On 13 May, 2011 I gave a talk at Harvard University, for the Gauge Theory and Topology seminar. The talk was entitled “Sutured Floer homology and TQFT”.
Sutured topological quantum field theory, Brown April 2011
On 6 April, 2011 I gave a talk at Brown University, for the Geometry and Topology seminar. The talk was entitled “Sutured topological quantum field theory”.
Talks at Columbia University, Oct 2010
On 1 October, 2010 I gave two talks at Columbia University.
Sutured TQFT and contact elements in SFH, Boston College Sep 2010
On 23 September, 2010 I gave a talk at Boston College, for the Geometry/Topology seminar. The talk was entitled “Sutured topological quantum field theory and contact elements in sutured Floer homology”.
Hyperbolic cone-manifolds with prescribed holonomy, Singapore Jul 2010
On 22 July, 2010 I gave a talk at the workshop on Geometry, Topology and Dynamics of Character Varieties, part of a program at the Institute for Mathematical Sciences of the National University of Singapore. Slides are available.
SFH and contact TQFT, Jussieu May 2010
On 11 May, 2010 I gave a talk for the Institut Mathématiques de Jussieu, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6 and Université Paris Diderot, Paris 7 at Chevaleret, for the Séminaire de Topologie.
SFH and contact TQFT, Lyon May 2010
On 7 May, 2010 I gave a talk at the Institut Camille Jordan in Lyon, France, for the Séminaire Géométries. The talk was entitled “Sutured Floer homology and contact-topological quantum field theory”.
SFH and contact TQFT, ULB Brussels Apr 2010
On 22 April, 2010 I gave a talk at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, for the seminar on symplectic and contact geometry. The talk was entitled “Sutured Floer homology and contact-topological quantum field theory”.
Sutured topological quantum field theory, Michigan Apr 2010
On 7 April, 2010 I gave a talk at Micihgan State University, USA, for the 3- and 4-Manifold Seminar, entitled “Sutured topological quantum field theory and contact elements in sutured Floer homology”.
Chord diagrams and contact TQFT, Uppsala Feb 2010
On 3 February, 2010 I gave a talk at Uppsala Universitet, Sweden. The talk was entitled “Chord diagrams, contact-topological quantum field theory, and contact categories”.