On 12 May, 2014 I gave a talk at the Monash University Discrete Mathematics Seminar. Slides are available.
A Yang-Baxter equation from sutured Floer homology, Sep 2013
On 30 September, 2013 I gave a talk at the 57th Australian Mathematical Society Annual Meeting, at the University of Sydney, as part of the Geometry and Topology session. Slides are available.
Sutures, quantum groups, TQFT, May 2013
On 24 May, 2013 I gave a talk at the University of Melbourne, for the Algebra-Geometry-Topology Seminar. The talk was entitled “Sutures, quantum groups and topological quantum field theory”. Slides are available.
Contact topology and elementary combinatorics, April 2013
On 16 April, 2013 I gave a talk at ANU, for the Algebra and Topology seminar. The talk was entitled “Contact topology and holomorphic invariants via elementary combinatorics”. Slides are available.
Contact topology and holomorphic invariants via elementary combinatorics, Monash Dec 2012
On 7 December, 2012 I gave a talk at Monash University. Slides are available.
Field-theoretic ideas from contact geometry, ANZAMP 2012
On 5 December, 2012 I gave a talk at the Australian and New Zealand Association of Mathematical Physics (ANZAMP) Inaugural annual meeting. The talk was entitled “Some field-theoretic ideas out of contact geometry and elementary topology”. Slides are available.
Itsy bitsy topological field theory, USC April 2012
On 30 April, 2012 I gave a talk at the University of Southern California, for the Geometry & Topology Seminar. Slides are available.
Itsy bitsy topological field theory, MIT April 2012
On 23 April, 2012 I gave a talk at MIT, for the Geometry and Topology Seminar. The talk was entitled “Itsy bitsy topological field theory”.
Itsy bitsy topological field theory, Monash Mar 2012
On 6 March, 2012 I gave a talk at Monash University, entitled “Itsy bitsy topological field theory”.
Hyperbolic cone-manifolds with prescribed holonomy, Maryland Nov 2011
On 28 November, 2011 I gave a talk at the University of Maryland, for the Geometry-Topology Seminar. The talk was entitled “Hyperbolic cone-manifolds with prescribed holonomy”.