatrn.director@gmail.com.

You may find recordings of our prior interviews and other videos at https://www.youtube.com/c/AppliedAlgebraicTopologyNetwork.

Best, the AATRN directors
Henry Adams, Hana Dal Poz Kouřimská, Teresa Heiss, Sara Kalisnik, Bastian Rieck, Elchanan Solomon
https://www.aatrn.net

Dear Colleagues, 

This is the final reminder for the online workshop Bridging Applied and Quantitative Topology, that will take place virtually during the week of May 9-13, Monday to Friday, 2022:

https://sites.google.com/view/applied-quantitative-topology/

Topics of interest include Vietoris-Rips complexes, nerve lemmas, manifold reconstruction, Kuratowski embeddings, metric thickenings, the tight span, the filling radius, Gromov-Hausdorff distances, optimal transport, homotopies of bounded size, geometric group theory, topological combinatorics, geometric topology, etc., and this is far from an exhaustive list. This workshop is co-hosted by the Applied Algebraic Topology Research Network (AATRN) and the TGDA Group at The Ohio State University.

A list of speakers, titles, and abstracts is available at 

https://sites.google.com/view/applied-quantitative-topology/.

Most days of the workshop will consist of three 35 minute long talks (in 50-minute slots), 8am-11am Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4). Each talk will be followed by a discussion period intended to foster a productive conversation between the speaker and the audience. Registration is not needed in order to attend the workshop.

A zoom link for the workshop is available upon emailing aatrn.director”at”gmail.com

In addition to invited talks, there will be a virtual poster session on Wednesday, May 11, at 9am Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4), at a Wonder.Me link which you may get upon emailing A zoom link for the workshop is available upon emailing aatrn.director”at”gmail.com.

You can find the poster presentation titles and abstracts at

https://sites.google.com/view/applied-quantitative-topology/home/postersession.

We hope to see you there!

The organizers,

Henry Adams, Johnathan Bush, Sunhyuk Lim, and Facundo Mémoli

A message from Yu-Min Chung:
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Dear TDA Community, 
Our team is looking for an Advisor position.  This position is equivalent to Research Scientist on the market.  The main responsibilities are to develop and/or implement AI/ML algorithms.  Our team has a diverse background including TDA and appreciate candidates with mathematical backgrounds.  If you know any recent grad or postdoc who might be interested in, please help pass the information.  Thank you!   Please use the link below to find more information and to apply.
https://lilly.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/LLY/job/US-Indianapolis-IN/Research-Scientist—AADS_R-23269

Please feel free to contact me at yumchung@alumni.iu.edu if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Yu-Min Chung, Ph.D., AI/ML Advisor, Eli Lilly and Company

I’m very pleased to announce the VSU-CBMS Conference on Topological Data Analysis and Persistence Theory, which will take place August 8–12, 2022 at Valdosta State University (GA, USA).   

This conference features Dr. Peter Bubenik (U. of Florida), who will give a series of daily lecturers on TDA and Persistence Theory. 

Conference website: https://blog.valdosta.edu/vsu-cbms-conference/ 

Please direct any questions to Dr. Jose A. Velez (javelezmarulanda@valdosta.edu) or myself (svault@valdosta.edu). 

Deadline for registration: April 29th

Thank you! 

=Shaun Ault

 Department of Mathematics

Valdosta State University

Dear Colleagues, 

We are happy to announce the online workshop Bridging Applied and Quantitative Topology, to take place virtually during the week of May 9-13, Monday to Friday, 2022:

https://sites.google.com/view/applied-quantitative-topology/

Topics of interest include Vietoris-Rips complexes, nerve lemmas, manifold reconstruction, Kuratowski embeddings, metric thickenings, the tight span, the filling radius, Gromov-Hausdorff distances, optimal transport, homotopies of bounded size, geometric group theory, topological combinatorics, geometric topology, etc., and this is far from an exhaustive list. This workshop is co-hosted by the Applied Algebraic Topology Research Network (AATRN) and the TGDA Group at The Ohio State University.

Most days of the workshop will consist of three 35 minute long talks (in 50-minute slots), 8am-11am Eastern Daylight Time = 2pm-5pm Central European Summer Time. Each talk will be followed by a discussion period intended to foster a productive conversation between the speaker and the audience.

In addition to invited talks, there will be a virtual poster session on Wednesday, May 11, at 9am Eastern Daylight Time = 3pm Central European Summer Time. Early career researchers are especially encouraged to participate. The registration form to contribute to the poster session will be open until Wednesday, April 20, at the following link: https://forms.gle/ZbpTKJCBRntSJavW7.

A list of confirmed speakers is available at 

https://sites.google.com/view/applied-quantitative-topology/

We hope to see you there!

The organizers,

Henry Adams, Johnathan Bush, Sunhyuk Lim, and Facundo Mémoli

Dear all,

We are organizing a single day online workshop, titled Algebraic Combinatorics and Category Theory in Topological Data Analysis. This will take place on Saturday, March 12, 2022. This workshop is a substitute for a special session in the cancelled AMS Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting. The webpage is https://sites.google.com/view/tda-alg-combi-cat/home

We plan to start at 8:50am Eastern Time (= 2:50pm Central European Time). Zoom coordinates and a detailed timetable will be released on the webpage several days beforehand. We hope to meet many friends and colleagues on March 12!

Best wishes,

Woojin Kim, Alex McCleary, Facundo Mémoli, and Amit Patel.

Dear all,

We (Henry, Antonio, Hanka, Teresa) are organizing the second AATRN (Applied Algebraic Topology Research Network) poster session via Zoom, with the intention of giving a platform to younger members of our community to showcase their work, as well as a place for everyone to present their most recent research results. Topics of interest will span the full range of applied and computational topology.

The webpage for the poster sessions is at

https://sites.google.com/view/aatrn-poster-session

The poster session will take place on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at 11am Eastern Time = 5pm Central European Time. To submit a poster title and abstract, please fill out the registration form at 

https://forms.gle/5EocHz2zSwGtLPFF6

by January 15th, 2022.

Zoom coordinates and the website with the program will be sent out to the AATRN email list several days beforehand.

Best wishes,

Henry Adams, Hana Dal Poz Kouřimská, Teresa Heiss, Antonio Rieser

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