Introduction

Courses and schedule

Registration

Financial support

Location and directions

Participants

Accommodation

Here, we include a short description of the courses, the material provided by the speakers and the proposed schedule.

All the lectures, as well as the registration, will take place in the Museo del Patrimonio Municipal de Málaga (Málaga Patrimony Museum), well located in the heart of the city and in front of the MS Maestranza Hotel.

The Conference Banquet (Thursday, 9,30 pm), as well as the coffee breaks, will be served at Restaurante MR1, located just above the Museo del Patrimonio.

Prof. Nigel Ray

Toric Topology

Applications of algebraic topology to science and engineering

Spring School on Applied and Toric Topology

Málaga, May 10-14, 2010

Promoted by the Spanish Topology Network

Courses and schedule

Coordination:

Yves Félix, yves.felix at uclouvain.be

Aniceto Murillo, aniceto at uma.es

Daniel Tanré, daniel.tanre at univ-Lille1.fr

 

Local Organizing Team:

José G. Carrasquel, jgcarras at agt.cie.uma.es

Antonio Garvín, garvin at uma.es

Francisco Gómez, fgomez at agt.cie.uma.es

Sergio Huerta, shuerta at agt.cie.uma.es

Aniceto Murillo, aniceto at uma.es

Antonio Viruel, viruel at agt.cie.uma.es

 

 

spring.school at agt.cie.uma.es

Contact:

Schedule

Prof. Robert Ghrist

Syllabus:

1. Complexes (in robotics, networks and planning)

2. Euler Characteristic (in signal processing)

3. Homology (in sensor networks)

4. Persistence (in data management)

5. Morse Theory (in dynamics and signal processing)

6. Sheaves (in network coding and circuits)

7. Categories (in data clustering)

Syllabus:

1. Examples

2. Group Actions on Sets

3. Polytopes and Simplicial Complexes

4. Torus Actions on Spaces

5. Cohomology Rings

6. Stably Complex Structures

7. Homotopy Uniqueness

Aims, objectives, prerequisites, lectures and some references for the course are given by Prof. Ray in this link

Supported by:

Monday 10th., at 18,30, a Welcome Cocktail will be served at the terrace of the “Rectorado” of the University of Málaga.

Wednesday 12th., starting at 17,00 from the “Rectorado” of the University of Málaga, there will be a guided visit to the Alcazaba (Morish Castle), the Cathedral, and the Picasso Birthplace Museum.

The Conference Banquet (Thursday, 9 pm), as well as the coffee breaks, will be served at Restaurante MR1, located just above the Museo del Patrimonio.