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Connections for Women: Geometric Group Theory August 17, 2016 - August 19, 2016

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Aug 17, 2016
Wednesday
09:00 AM - 09:10 AM
  Welcome
09:10 AM - 10:10 AM
  Quasi-isometric rigidity
Tullia Dymarz (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
  Break
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
  Discussion Groups
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  Quasi-isometric rigidity
Tullia Dymarz (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
  Lunch
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
  Visual and Tits Boundaries of CAT(0) spaces
Kim Ruane (Tufts University)
03:00 PM - 03:15 PM
  Tea Break
03:15 PM - 04:05 PM
  Discussion Groups
04:15 PM - 05:15 PM
  Visual and Tits Boundaries of CAT(0) spaces
Kim Ruane (Tufts University)
Aug 18, 2016
Thursday
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  CAT(0) Cube Complexes and Low Dimensional Cohomology
Talia Fernós (Vanderbilt University; University of North Carolina)
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
  Break
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
  Discussion Groups
11:20 AM - 12:10 PM
  CAT(0) Cube Complexes and Low Dimensional Cohomology
Talia Fernós (Vanderbilt University; University of North Carolina)
12:10 PM - 01:20 PM
  Lunch
01:20 PM - 02:20 PM
  Sofic groups - an introduction
Kate Juschenko (Northwestern University)
02:30 PM - 03:20 PM
  Discussion Groups
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
  Sofic groups - an introduction
Kate Juschenko (Northwestern University)
04:30 PM - 04:45 PM
  Tea Break
04:45 PM - 06:15 PM
  Panel Discussion
07:00 PM - 08:15 PM
  Dinner at the Taste of Himlayas
Aug 19, 2016
Friday
09:10 AM - 10:10 AM
  Growth of groups
Moon Duchin (Tufts University)
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
  Break
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
  Discussion Groups
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  Growth of groups
Moon Duchin (Tufts University)
12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
  Lunch
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
  Fiberations of free-by-cyclic groups
Yael Algom-Kfir (University of Haifa)
03:00 PM - 03:15 PM
  Tea Break
03:15 PM - 04:05 PM
  Discussion groups
04:15 PM - 05:05 PM
  Fiberations of free-by-cyclic groups
Yael Algom-Kfir (University of Haifa)