# Past events

Find information about past ANU MSI events.

02
Nov
2016

## MSI Spring Excursion »

1.30pm 2 November 2016

The MSI Social Committee are organising a guided tour of the Australian National Botanic Gardens.

31
Oct
2016

## Introductory talk on contact geometry »

Dr Daniel Matthews (Monash University)
3pm 31 October 2016

This is an introductory talk on contact geometry and hyperbolic geometry.

31
Oct
2016

## Introductory talk on finite type invariants »

Dr Zsuzsanna Dancso (MSI, ANU)
1.30pm 31 October 2016

This is an introductory talk on finite type invariants of knots and manifolds.

31
Oct
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04
Nov
2016

## Low-Dimensional Topology & Quantum Algebra »

12pm 31 October 2016

The MSI Workshop on Low-Dimensional Topology & Quantum Algebra will be held October 31-November 4 (Monday-Friday) at the Australian National University.

31
Oct
2016

## Introductory talk on link homologies »

Dr Hoel Queffelec (Université de Montpellier)
11am 31 October 2016

This will be an introductory talk on link homology theories, and their connections to topology and representation theory.

31
Oct
2016

## Introductory talk on 3-manifold topology »

Dr Stephan Tillman (The University of Sydney)
9.30am 31 October 2016

This is an introductory talk on 3-manifold topology, with a focus on constructive methods.

27
Oct
2016

## Batalin-Vilkovisky cohomology and supergravity »

Ezra Getzler (Northwestern)
4pm 27 October 2016

In this talk, we introduce the BV formalism, and then construct cohomology classes in negative degrees in a toy model with supergravity.

25
Oct
2016

## Deformations of strictly unital A-infinity algebras »

Jesse Burke (MSI/ANU)
3.30pm 25 October 2016

I'll start by giving a gentle introduction to $A$-infinity algebras and their Hochschild cochains.

21
Oct
2016

## Operator algebras ... in tensor categories? »

Corey Jones (ANU)
3pm 21 October 2016

Corey will give an overview of why operator algebras are interesting, aimed at an algebraically-minded audience.

19
Oct
2016

## Schreier-Sims algorithm »

Robin Candy
2.30pm 19 October 2016

How do we test for membership in a permutation group?