Thematic Program in Discrete Groups in Topology and Algebraic Geometry

June 2-20, 2025

Organizing Committee:
Aaron Landesman (Harvard University)
Nicholas Salter (University of Notre Dame)
Bena Tshishiku (Brown University)

Schedule:
Undergraduate Week June 2 – 6, 2025
Graduate Week June 9 – 13, 2025
International Conference Week June 16 – 20, 2025
Lectures take place in Hayes-Healy Hall 125, 127, or 129
Registration and Breakfast in Hurley Hall 257

Undergraduate Week:
This week will explore the theme of “discrete groups in topology and algebraic geometry” through the lens of elliptic curves, their moduli, and connections with basic principles of geometric group theory.
Undergraduate Speakers:
Daniel Studenmund (Binghamton University)
Shuddhodan Kadattur Vasudevan (University of Notre Dame)

Graduate Workshop Abstracts & Titles
https://sites.nd.edu/cmnd2025-thematic-program/graduate-workshop-abstracts-titles/

Graduate Student Workshop Minicourse Speakers:
Jose Cogolludo (Universidad de Zaragoza)
Benson Farb (University of Chicago)
Simion Filip (University of Chicago)
Daniel Litt (University of Toronto)
Yuan Liu (UIUC)

International Conference Abstracts & Titles
https://sites.nd.edu/cmnd2025-thematic-program/international-conference-titles-abstracts/

International Conference Speakers:
Ishan Banerjee (Ohio State University)
Inanc Baykur (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Will Chen (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Sean Cotner (University of Michigan)
Richard Hain (Duke University)
Wanlin Li (Washington University in St. Louis)
Eduard Looijenga (University of Chicago)
Soheil Mamarian (Purdue University)
Anand Patel (Oklahoma State University)
Andy Putman (University of Notre Dame)
Sidhanth Raman (University of California-Irvine)
Tomer Schlank (University of Chicago)
Ananth Shankar (Northwestern University)
Alex Suciu (Northeastern University)
Orsola Tommasi (University of Padova)
Jennifer Wilson (University of Michigan)
Jesse Wolfson (University of California-Irvine)
Alex Wright (University of Michigan)
Chenglong Yu (Tsinghua University)
Xiyan Zhong (University of Notre Dame)

International Conference Participants:
Ezra Aylaian, Duke University
Ishan Banerjee, Ohio State University
Geoffrey Baring, Purdue University
Eshaan Bhansali, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Aaron Calderon, University of Chicago
Sean Carroll, Northeastern University
Erin Chambers, University of Notre Dame
Haochen Cheng, Northwestern University
Sean Cotner, University of Michigan
Thomas Csizmadia, The University of Auckland
Haohua Deng, Duke University
Yukun Du, University of Georgia, Athens
Sam Freedman, University of Chicago
Rezza Hadian, Purdue University
Haoyang He, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Annie Holden, University of Notre Dame
Faye Jackson, University of Chicago
Han Lim Jang, Binghamton University
Ricky Lee, University of California, Santa Barbara
Benedict Lee, University of California, Santa Barbara
Joshua Lehman, University of Notre Dame
Tudur Lewis, University of Bristol
Yun Liu, Indiana University Bloomington
Ben Lowe, University of Chicago
Trent Lucas, Brown University
Yuyuan Luo, Princeton University
Carlos Andres Marcelo Servan, University of Chicago      
Soheil Memariansorkhabi, Purdue University
Jonah Mendel, Rice University
Dan Minahan, University of Chicago
Hank Morris, University of Illinois Chicago
Marwa Mosallam, Binghamton University
Saayan Mukherjee, Oklahoma State University
Suhasiny Naik, University of California, Irvine
Akash Narayanan, Georgia Institute of Technology
Nowrin Nuzhat, University of Idaho
Yuqian Ouyang, University of Chicago
Urshita Pal, University of Michigan
Sidhanth Raman, University of California, Irvine
Adithya Sathyanarayana , Michigan State University
Shuxian Song, Vanderbilt University
Andreas Stavrou, University of Chicago
Anh Tran, University of Illinois Chicago
Edward Varvak, University of Illinois Chicago
Sireesh Vinnakota, University of California, Irvine
Ping Wan, University of Illinois Chicago
Ruocheng Yang, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Yuxiang Yao, University of California, Irvine
Mohao Yi, Washington University in St. Louis
Zhong Zhang, University of Chicago
Yilong Zhang, Purdue University
Kejia Zhu, University of California, Riverside