QuaSy-Con II  

    24 - 26 May, 2024
    University of Notre Dame  

Photo by Fractal Hassan on Unsplash                                                        

Welcome to QuaSy-Con II!

Quantum Symmetries Conferences in the U.S. Midwest (founded by Chelsea Walton)

‣ General Info

> We are very happy to bring to you the continuation of QuaSy-Con! Thanks to Chelsea Walton, we had a wonderful time at QuaSy-Con I. So why not do it again!

> Organizers:
Katrina Barron, University of Notre Dame
Emily Peters, Loyola University
Julia Plavnik, Indiana University
Gaywalee Yamskulna, Illinois State University

> A reminder of the fun we had last time: QuaSy-Con I photo

‣ List of participants -- (as of Apr. 27)

*Elise Askelsen, University of Iowa
  Cesiley Barnes, Illinois State University
  Katrina Barron, University of Notre Dame
*Nicolas Bridges, Purdue University
*Shawn Cui, Purdue University
  Cory Gillette, University of Notre Dame
*Alexei Davydov, Ohio University
  Misha Gekhtman, University of Notre Dame
*Jonas Hartwig, Iowa State University
*Vijay Higgins, Michigan State University
*Gerald Hoehn, Kansas State University
  Brett Hungar, The Ohio State University
  Peter Huston, Vanderbilt University
*Pradyut Karmakar, Ohio University
*Ralph Kaufmann, Purdue University
  Alexander Keene, Illinois State University
*Ryan Kinser, University of Iowa
*Zhongzhu Lin, Kansas State University
  Vindya Morawaliyadda, Michigan State University
  Shashini Marasinghe, Michigan State University
  Pavel Mnev, University of Notre Dame
  Ehiareshan James Obeahon, University of Delaware
*Florencia Orosz Hunziker, University of Colorado at Boulder
*Christopher Raymond, Université Laval
*Sean Sanford, The Ohio State University
  Christopher Schommer-Pries, University of Notre Dame
  Luke J Seaton, Michigan State University
  Shashank Pratap Singh, University of Iowa
  Christian Soltermann, Illinois State University
  Ben Spencer, Indiana University
*Jacob Van Grinsven, University of Iowa
*Padmini Veerapen, Tennessee Tech University
*Daniel Wallick, The Ohio State University
  Gaywalee Yamskulna, Illinois State University

*Indicates speaker

‣ General Schedule

> Friday, May 24th: Arrival for an afternoon of introductory talks and tea.

> Saturday, May 25th and Sunday, May 26th, we plan to have 30 minute talks, with breaks for Tea and Lunch, and there will be a conference Dinner on Saturday evening.

If there is enough interest, we will also have a session of 5 minute micro talks for graduate students or anyone who prefers this format.

‣ Titles and Abstracts

> Titles and Abstracts.

If you are giving a talk and have not sent in your title and abstract, please do so as soon as possible!

‣ Registration

> If you are interested in participating in the workshop, please contact one of the organizers.

‣ Hotel Information

> A list of local hotels is available here.

We have blocks of rooms reserved at a discount rate at the first two hotels listed.

‣ Support

> We are gratefully to the generous support of the University of Notre Dame Office of Research, College of Science, and Department of Mathematics. This conference is also supported in part by K. Barron's Simons Travel Grant.

Rough Schedule of Talks/Activities


Date Time Speaker/Activity
Friday   5/24 1:00pm - 1:30pm
Hurley Math Lounge
Arrival and Registration
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Hayes-Healy 127
Ryan Kinser: Hopf actions an algebras in tensor categories
2:40pm - 3:40pm
Hayes-Healy 127
Zongzhu Lin: Differential graded vertex algebras
3:40pm - 4:15pm
Math Lounge
Coffee/Tea and Registration
4:20pm - 4:50pm
Hayes-Healy 127
TBD
5:00pm - 5:30pm
Hayes-Healy 127
TBD
Saturday   5/25 9:00am - 9:30am
Math Lounge
Coffee/Tea and Registration
9:30am - 10:00am
Hayes-Healy 127
TBD
10:05am - 10:35am
Hayes-Healy 127
TBD
10:35am - 11:15am
Math Lounge
Coffee/Tea
11:15am - 11:45am
Hayes-Healy 127
TBD
11:50am - 12:20pm
Hayes-Healy 127
TBD
12:20pm - 2:30pm
Break for lunch
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Hayes-Healy 127
TBD
3:05pm - 3:35pm
Hayes-Healy 127
TBD
3:35pm - 4:15pm
Math Lounge
Coffee/Tea
4:15pm - 4:50pm
127 Hayes-Healy
Two 15 minute talks
4:50pm - 5:30pm
127 Hayes-Healy
Micro talks and then Conference Photo
5:30pm - 9:00pm
Hurley Globe
Conference Dinner
Sunday   5/26 9:00am - 9:45am
Math Lounge
Coffee/Tea
9:45am - 10:15am
Hayes-Healy 127
TBD
10:20am - 10:50am
Hayes-Healy 127
TBD
10:50am - 11:30am
Math Lounge
Coffee/Tea
11:30am - 12:00pm
Hayes-Healy 127
Micro-talks
12:30pm - 2:30pm
Break for lunch
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Hayes-Healy 127
TBD
3:05pm - 3:35pm
Hayes-Healy 127
TBD
3:35pm - 4:15pm
Math Lounge
Coffee/Tea
4:15pm - 4:45pm
127 Hayes-Healy
TBD
4:50pm - 5:20pm
127 Hayes-Healy
TBD
End Say your good-byes or stick around and hang out for a dinner with friends.


Last updated April 30, 2024.