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Northeastern 2017

Northeastern University
 

The Fall 2017 workshop will take place at Northeastern University, October 13-15, 2017.  Support is provided by NSF and Northeastern University.


Registration:  Please fill in the registration form.
 

Speakers:


Abstracts: available soon!

List of participants: available in due course

Videos and slides from the talks: available in due course

Schedule: All lectures will be in the Behrakis Center, room 010.


Friday, October 13
3:00pm-4:00pm Registration; coffee and cookies
4:00pm-5:00pm Talk 1
5:00pm-5:30pmBreak
5:30pm-6:30pmTalk 2
6:30pmInformal AGNES women meeting


Saturday, October 14

8:30am-9:00amBreakfast
9:00am-10:00am Talk 3
10:00am-10:30am Coffee break
10:30am-11:00am Pre-talk 4 (for junior participants only)
11:00am-12 noon Talk 4
12 noon-2:00pm Lunch
2:00pm-3:00pm AGNES women: panel discussion on diversity issues
3:00pm-3:30pm Coffee break
3:30pm-4:00pm Pre-talk 5 (for junior participants only)
4:00pm-5:00pm Talk 5
5:00pm-5:30pm Break
5:30pm-6:30pmPoster Session
6:30pmDinner


Sunday, October 15

8:30am-9:00amBreakfast
9:00am-10:00amTalk 6
10am-10:30amCoffee break
10:30am-11amPre-talk 7 (for junior participants only)
11am-12 noonTalk 7
12 noon-12:15pmBreak
12:15pm-1:15pmTalk 8


Directions: Northeastern is accessible by subway via the Green Line of the MBTA. From downtown Boston, take an "E" train outbound to the Northeastern stop, the first stop above ground. The campus can also be reached from downtown via the Orange Line by taking any train going outbound to Forest Hills and getting off at Ruggles Station. Commuter rail lines connect with the Orange Line at Ruggles Station, Back Bay Station, and North Station. The campus map is available here.

Wireless Internet Access: Wireless internet access is available via NUwave-guest, or via eduroam.

Conference Hotel: The participants will be staying at the Holiday Inn Boston-Brookline.

Parking: Visitor parking is available at the Renaissance Parking Garage, 835 Columbus Avenue; parking coupons are available upon request.

Financial support: We will try to cover travel costs, with preference given to junior participants. Graduate students applying to participate in their first AGNES should ask their advisor to send a short e-mail of support (one paragraph) to either agnes.northeastern@gmail.com or to one of the organizers.


About AGNES: AGNES is a series of weekend workshops in algebraic geometry. One of our goals is to introduce graduate students to a broad spectrum of current research in algebraic geometry. AGNES is held twice a year at the participating universities in the Northeast.