On 5 January, 2010 I gave a talk at the University of Melbourne, Australia, for the Algebra/Geometry/Topology Seminar. The talk was entitled “Chord diagrams and contact-topological quantum field theory”.
Chord diagrams, contact-TQFT and contact categories, Grenoble Dec 2009
On 18 December, 2009 I gave two talks at the Institut Fourier in Grenoble, France. The first talk was entitled “Chord diagrams, contact-topological quantum field theory, and contact categories”. The second talk was entitled “Construction of hyperbolic cone-manifolds with prescribed
Chord diagrams, contact-TQFT and contact categories, Nantes Dec 2009
On 10 December, 2009 I gave a talk at the Université de Nantes, for the Séminaire de Topologie, Géométrie et Algèbre, entitled “Chord diagrams, contact-topological quantum field theory, and contact categories”.
Chord diagrams and SFH of solid tori, Columbia Apr 2009
On April 17, 2009 I gave a talk at Columbia University, for the Symplectic Geometry and Gauge Theory Seminar. Slides are available.
Chord diagrams, TQFT, and SFH of solid tori, Stanford Mar 2009
On March 16, 2009 I gave a talk at Stanford, for the Symplectic Geometry seminar, entitled “Chord diagrams, topological quantum field theory, and the sutured Floer homology of solid tori”.
Hyperbolic structures with prescribed holonomy, Melbourne Jan 2006
In January 2006 I gave a talk on my masters work at the conference “Manifolds at Melbourne”. Slides are available.