Singularities in Topology & Physics: ICM 2026 Satellite Conference

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Location: 129 Hayes-Healy Center

Singularities in Topology & Physics

Dedicated to Julius Shaneson's 80th anniversary
https://people.math.wisc.edu/~lmaxim/SingTopPhy.html

University of Notre Dame, Dept. of Mathematics

Location: 129 Hayes-Healy Center
August 3 - 7, 2026

GENERAL INFORMATION: See website for additional information

  • The conference will explore the role of singularities in topology, geometry, and mathematical physics, bringing together researchers who approach these structures from complementary perspectives. The main topics of the conference include:
    • Codimension two embedding theory
    • Characteristic classes of singular varieties
    • Singularities in mathematical physics
    • Stratified spaces in computational topolog