Author: Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson

Here are some of the talks that I (Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson) discovered when looking through the programme.

Wednesday

• 8.30, room 112: Topological Data Analysis for Ring Channels in Intracellular Transport.

Thursday

• 9.15, room 204: Sliding window embeddings of quasiperiodic functions.
• 9.30, room 204: Coordinatizing Data With Lens Spaces and Persistent Cohomology.
• 10.30, room 204: Cities, voting, and spider DUIs: Case studies in spatial applications of topological tools.
• 10.45, room 710: The Datasaurus and Persistent Homology.
• 11.30, room 710: Clustering Algorithms: Stability of TDA Mapper Graphs.
• 13.45, room 204: Artworks and Articles Meet Mapper and Persistent Homology.

Friday

Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson and Henry Adams are organizing a full-day special session on applied topology.

Room 113.

• 8.00: Topological Data Analysis for Detecting Dynamic State Changes via Nodal Networks.
• 8.30: Featurization of Persistence Diagrams using Template Functions for Machine Learning Tasks.
• 9.00: Approximate triangulations of Grassmannians.
• 9.30: A Bayesian Framework for Persistent Homology.
• 10.00: Limit theorems of persistent homology.
• 10.30: Brittany Fasy
• 13.00: Topological and Geometric Analysis of Discrete Random Growth Models.
• 13.30: On the Dynamics of Solvent-excluded Surface Topology under Protein Flexing.
• 14.00: Probabilistic Convergence and Stability of Random Mapper Graphs.
• 14.30: Data analysis with continuously parametrized zigzag modules and beyond.
• 15.00: Applied topology methods in knot theory.
• 15.30: Morse theory for Wasserstein spaces.
• 16.00: Vietoris-Rips homology through the looking glass.
• 16.30: The Relationship Between the Intrinsic Cech and Persistence Distortion Distances for Metric Graphs.
• 17.00: Computational topology techniques for characterizing time-series data.
• 17.30: Spatio-temporal persistent homology for dynamic metric spaces.

Also this day are

• 9.00, room 506: An Application of the Mapper Algorithm to Sports Analytics in College Basketball.
• 15.00, room 407: Topological Data Analysis of Collective Behavior.

Saturday

• 13.00 – 18.00, room 104: AMS Special Session on Vietoris-Borsuk-Rips Homotopy, with several relevant talks
  • 13.00: Parametrized homotopy theory and motion planning problems.
  • 14.00: An application of nerve complexes in imputation.
  • 15.00: Vietoris–Rips complexes of spheres.
  • 16.30: On coarse properties of persistence diagrams.
• 15.00, room 406: Manifold Learning Using Persistent Homology on the Laplacian Eigenfunctions.
• 15.30, room 204: Topological Data Analysis on Murine Pulmonary Arterial Networks Under Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension.

Hope to see you at the #JMM2020

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
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We wish to announce the upcoming block course

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  Stochastic Topology

  TU Berlin (Germany), March 16-20, 2020

https://www3.math.tu-berlin.de/mathplus/TES-Summer2020/TES_Block_Course_Stochastic_Topology.html

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Block Course Lecturers:
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  Omer Bobrowski (Technion)
  Matthew Kahle (Ohio State, TU Berlin)
  J. Andrew Newman (TU Berlin)
  Yuval Peled (NYU Courant Institute)

Scope:
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Stochastic topology began in the mid-twentieth century with the study
of random graphs, that is, random 1-dimensional spaces. More recently,
several models of random high-dimensional simplicial complexes have been
introduced. Some of the most important questions in stochastic topology
have to do with establishing thresholds for various topological properties
within these models. This course will begin with an overview of the
standard combinatorial and geometric models, and then we will explore
some of the techniques that have been used to study them.

The block course is organized within the third Berlin Thematic Einstein
Semester on the “Geometric and Topological Structure of Materials”,
devoted to recent developments in the field of computational materials science.

Participation:
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  free.

Registration:
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  please register via

https://forms.gle/QtG94ewFLJ9gdFiv6

Financial Support:
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There is limited financial support for attendance.

The deadline for support applications (via the registration form)
is

  ***  January 23, 2020  ***

  (Notification is by January 30, 2020.)

We are hopeful of encouraging people from a wide variety of scientific
and mathematical backgrounds to attend. Any queries can be addressed
to the organizing committee at

[email protected]

The Spring School on Data Science and Quantum Computing is being organised by the Institute of Applied Data Science at Queen Mary University of London. It takes place from Sunday 29th March to Thursday 2nd April 2020. The event includes:   

    Spring School on Data Science: 29-31 March 2020,

     Workshop on Quantum Computing: 1 – 2 April,  2020. 

The Spring School and Workshop welcomes applications from PhD students and early career researchers with interests  in data science. The School will cover a broad range of topics such as democracy and data, mathematical mechanisms of social choice, natural language processing, topological data analysis, health AI, mathematics of cancer amongst others. There will be special emphasise on quantum computing and quantum information which shall be covered by several introductory mini-courses preparing the participants for the Workshop on Quantum Computing.

The event will take place at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor.

For more information and registration please visit 

https://sites.google.com/view/spring-school-on-data-science/home

Raul Rabadan and Andrew Blumberg have just published a book on TDA and applications in biology.

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Dear Scientists and Mathematicians,

We wish to announce the upcoming conference

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  Structure of Materials

  TU Berlin (Germany), March 23-27, 2020

https://www3.math.tu-berlin.de/mathplus/TES-Summer2020/TES_Conference_Structure_of_Materials.html

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Scope:
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The conference is organized within the third Berlin Thematic Einstein
Semester on the “Geometric and Topological Structure of Materials”,
devoted to recent developments in the field of computational materials
science.

The semester aims at bringing together experts from the sciences
with experts from computational topology, computational algebraic,
discrete differential and stochastic geometry working on the structure
and function of materials.

Invited Speakers:
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  Paweł Dłotko (Swansea U)
  Francisco Garcia-Moreno (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin)
  Miranda Holmes-Cerfon (New York U)
  Stephen Hyde (ANU)
  Matthew Kahle (Ohio State U, TU Berlin)
  Michael Klatt (U Princeton)
  Daphne Klotsa (U North Carolina)
  Emanuel (Menachem) Lazar (Bar-Ilan U)
  Xiaoming Mao (U Michigan)
  Claudia Redenbach (TU Kaiserslautern)
  Benjamin Schweinhart (Ohio State U)
  James A. Sethian (UC Berkeley, LBNL)
  Berend Smit (EPFL)
  Ileana Streinu (Smith College)
  Bernd Sturmfels (UC Berkeley, MPI Leipzig)
  Barbara Zwicknagl (TU Berlin)

Contributed Talks and Posters:
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We are inviting abstracts for contributed oral presentations
and for posters. The deadline for abstract submission is

  ***  January 15, 2020  ***

Please submit title and abstract via

https://forms.gle/TEfiQixKE8GaD8K89

(Notification is by January 22, 2020.)

Participation:
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  free (except conference dinner).

Registration:
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  please register via

https://forms.gle/a8obwqUc6Zg1fKLy8

We are hopeful of encouraging people from a wide variety of scientific
and mathematical backgrounds to attend. Any queries can be addressed
to the organizing committee at

[email protected]

Best regards, and we hope to see you in Berlin,

Organizers:
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  Myfanwy Evans (TU Berlin)
  Kathryn Hess Bellwald (EPFL)
  Frank Lutz (TU Berlin)
  Dmitriy Morozov (LBNL)
  Ileana Streinu (Smith College)

We are pleased to announce that next year’s Young Topologists Meeting will take place between 6-10 July 2020 in Stockholm, jointly organized by the KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University.

The intention of the conference is to create a setting in which young researchers in topology can meet each other and share their work. The program will consist of short talks given by the participants and three lecture series by invited speakers. This year’s invited speakers are Kathryn Hess (EPFL), Thomas Nikolaus (WWU Münster) and Karen Vogtmann (Cornell University and University of Warwick).

More information will be available soon on the conference website https://sites.google.com/view/ytm2020. The registration is now open. 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the organizers at y[email protected].​

Ruben Sanchez-Garcia is looking to recruit a Research Fellow on an Alan Turing Institute funded pilot project ‘Automatic detection of genetic oscillators’. The aim is to combine new high-throughout single-cell profiling with advances in topological data analysis and network modelling to identify combinations of genes that oscillate in a coordinated way. He is looking for candidates with a PhD in Mathematics, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Physics or related field, with a background and/or interest in applied topology, networks and discrete mathematics. 

The position is full time for a fixed term of 12 months, although the aim of this Pilot Project is to lead to proposals for further funding. The starting date is 01/01/2020 or as soon as possible thereafter. The full advert can be found athttps://jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=1218219PJ and informal enquiries can be made via email to [email protected]

We are excited to announce the 9th installment in a conference series on Algebraic Topology: Methods, Computation, and Science (ATMCS), which will be held at the Ohio State University, on June 8–12, 2020. The local organizers are Prof. Tamal Dey, Prof. Matthew Kahle, Prof. Facundo Memoli and Prof. Yusu Wang from the TGDA@OSU group.

A key goal of the conference series is the further development of topological and geometrical techniques for use in applications in biology, materials science, neuroscience, among other fields, and the creation of new areas of applications. This conference series maintains a strong tradition of bringing together leading established researchers and young scientists in this emerging discipline, thus providing an opportunity for the exchange of experience and the development of new research ideas.

ATMCS9 invites submissions for contributed short talks (30 minutes) or research posters. For more information see https://easychair.org/cfp/ATMCS-2020.

The website of the conference https://tgda.osu.edu/atmcs2020/ is being updated regularly with up to date information, so please be sure to check back as the conference date approaches. In particular, we expect to have some travel funding available. Priority for such funding will be given to early-career researchers and underrepresented groups. Details about funding applications will be made available around mid-March 2020.

Please don’t hesitate to write to [email protected] if you have any questions. We look forward to welcoming you at OSU!

The ATMCS 9 organizing committee.

Applications are invited for the role of Postdoctoral Research Assistant to undertake research in the ‘Topological Analysis of Maritime Data’ project under the supervision of Dr. Primoz Skraba. This is a project funded from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and the Alan Turing Institute. The project will also include collaboration with Dr. Vidit Nanda at Oxford.

The role involves the application of topological data analysis techniques for anomaly detection. This involves various aspects of topological data analysis including but is not limited to persistent homology and the various tools to compute it, distances and statistics on persistence diagrams, and stratified spaces.

The appointee will need to have a PhD (or equivalent) in mathematics, computer science, or related (obtained or near to completion) or equivalent qualification.

For more information, see MathJobs https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/15334

The Mathematical Sciences Institute at the Australian National University is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow for the modeling of stratified spaces using computational topology.

About the Position This position will contribute to the research effort being led by Katharine Turner, in collaboration with Stephen Roberts and Markus Hegland, within the Mathematical Sciences Institute. The position will collaborate with them on modelling stratified spaces from point cloud data using methods from computational topology. The position will also collaborate with other internal and external researchers relevant to the project, along with research students and professional staff, as required. In addition, the postdoctoral fellow will have multiple opportunities to present their findings at conferences and workshops. Applicants are expected to have an outstanding research record in computational topology or a related area, as evidenced by publications in peer-reviewed journals, software development and attendance at workshops and conferences. This is a research intensive position and the level of, Academic Level A or B, is to be determined by the appointee’s current research and teaching expertise. The successful candidate will be involved in some teaching both in their area of specialisation and standard mathematics undergraduate courses, however this will be at a reduced level.

For more information, see MathJobs https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/15345