Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENYu Pan - Augmentations and ruling polynomials - IPAM at UCLAYu PanOctober 30, 2026 52 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Legendrian KnotsRuling PolynomialsAugmentations
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENYoon Jae Nho - Donaldson-Thomas transformations, weaves and networks - IPAM at UCLAYoon Jae NhoOctober 30, 2026 52 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Donaldson-Thomas InvariantsCluster AlgebrasSpectral Networks
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENRoman Krutowski - Hecke algebras through the lens of orbifold Floer theory - IPAM at UCLARoman KrutowskiOctober 30, 2026 54 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Hecke AlgebraOrbifoldFloer Theory
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENRichard Kenyon - Random webs - IPAM at UCLARichard KenyonOctober 30, 2026 51 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Random WebsDimer ModelPlanar Graphs
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENRei Inoue - 3D integrability from quantum cluster algebras - IPAM at UCLARei InoueOctober 30, 2026 51 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Quantum Cluster AlgebraIntegrabilityTetrahedron Equation
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENLukas Nakamura - Recursion relations in the HOMFLYPT skein of the solid torus - IPAM at UCLALukas NakamuraOctober 30, 2026 53 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5HOMFLYPTSkein TheorySolid Torus
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENEugene Gorsky - Operations in link homology - IPAM at UCLAEugene GorskyOctober 30, 2026 51 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Link HomologyKhovanov HomologyKhovanov-Rozansky Homology
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENCiprian Manolescu - Knot complements, local Floer homology, and sheaf quantization - IPAM at UCLACiprian ManolescuOctober 30, 2026 51 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Knot TheoryFloer HomologySheaf Quantization
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENAngela Wu - Lagrangian cobordism of postroid links - IPAM at UCLAAngela Wu (Bucknell University)October 30, 2026 43 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Lagrangian CobordismLegendrian KnotsPositroid Varieties
Formal & Physical Sciences PhysicsENAndrew Neitzke - Skeins, line defects and supersymmetric quantum field theory - IPAM at UCLAAndrew NeitzkeOctober 30, 2026 51 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Skein AlgebraSupersymmetric Field TheoryClass S Theories
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENXin Jin - Around the multiplicative universal centralizer - IPAM at UCLAXin JinOctober 29, 2026 57 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Multiplicative Universal CentralizerCluster AlgebrasGeometric Representation Theory
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENLenny Ng - New algebraic invariants of Legendrian links - IPAM at UCLALenny NgOctober 29, 2026 51 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Legendrian KnotsContact GeometryCluster Algebras
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENDylan Allegretti - Skein algebras, Coulomb branches, and categorification - IPAM at UCLADylan AllegrettiOctober 29, 2026 50 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Skein AlgebraCoulomb BranchCategorification
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENRoger Casals - Additive categorification and Lagrangian skeleta - IPAM at UCLARoger CasalsOctober 28, 2026 54 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5CategorificationCluster AlgebrasSymplectic Geometry
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENMinh-Tam Trinh - The Topology and Arithmetic of Unipotent Braid Varieties - IPAM at UCLAMinh-Tam TrinhOctober 28, 2026 46 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Braid VarietiesHOMFLYPTSpringer Theory
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENTobias Ekholm - Skein valued curve counts and applicationsTobias EkholmOctober 27, 2026 53 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Skein TheoryCurve CountingContact Geometry
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENPeng Zhou - Tri-module of KLR category - IPAM at UCLAPeng ZhouOctober 27, 2026 51 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5CategorificationKLR CategoryQuantum Group
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENOrsola Capovilla-Searle - Decompositions of augmentation varieties via weaves and rulingsOrsola Capovilla-SearleOctober 27, 2026 51 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Augmentation VarietyWeavesRulings
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENDaping Weng - Weaves from T-Shifting Plabic Graphs - IPAM at UCLADaping WengOctober 27, 2026 55 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Cluster AlgebrasPlabic GraphsWeaves
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENBeibei Liu - Floer lasagna for 2-handlebodies - IPAM at UCLABeibei LiuOctober 27, 2026 52 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Floer HomologyLasagna Module4-Manifolds
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENJulien Marche - Bloch rigidity and character varieties of 3-manifolds - IPAM at UCLAJulien MarcheOctober 16, 2026 59 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5MathematicsTopologyAlgebraic Geometry
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENAdam Sikora - Tangle Equations, the Jones Unknot Conjecture, and Lens Space Surgeries - IPAM at UCLAAdam Sikora (SUNY Buffalo)October 16, 2026 45 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5NœudsTanglesConjecture De Jones
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENTommaso Cremaschi - Hyperbolic mapping tori of multitwists on infinite-type surfaces - IPAM at UCLATommaso CremaschiOctober 15, 2026 50 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Infinite-Type SurfacesMapping ToriHyperbolic Geometry
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENKate Petersen - Alternating quotients of twist knot groups - IPAM at UCLAKate PetersenOctober 15, 2026 51 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Alternating GroupsTwist Knots3-Manifolds
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENFeng Luo - Convex Geometry in Hyperbolic 3-Space and Discrete Uniformization - IPAM at UCLAFeng LuoOctober 15, 2026 48 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Hyperbolic GeometryRigidityConvexity
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENChristine Lee - Relating the colored Jones polynomial to hyperbolic volume through categorificationChristine LeeOctober 15, 2026 52 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Knot TheoryCategorificationColored Jones Polynomial
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENAnastasiia Tsvietkova - Geometric structures & PSL_2(C) representations of knot groups from diagramsAnastasiia TsvietkovaOctober 15, 2026 47 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Hyperbolic GeometryKnot TheoryRepresentation Variety
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENJun Murakami - Knot complement and complexified polyhedron - IPAM at UCLAJun MurakamiOctober 14, 2026 47 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Knot TheoryHyperbolic GeometryVolume Conjecture
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENDavid Futer - Fixed points of pseudo-Anosov maps and 3-manifold invariants - IPAM at UCLADavid FuterOctober 14, 2026 51 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Pseudo-Anosov3-Manifold TopologyKnot Floer Homology
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENRhea Palak Bakshi - Skein Theory in the Semisimple and Non-Semisimple Setting - IPAM at UCLARhea Palak BakshiOctober 13, 2026 51 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Skein TheoryQuantum Topology3-Manifolds
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENKa Ho Wong - Asymptotics of K-L-V partition function, cusped 3-manifolds, and Teichmuller TQFTKa Ho WongOctober 13, 2026 51 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Quantum InvariantsHyperbolic 3-ManifoldsTeichmuller TQFT
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENHelen Wong - Representations of Roger-Yang Skein Algebra - IPAM at UCLAHelen WongOctober 13, 2026 43 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Skein AlgebraRepresentation TheoryQuantum Invariants
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENGiulio Belletti - Finite dimensionality of the Kauffman bracket skein module - IPAM at UCLAGiulio BellettiOctober 13, 2026 51 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Skein ModuleKauffman Bracket3-Manifold
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENFrancis Bonahon - Cyclic representations of the quantum coordinate ring O_q(SL_2) - IPAM at UCLAFrancis BonahonOctober 13, 2026 53 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Quantum GroupRepresentation TheoryHopf Algebra
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENFathi Ben Aribi - FAMED triangulations and volume conjectures - IPAM at UCLAFathi Ben AribiOctober 13, 2026 51 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Volume ConjectureFAMED TriangulationsAndersen-Kashaev TQFT
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENSeokbeom Yoon - The octahedral decomposition and the 1-loop conjecture - IPAM at UCLASeokbeom YoonOctober 12, 2026 34 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Knot TheoryHyperbolic GeometryReidemeister Torsion
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENNathan Dunfield - Ribbon concordances and slice obstructions: experiments and examplesNathan DunfieldOctober 12, 2026 48 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Knot TheoryRibbon ConcordanceSlice Knots
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENMichelle Chu - Salem numbers in arithmetic hyperbolic manifolds - IPAM at UCLAMichelle ChuOctober 12, 2026 47 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Salem NumbersArithmetic Hyperbolic ManifoldsGeodesics
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENQiuyu Ren - Gluing formulas for Khovanov skein lasagna modules, & detection of exotic 4-manifoldsQiuyu RenSeptember 30, 2026 78 min★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5Khovanov HomologySkein Modules4-Manifolds
Formal & Physical Sciences MathematicsENIan Le - Cluster Algebras and Legendrian Knots - IPAM at UCLAIan LeSeptember 30, 2026 77 min★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5Cluster AlgebrasLegendrian KnotsCharacter Varieties
