About the conference
Since Vaughan Jones's discovery of his knot invariant in 1984, and Edward Witten's explanation of it using 3D Quantum Chern-Simons theory in 1988, Quantum Topology has grown into one of the most influential areas of mathematics, with deep connections to algebra, representation theory, number theory, mathematical physics, and quantum computation.
This international conference will bring together leading researchers in quantum topology from around the world, together with young mathematicians — with a particular focus on early-career mathematicians connected to Asia — to examine and push forward the new ideas currently driving the field.
Topics
- New structures in topological quantum field theories
- Skein theory of 2- and 3-dimensional manifolds
- The emerging quantum topology of 4-dimensional spaces
- Quantum topology and quantum computation
- Asymptotics of quantum invariants and the Volume Conjecture
- Categorification and link homology
- Quantum Teichmüller theory and cluster algebras
Organizing Committee
- Stavros Garoufalidis (Southern University of Science and Technology)
- Andrew James Kricker (Nanyang Technological University)
- Thang T.Q. Le (Georgia Institute of Technology)
- Adam Sikora (University at Buffalo)
- Emile Okada (Nanyang Technological University) — Local Organizer
- Leonard Huang (Nanyang Technological University) — Local Organizer
Please email AJKricker at ntu.edu.sg for any general enquiries about this conference. If you receive an email about this conference that is not from this email please check it carefully to make sure it is not a scam.
Sponsors
Confirmed speakers
- Dror Bar-Natan (University of Toronto)
- Anna Beliakova (University of Zurich)
- Efstratia Kalfagianni (Michigan State University)
- Stavros Garoufalidis (Southern University of Science and Technology)
- Sam Gunningham (Montana State University)
- Vijay Higgins (UCLA)
- Hiroaki Karuo (Gakushuin University)
- Rinat Kashaev (University of Geneva, to be confirmed)
- Mikhail Khovanov (Columbia University)
- Hyun Kyu Kim (Korea Institute for Advanced Study)
- Thang T.Q. Le (Georgia Institute of Technology)
- Julien Marché (Sorbonne Université)
- Jun Murakami (Waseda University)
- Sunghyuk Park (Harvard University)
- Nicolai Reshetikhin (Tsinghua University)
- Zhe Sun (University of Science and Technology of China)
- Sakie Suzuki (Institute of Science Tokyo)
- Roland van der Veen (University of Groningen)
- Zhihao Wang (Korea Institute for Advanced Study)
- Helen Wong (Claremont McKenna College)
- Tian Yang (Texas A&M University)
- Tao Yu (Southern University of Science and Technology)
Further speakers to be announced.
Schedule To be announced
The program will run over five days, May 18–22, 2027, with 50-minute invited talks and ample time for discussion and collaboration. Some shorter talks by other participants may also be scheduled. On a free afternoon in the middle of the week, an excursion will be arranged for interested participants, and one evening will feature a public lecture open to the wider NTU community.
The detailed schedule, titles, and abstracts will be posted here.
Registration & support
Expected registration fee
Registration opens TBA
Instructions for registration and payment will be posted here.
Pre-registration form
To assist with planning for the conference, please fill out this form if you are interested to participate. (Invited speakers don't need to fill this out.)
Venue & travel
- Venue
- School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (SPMS)
Nanyang Technological University
21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
Open in Google Maps - Lecture room
- TBA
- Accommodation
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The main conference accommodation will be NTU's comfortable on-campus hotel, the Nanyang Executive Centre. This hotel is a 15 minute walk through NTU's lush grounds to the conference venue.
Participants whose accomodation will be provided by the conference will be staying at the Nanyang Executive Centre. Participants who are covering their own accomodation expenses (thank you!) are encouraged to also stay here if possible. For such participants, the nightly rate including breakfast for single occupancy is expected to be approximately SGD 226 including tax. For double occupancy the rate becomes SGD 250 including tax. Please contact the conference organizers in these cases.
The conference will recommend some other hotel options later on at a range of price points, including some hotels located downtown.
- Arriving
- Most international visitors arrive via Singapore Changi Airport (SIN). NTU is located in the west of the island. Transport options to campus include:
- Option 1: Ride-sharing or Taxi — A direct taxi or ride-hailing car (Grab, Gojek) from Changi Airport takes about 45 minutes. Taxis in Singapore are quite reliable, and the ride to NTU typically costs between S$40 and S$50.
- Option 2: MRT to Pioneer followed by 179 bus or NTU Campus Rider (Green loop) — Take the MRT train to Pioneer station, then take public bus 179 or the free NTU Campus Rider (Green Loop) shuttle bus. Pioneer station is the MRT station closest to NTU.
- Option 3: MRT to Boon Lay followed by 179 bus or 199 bus — Take the MRT train to Boon Lay station, then transfer to public bus 179 or public bus 199. A large shopping mall (Jurong Point) is located directly at Boon Lay station. Jurong Point has many food options and amenities.
We recommend consulting Google Maps on the day to find out which option is best depending on your destination (i.e. NEC or SPMS). To use public transport in Singapore, you simply tap a contactless credit card or debit card at the entrance and exit gantries/readers.
- Visas
- Many nationalities can enter Singapore without a visa for short visits. Check your requirements with the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority, and complete the SG Arrival Card online within three days before arrival. Letters of invitation are available from the organizers on request.
- Weather
- Singapore is usually hot and humid (typically 25–32 °C) with occasional heavy rainstorms. All the conference spaces are well air-conditioned.