Reading group on (∞,n)-categories

This is a reading group on (∞,n)-categories and applications. Talks are 90 minutes, followed by 20 minutes of discussion. Attendees are expected to read the references prior to the talks. Please contact Malthe at Malthe.Sporring (at) ed (dot) ac (dot) uk if you would like to be involved.

Schedule

Date and locationSpeakerTopicReferences
2-4PM Friday Feb 2nd
Bayes 5.46
Adrián Doña MateoModel categoriesHovey, Model Categories
Chapter 1 and some examples from 2-3
2-4PM Friday Feb 16th
Bayes 5.45
Malthe SporringAxioms and unicityBarwick, Schommer-Pries On the Unicity of the Homotopy Theory of Higher Categories
Part 1-2
2-4PM Friday Mar 1st
Bayes 5.46
Willow BevingtonModels of (∞,n)-categories; monoidal structuresBarwick, Schommer-Pries On the Unicity of the Homotopy Theory of Higher Categories
Part 3
Calaque, Scheimbauer A note on the (∞,n)-category of cobordisms
Part 1
2-4PM Friday Mar 22nd
Bayes 5.46
Lucy SpouncerFactorisation homology and TQFTsTanaka, Lectures on Factorization Homology
2-4PM Friday Mar 29th
Bayes 5.46
Benjamin HajounThe (∞,n)-category of cobordismsCalaque, Scheimbauer A note on the (∞,n)-category of cobordisms
Part 2
Scheimbauer Factorization Homology as a Fully Extended Topological Field Theory
Part 2
2PM Friday April 12th
Bayes 5.46
Iordanis RomaidisThe Morita (∞,n)-category of E_n algebrasScheimbauer Factorization Homology as a Fully Extended Topological Field Theory
Part 3
2PM Friday June 21st
Bayes 5.46
Willow BevingtonFactorisation homology as a fully extended TQFTScheimbauer Factorization Homology as a Fully Extended Topological Field Theory
Part 4