Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA

February 2-4, 2006

Description:

This workshop at the Georgia Tech Conference Center (Conference Room B, Second Floor) is intended to bring together a select group of materials scientists, physicists, and applied mathematicians with an interest in quantifying the topology of microstructures and relating it to macroscopic properties of materials. In addition to providing a forum for discussing current and future applications of topological techniques, the workshop includes tutorial lectures on computational homology and the publicly available software package CHomP. We want to give the participants ample opportunity to interact, share ideas, and explore the potential for future collaborations. For this reason, we are limiting the number and length of the lectures in order to provide adequate time for informal discussions.

This workshop is supported by the Department of Energy, the College of Sciences, College of Engineering and the Vice Provost for Research at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and is related to DARPA's Topological Data Analysis program.