Quantum Topology, Character Varieties and Low-Dimensional Geometry
Informational Webinar
“Quantum Topology, Character Varieties and Low-Dimensional Geometry” is the Fall 2026 long program at the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics at UCLA. In this webinar, Selenne Bañuelos, the Associate Director of IPAM, explains the resources provided to long program resident scholars. She is joined by Ian Le of the Australian National University for an overview of the long program content, beginning at 06:44.
The themes of the three main week-long workshops are introduced by:
10:27 – Jessica Purcell of Monash University, “Hyperbolic Structures and Quantum Invariants”
12:03 – Ko Honda of the University of California, Los Angeles, “Contact Geometry, Cluster Algebras and Skein Theory”
13:37 – Paul Wedrich of the University of Hamburg, “Categorification in Quantum Topology”
Organizing Committee
Daniel Douglas
(Virginia Tech)
Ko Honda
(University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA))
David Jordan
(University of Edinburgh)
Effie Kalfagianni
(Michigan State University)
Aaron Lauda
(University of Southern California (USC))
Ian Le
(Australian National University)
Jessica Purcell
(Monash University)
Paul Wedrich
(University of Hamburg)