| Monday, May 16 | |
| 12:00-5:00 p.m. | Registration (Fuld Hall Common Room) |
| 3:00-4:30 p.m. | Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room) |
| 4:30 p.m. | Tour of Institute campus (meet in Fuld Hall Common Room) |
| 6:00 p.m. | Informal supper and orientation, poster construction |
| (Coffee Lounge, Dining Hall) | |
| Tuesday, May 17 | |
| 8:00-10:30 a.m. | Breakfast (Dining Hall) |
| 9:30 a.m. | Beginning Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Indira Chatterji, Cornell University | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. | Advanced Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Ruth Charney, Brandeis University | |
| 12:00 noon | Lunch (Dining Hall) |
| 1:15 p.m. | Review Session: Beginning Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| 2:30 p.m. | Review Session: Advanced Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| 3:45 p.m. | Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room) |
| 4:00 p.m. | Research Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Anne Thomas, University of Chicago | |
| Uniform lattices acting on hyperbolic buildings | |
| 4:40 p.m. | Research Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Michelle Karlsson, Yale University | |
| Bounded cohomology and characteristic classes | |
| 5:15 p.m. | Women in Science Seminar (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) |
| Introductions and Seminar Series Overview | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Informal Supper (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) |
| Wednesday, May 18 | |
| 8:00-10:30 a.m. | Breakfast (Dining Hall) |
| 9:30 a.m. | Beginning Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Indira Chatterji, Cornell University | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. | Advanced Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Ruth Charney, Brandeis University | |
| 12:00 noon | Lunch (Dining Hall) |
| 1:15 p.m. | Review Session: Beginning Lecture Course (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) |
| 2:30 p.m. |
Review Session: Advanced Lecture Course (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) |
| 3:45 p.m. | Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room) |
| 4:00 p.m. | Research Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Kariane Calta, Cornell University | |
| Moduli space of abelian differentials and billiards | |
| 4:40 p.m. | Research Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Diane Vavrichek, University of Michigan | |
| Topological methods in group theory | |
| 5:15 p.m. | Women in Science Seminar (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) |
| Shelley Costa, Swarthmore College | |
| "Polytopes and Petticoats" | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Informal Supper (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) |
| Thursday, May 19 | |
| 8:00-10:30 a.m. | Breakfast (Dining Hall) |
| 9:30 a.m. | Beginning Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Tara Brendle, Cornell University | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. | Advanced Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Ruth Charney, Brandeis University | |
| 12:00 noon | Lunch (Dining Hall) |
| 1:15 p.m. | Review Session: Beginning Lecture Course (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) |
| 2:30 p.m. | Review Session: Advanced Lecture Course (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) |
| 3:45 p.m. | Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room) |
| 4:00 p.m. | Colloquium (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Robert Ghrist, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | |
| The Geometry and Topology of Reconfiguration | |
| 5:15 p.m. | Women in Science Seminar (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) |
| "How to Survive Graduate School" Panel Discussion | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Informal Supper (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) |
| Friday, May 20 | |
| 8:00-9:45 a.m. | Breakfast (Dining Hall) |
| 9:00-9:45 a.m. | Institute Apparel Sale Open to Program Participants (Harry\'s Bar, Upper Level of Dining Hall) |
| 10:00 a.m. | Depart for Princeton University |
| (Bus departs from front of Fuld Hall) | |
| Participants will receive a map of the Princeton University Campus as they board the bus, and should plan to walk to Room 314 Fine Hall upon arrival. A detailed schedule of activities for the day also will be provided upon arrival at Princeton. | |
| 8:30 - 9:00 p.m. | Bus loads for return trip to Institute. Bus departs promptly at 9:00 p.m. |
| (Pick up at circle near Jadwin Hall and stadium) | |
| Saturday, May 21 | |
| Recreational activities organized by participants | |
| Sunday, May 22 | |
| Recreational activities organized by participants | |
| Monday, May 23 | |
| 8:00-10:30 a.m. | Breakfast (Dining Hall) |
| 9:30 a.m. | Beginning Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Tara Brendle, Cornell University | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. | Advanced Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Ruth Charney, Brandeis University | |
| 12:00 noon | Lunch (Dining Hall) |
| 1:15 p.m. | Review Session: Beginning Lecture Course (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) |
| 2:30 p.m. | Review Session: Advanced Lecture Course (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) |
| 3:45 p.m. | Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room) |
| 4:00 p.m. | Research Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Hyun Jeong Kim, Penn State University | |
| Coarse equivalence of warped cones | |
| 4:40 p.m. | Research Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Aditi Kar, University of Nebraska Lincoln | |
| Finite Subgroups of δ-Hyperbolic Groups | |
| 5:15 p.m. | Women in Science Seminar (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) |
| "A Day in the Life" Panel Discussion | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Informal Supper (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) |
| Tuesday, May 24 | |
| 8:00-10:30 a.m. | Breakfast (Dining Hall) |
| 9:30 a.m. | Beginning Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Tara Brendle, Cornell University | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. | Advanced Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Karen Vogtmann, Cornell University | |
| 12:00 noon | Lunch (Dining Hall) |
| 1:15 p.m. | Review Session: Beginning Lecture Course (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) |
| 2:30 p.m. | Review Session: Advanced Lecture Course (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) |
| 3:45 p.m. | Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room) |
| 4:00 p.m. | Colloquium (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Joan Birman, Barnard College/Columbia University | |
| The Conjugacy Problem in the Braid Groups | |
| 5:15 p.m. | Women in Science Seminar (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) |
| "Subfield Auction" | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Informal Supper (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) |
| Wednesday, May 25 | |
| 8:00-10:30 a.m. | Breakfast (Dining Hall) |
| 9:30 a.m. | Beginning Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Indira Chatterji, Cornell University | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. | Advanced Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Karen Vogtmann, Cornell University | |
| 12:00 noon | Lunch (Dining Hall) |
| 1:15 p.m. | Review Session: Beginning Lecture Course (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) |
| 2:30 p.m. | Review Session: Advanced Lecture Course (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) |
| 3:45 p.m. | Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room) |
| 4:00 p.m. | Research Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Jennifer Franko, Indiana University | |
| An Introduction to Braiding and Quantum Computing | |
| 4:40 p.m. | Research Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Cornelia Van Cott, Indiana University | |
| Braid Groups of Manifolds | |
| 5:15 p.m. | Women in Science Seminar (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) |
| "Women and Science in the Media" Discussion | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Informal Supper (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) |
| Thursday, May 26 | |
| 8:00-10:30 a.m. | Breakfast (Dining Hall) |
| 9:30 a.m. | Beginning Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Indira Chatterji, Cornell University | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. | Advanced Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Karen Vogtmann, Cornell University | |
| 12:00 noon | Lunch (Dining Hall) |
| 1:15 p.m. | Review Session: Beginning Lecture Course (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) |
| 2:30 p.m. | Review Session: Advanced Lecture Course (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) |
| 3:45 p.m. | Afternoon Tea (Fuld Hall Common Room) |
| 4:00 p.m. | Research Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Yulan Qing, Colorado College | |
| Configuration Spaces and Pseudomanifolds | |
| 4:40 p.m. | Research Seminar (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Moon Duchin, University of Chicago | |
| What is Synthetic Geometry? | |
| 5:15 p.m. | Women in Science Seminar (Dilworth Room, Dining Hall) |
| Vita Rabinowitz, Hunter College | |
| "Gender Equity Project" | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Closing Dinner (Birch Garden, Dining Hall) |
| Friday, May 27 | |
| 8:00-10:30 a.m. | Breakfast (Dining Hall) |
| 9:30 a.m. | Beginning Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Tara Brendle, Cornell University | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. | Advanced Lecture Course (Simonyi Hall Seminar Room) |
| Karen Vogtmann, Cornell University | |
| 12:00 noon | Lunch |
| Close of Program | |