Cascade Topology Seminar

Cascade
Topology
Seminar

The Cascade Topology Seminar is a semi-annual gathering of topologists from the Pacific Northwest and Southwestern Canada.

Pictures courtesty of Brad Shelton

Fall 2003 Meeting: Saturday and Sunday November 1-2

University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

Note also a special colloquium talk by Gunnar Carlsson on Friday, October 31 at 4pm.

Meeting number 32

Schedule
Saturday November 1:
9:00-10:00	Coffee/tea, etc. Fenton Hall Common Room
10:00-11:00	Gunnar Carlsson	Stanford University	Derived completion and representation varieties
11:30-12:30	Jack Morava	Johns Hopkins University	Two-categories and four-manifolds
2:30-3:30	Kristine Baxter Bauer	University of Calgary	Classifications of degree n functors
4:00-5:00	Gregor Masbaum	Paris VII	Integral structures in TQFT

6:30	Dinner at Dev Sinha's house.	For info, contact dps@uoregon.edu

Sunday November a2:
9:00-9:30	Coffee/Tea etc.	Fenton Lounge
9:30-10:30	Julia Pevtsova	University of Oregon	Rank varieties and classification of thick subcategories for finite dimensional Hopf algebras
11:00-12:00	Peter Teichner	University of California, San Diego	Embedding n-complexes into 2n-space

Coffee/Tea/snacks will be in the common room in Fenton Hall.
All lectures will be in 110 Fenton Hall.
For previous attendees of the Cascade in Eugene, note that this is not the usual place.

There will be a party at Dev Sinha's house on Saturday evening.

For information: Hal Sadofsky (541) 346-5619, Dev Sinha (541) 346-5627.
University of Oregon, Department of Mathematics

Limited support from the National Science Foundation is available for participants in these meetings without grant support. First priority will go to graduate students and faculty from regional universities. Participants from other universities may be supported if funds are available.

Technical Information

Transportation

By plane

Eugene is served by United Airlines with direct flights from San Francisco and Denver. It is also served by Horizon/Alaska Air with flights from a number of nearby cities, and by America West.

For really complete driving information see Chris Phillip's directions.
More briefly:
To reach Eugene and the University of Oregon from the North:

I-5 to Exit 194B (Eugene, I-105 West).
I-105 West to Exit 2 (Coburg Rd).
Fork on exit; stay left, following sign for UO and Downtown.
Follow Coburg Rd straight (south) onto bridge, crossing Willamette River.
Get in left lane and follow signs to UO.
You will end up on Franklin Blvd heading ESE. Stay in right lane.
At first light, follow Franklin around a bend to the left, now heading east.
You will pass the following in this order:
- Arby's on left
- McDonald's on left
- A stop light at Hilyard; go straight (east)
- Original Pancake House on right
- Phoenix Inn on right
- A stop light at 11th; go straight (east)
- Burger King on left at Agate St./Riverfront Pkwy.
Turn right (south) on Agate St.
Turn left (east) on 13th and park in the visitor lot (on left) or at a meter.

To reach Eugene and the University of Oregon from the South (on I5):
Take exit 192 toward Eugene. This exit will place you on Franklin Boulevard heading west. Turn left (south) onto Agate St., and follow instructions above to get to visitor parking lot.

Fenton Hall is a 8 to 10 minute walk west along 13th Avenue from the visitors parking lot.

Housing

The hotels below are quite close by. Mention you are going to a conference at the University of Oregon so you are given the appropriate rate.

New Oregon Best Western, 1-800-528-1234 or 1-541-683-3669, 1655 Franklin Blvd. (from $55.)
Green Tree Best Western, 1-800-528-1234, 1-541-485-2727 1759 Franklin Blvd.
Franklin Inn, 541-342-4804, 1857 Franklin Blvd. ($35-$50)

Other possibilities:

Motel 6, (Eugene South) 3690 Glenwood Drive. This is about 1.5 miles from the University, (541) 687-2395. It is east of the University, off of I5.
Motel 6, (Eugene-Springfield) 3752 International Ct Springfield, (541) 741-1105. This is off I5, a several miles to the north of the University.
Pacific 9 Motor Lodge. 3550 Gateway Springfield, (541) 726-9266. This is also north of the University off of I5. It is very Motel 6-like.
The Timbers Motel, 1015 Pearl St. Eugene, (541) 343-3345. This is in downtown Eugene, about 1.5 miles from the University to the west. (It isn't in the woods in spite of its name - choose the first Motel 6 if you want in the woods.)

Also very close (maybe a 15 minute walk to where the talks are) but west of campus, and therefore close to downtown:

Campus Inn, 1-800-888-6313, 390 E. Broadway.
Eugene Motor Lodge, 1-800-876-7829, 476 E. Broadway ($38 single).
Travelers Inn, 1-541-342-1109, 540 E. Broadway ($32 single).

These three are listed in order as you approach the U of O.

Directions to Dev Sinha's house

Dev Sinha's house is relatively close to campus (25 minute walk or less), but the directions are complicated.

Here are detailed directions.

Restaurants

There are restaurants along 13th Avenue heading west into the downtown area, several of which are quite close to the university. The biggest concentration near the University is on Alder between 11th and 13th Avenues.

There are also places to eat up around the corner of Agate and 19th Avenue, south of the campus. And there are restaurants along Franklin Boulevard, and at the 5th Street Market (which is on 5th Avenue, downtown).

The math department is in Deady Hall and Fenton Hall.

Return to the UO Math Department home page.