II Conference on Algebraic Topology and Related Topics (01-03/07/2026)

II Conference on Algebraic Topology and Related Topics (July 1-3, 2026)

Key information

  • :calendar: Dates: July, 1-3, 2026.
  • :round_pushpin: Place: Faculty of Mathematics (Santiago de Compostela). (Salón de Graos).
  • :memo: Registration: Registration is free (open until 01/06/2026). (Call for abstracts: until 01/05/2026). (Topics: algebraic topology, applied topology, combinatorial topology, computational topology, dynamical systems and related topics).

Invited Speakers

  • Cristina Costoya (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)
  • Michael R. Kelly (Loyola University)
  • Enrique Macías Virgós (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)
  • María José Pereira Sáez (Universidade da Coruña)
  • Nicholas Scoville (Ursinus College)
  • P. Christopher Staecker (Fairfield University)
  • Álvaro Torras Casas (Universidad de Sevilla)
  • Lucile Vandembroucq (Universidade do Minho)
Timetable Wednesday, July 1 Thursday, July 2 Friday, July 3
9:30 - 10:15 10:00 Welcome
Lucile Vandembroucq
Parametrized Topological Complexity of bundles of projective spaces
10:15 - 11:00
Enrique Macías-Virgós
Subspace Lusternik–Schnirelmann Category of Quasi-Projective Quaternionic Spaces
Nicholas Scoville
Discrete Morse Theory for Open Complexes
Cristina Costoya
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break Coffee break Coffee break
11:30 - 12:00
Julian Brüggemann
Homotopy Types of Vietoris–Rips Complexes via Discrete Morse Theory
Grigory Solomadin
(Non-)formality of Diagrams of Eilenberg–MacLane Spaces
Isaac Carcacía Campos
Fiber bundles on small categories
12:00 - 12:30
Oumaima El Aouny
Spectral Sequences for Polyhedral Products and Model Categories
Manuel Arriaza-Rincón
Simplicial LS Category Bounds for Iterated Subdivisions of Pure Simplicial Complexes
Federico Cantero Morán
Odd Power Operations for Simplicial Sets
12:30 - 13:15
Hiraku Nozawa
Álvaro Torras Casas
Connection Matrices via Algebraic Morse Theory and Applications to Data Analysis
P. Christopher Staecker
A Forgotten Theorem about the Euler Characteristic, and Some Fixed Point Theory
13:15 - 15:30 Lunch Lunch Lunch
15:30 - 16:00
María Jove Rey
A Topological Scale Framework Algorithm for Homological Dynamics of Hydrographic Monitoring Networks under Heat-Wave Ozone Episodes
Ángel Méndez Vázquez
Cohomological Distance and Cohomological Weights
Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón / Pablo Munarriz Senosiain
16:00 - 16:30
Alejandro de la Torre Durán
Explicit Canonical Cycle at the Virtual Cohomological Dimension of SL through Voronoi Complex
Arundhati Rakshit
An Effective Mayer–Vietoris Theorem for Discrete Morse Homology
Alastair Darby
A Smooth Invariant of 4-Manifolds Inspired by Cluster Algebras
21:00 Social dinner

Arriving in Santiago

  • :airplane: The airport is 20 minutes from the city, with taxis and buses available to the city center.
  • :train: The train station is in the city center.

Staying in Santiago

There are several hotels within a 3-minute walk from the Faculty and less than a 10-minute walk from the city center:

Organizing Committee

  • Jesús Antonio Álvarez López
  • Laura López Paz
  • Alejandro Omar Majadas Moure
  • David Mosquera Lois

Scientific Committee

  • Arturo Espinosa Baro
  • Nicholas Scoville

Contact

For questions about the conference, registration, or travel logistics:

  • jesus.alvarez@usc.es
  • alejandro.majadas@usc.es
  • david.mosquera.lois@uvigo.gal

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