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TSVP Symposium: Representation Theory and Topological Data Analysis

Title: Representation Theory and Topological Data Analysis: Latest Advances

This symposium is part of the TSVP Thematic Program "Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined". The program will run from June 23 to August 9, 2025.

TSVP Talk: "Models of the ventral visual pathway, from neurobiology to artificial networks" by Wyeth Bair

TSVP Talk
Language: English (no interpretation).
Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond.
Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom). 

TSVP Talk: "Knots, Physics, Knotted Vortices and the Topology of Vortex Reconnection" by Louis H Kauffman

TSVP Talk
Language: English (no interpretation).
Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond.
Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

2 Expository Talks by Prof. Francois Petit (Sheaves and Persistence & Metric Aspects of Sheaf Theory)

2 Expository Talk by Prof. Francois Petit (FCRESS, France), as part of the Thematic Program TDA PARTI: Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined.

Title: Sheaves and Persistence & Metric Aspects of Sheaf Theory

*Talk 1 (Sheaves and Persistence): 10:00-11:00, July 17, 2025

*Location: OIST, Lab 5, Floor D, Room L5D23

**Talk 2 (Metric Aspects of Sheaf Theory): 10:00-11:00, July 18, 2025

**Location: OIST, Lab 5, Floor D, Room L5D23

Zoom Link: Will be posted closer to the event!

TSVP Talk: "Asymptotics for Biological Data in Non-Smooth Spaces" by Ezra Miller

TSVP Talk
Language: English (no interpretation).
Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond.
Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

2 Expository Talks by Dr. Raphael Bennett-Tennenhaus (Decompositions and classifications, a view towards persistence modules)

2 Expository Talk by Dr. Raphael Bennett-Tennenhaus (Bielefeld University, Germany), as part of the Thematic Program TDA PARTI: Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined.

Title: Decompositions and classifications with a view towards persistence modules

*Talk 1: 14:00-15:00, July 14, 2025

*Location: OIST, Lab 3, Floor C, Room C700

**Talk 2: 11:00-12:00, July 15, 2025

**Location: OIST, Lab 5, Floor D, Room L5D23

Zoom Link: Will be posted closer to the event!

TSVP Talk: "Ester Reduction with Milstein-Type Catalysts: Theory and Experiment" by Dmitri Goussev

TSVP Talk
Language: English (no interpretation).
Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond.
Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

Expository Talk by Prof. Gordana Todorov (Continuous Cluster Categories)

Expository Talk by Prof. Gordana Todorov (Northeastern University, USA), as part of the Thematic Program TDA PARTI: Topological Data Analysis, Persistence And Representation Theory Intertwined.

Location: OIST campus, Lab 5, Room L5D23

​Zoom Link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/94782960593?pwd=R0oI1bBPgL5eCVd9HBdvrv2H7Q8Py9.1
Meeting ID: 947 8296 0593
Passcode: 584111