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The 2011 Fall meeting of the
Midwest Topology Seminar will be held at
Illinois State University (ISU)
in Normal, Illinois, on Saturday, October 8th.
Registration
If you plan to attend this event please take a few seconds to provide your
name and institution on this form. This will help us plan properly.
Click here for a list of confirmed participants. (This is a list of participants who have completed the above form. It is a Google document that is automatically updated every 5 minutes.)
Schedule
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| 9:15 - 10:00
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Coffee and refreshments |
| 10:00 - 11:00 |
Brooke Shipley
(Univ. of Illinois, Chicago)
An algebraic model for free rational G-equivariant spectra
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| 11:30 - 12:30 |
Anna Marie Bohmann (Northwestern University)
Global equivariant homotopy theory |
| 12:30 - 2:00 |
Lunch break |
| 2:00 - 3:00 |
Igor Kriz
(Univ. of Michigan)
Fun with knots, links and trees (joint work with Daniel Kriz)
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| 3:00 - 3:45 |
Coffee and refreshments |
| 3:45 - 4:45 |
Randy McCarthy
(UIUC)
Goodwillie's Calculus and functors of Algebras |
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All talks will be held in the
State
Farm Hall of Business (College of Business)
COB 139 (Caterpillar Auditorium), and refreshments
will be provided in the COB Atrium which is in the
lower level.
Abstracts
CLICK HERE for the PDF
file containing the abstracts of all talks.
Getting here
There are many ways to get to Normal, IL. Our central location makes
it easily accessible by car, train, or flight.
BY CAR
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Getting to Normal, IL by car is easy since it is located at the junction of Interstates I-55, I-39, and I-74: click here for directions. Note that we are about 3 hours by car from Chicago and St. Louis.
BY TRAIN
BY AIR
- Most major airlines fly to the Central
Illinois Regional Airport. This serves the twin cities Bloomington and Normal, and the airport code is BMI.
- Normal is also accesible directly from Chicago O'Hare or Midway
airports by a regular shuttle bus service. Visit the
Peoria Charter Coach website for the bus
schedule and fare information. Under "Select
a trip" you have to select "Daily service --
going south", and
then select your travel date to see the schedule. The bus
drops you at the Boone Student Center on the
ISU campus.
Local information
- Campus
Map (Talks will be held in the
State Farm Hall (College of business) COB 139 (Caterpillar Auditorium)
- Parking options on campus:
- RED faculty/staff and GREEN commuter lots (not to include
reserved spaces) have open parking from 7:00 pm Friday to 4:00 am
Monday. One such lot is the F24 lot located off of Dale Street
between South Main St. and South University Street. (See the
ISU Campus Map.)
Parking in this lot is free of charge, but is more of a walk to the
entrance to the State Farm Hall (College of Business). (Walk East to
University Street, then North and the State Farm Hall (College of Business) will be on your right.)
- There is a pay lot on South University Street between Hale
Street and Dale Street, just south of the State Farm Hall (College of Business). (See the ISU Campus Map.) Parking rates are reasonable (under $1.00 per hour) and in the evening they stop collecting parking fees.
- Restaurants guide
Lodging
A block of rooms have been reserved for Friday (Oct. 7) and Saturday (Oct. 8) nights at the
Signature Inn
which is about 2 miles from the ISU campus. Here is
their address and phone number.101 S. Veterans Pkwy
Normal, IL 61761
Tel: (309)454-4044
Conference Rate: $61.59/night (inclusive of taxes). Ask for the
Midwest Topology Seminar rate when booking the room.
Click here for the driving directions to reach the campus from the hotel.
Note: The hotel provides continental breakfast, parking,
and Wi-fi free of cost to all visitors.
Financial support
Some funds are available to support travel costs of participants, especially
for graduate students and junior faculty without other support.
Those who wish to receive travel assistance should send Robert Bruner (rrb@math.wayne.edu) an email with their name, institution, status (student, etc.) and expected travel costs, in advance of the meeting, so that resources can be fairly allocated.
Organizers
Sunil Chebolu (schebol
at ilstu.edu)
George Seelinger (gfseeli at ilstu.edu)
Please contact any of us if you have questions.
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