Higher Structures Lisbon (deformation theory, operads, higher categories developments & applications)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, 24-27 July 2017
The aim of this meeting is to stimulate interaction between people, who are working in higher structures interpreted in the broad sense (to mean higher stacks, $L_\infty$- and $A_\infty$-algebras, Batalin–Vilkovisky algebras, higher category theory, operad theory and related areas). Such flavours of higher structures have appeared in
- differential geometry (non-abelian and higher gerbes),
- rational homotopy theory,
- algebraic topology (string structures, extended topological quantum field theories),
- persistent homology,
- higher gauge theory,
- topological quantum field theory, possibly with defects,
- homological methods in quantum field theory,
- strings and branes,
- topological phases of matter,
Organizing Committee
Aleksandar Miković (GFM/Universidade de Lisboa, Universidade Lusófona)
Benjamin Alarcón Heredia (CMA/Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
Björn Gohla (GFM/Universidade de Lisboa)
John Huerta (CAMGSD/Universidade de Lisboa)
João Faria Martins (University of Leeds)
Roger Picken (CAMGSD/Universidade de Lisboa)