DIMACS Working Group on Exotic Constructions in Group Theory

September 22 - 24, 2010
DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University

Organizers:

Robert Gilman, Stevens, Robert.Gilman at stevens.edu

Bakhodyr Khoussainov, The University of Auckland (New Zealand), bmk at cs.auckland.ac.nz

Alexei Miasnikov, Stevens, amiasnik at stevens.edu

Workshop Program:

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

 9:00 -  9:30  Breakfast and Registration

 9:30 - 10:00  Short discussion

10:00 - 11:00  Informal talk
               Bakhodyr Khoussainov, University of Auckland

11:00 - 11:30  Morning break

11:30 - 12:30  Breakout groups

12:30 -  2:00  Lunch

 2:00 -  2:30  Short discussion

 3:30 -  4:30  Informal talk
               Carl Jockusch, University of Illinois

 4:30 -  5:00  Afternoon break

 5:00 -  6:00  Breakout groups

Thursday, September 23, 2010
 
 9:00 -  9:30  Breakfast and Registration

 9:30 - 10:00  Short discussion

10:00 - 11:00  Tarski monsters and related constructions
               Mark Sapir, Vanderbilt University

11:00 - 11:30  Morning break

11:30 - 12:30  Breakout groups

12:30 -  2:00  Lunch

 2:00 -  2:30  Short discussion

 3:30 -  4:30  Informal talk
               Steffen Lempp, University of Wisconsin

 4:30 -  5:00  Afternoon break

 5:00 -  6:00  Breakout groups

Friday, September 24, 2010
 
 9:00 -  9:30  Breakfast and Registration

 9:30 - 10:00  Short discussion

10:00 - 11:00  Generic Computability and Geometric Group Theory
               Paul Schupp, University of Illinois

11:00 - 11:30  Morning break

11:30 - 12:30  General discussion

12:30 -  2:00  Lunch

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