Spring school on singularities in low-dimensional and symplectic topology

About the Conference

The focus of the spring school is on the theme of singularities, specifically in low-dimensional and symplectic topology. It is aimed at Master and PhD students; the format is that of two mini-courses, accompanied by one exercise session each, as well as short talks by the participants.

Speakers

The two minicourses will be ensured by Anne Pichon and by Jonny Evans. Exercise sessions will be ensured by Yenni Cherik and Matthew Buck. (See below for titles and abstracts.)

Schedule

All lectures take place at the campus "Lombarderie/Michelet" of the University of Nantes, in the Room 111 at the bottom floor of Building 26. Here is the approximate address of the building, and here is a detailed plan of the campus to precisely locate it. Lunches will be at the university cafeteria.

Titles and abstracts

Available here.

Funding

Lunch at the university cafeteria, coffee breaks as well as a collective dinner will be covered for all participants. We also have enough funds to cover the accommodation (in student twin bedrooms) of up to twenty participants; please indicate in the registration form in case you would like to apply for such funding.

Travel Information

Nantes has an international airport and a train station that is well connected to Paris. (Note that Google Maps might not have accurate data on local transportation within Nantes; you can look up itineraries on the Naolib webpage.) Whereas the train station is located right in the city center, the airport is further away, and there are two options to get back to civilization from there.

• The cheap (1.70€) way. The first step is to take bus 38 at the airport, direction Greneraie. Then Depending on your destination, several combinations are possible:
  • get off bus 38 at Greneraie, then take bus 4 direction Foch-Cathédrale;
  • get off bus 38 at Pirmil, then take tram 2 direction Orvault-Grand Val;
  • get off bus 38 at Pont-Rousseau-Martyris, then take tram 3 to Marcel-Paul.
• The fast option (10€). Take the Navette Aéroport; this takes you to Commerce (via the train station and Lieu Unique, which are the only two intermediate stops). This takes about 20 minutes.

Registration

The registrations are now closed.

List of participants

More information coming soon!

Organisers

Fabio Gironella, Marco Golla and Stéphane Guillermou. For any questions, you can send us an email at the following address: orga-school-sing (at) univ-nantes.fr.