CECATWorkshops and Conferences
CECAT: Center of Excellence in Computation, Algebra, and Topology
11th Annual CECAT Workshop in Pointfree MathematicsFebruary 5 - 9, 2019 Held at Chapman University, Keck Center for Science and Engineering (Orange, California) Organizers: M. Andrew Moshier and Joanne Walters-Wayland Tuesday, February 5th 1:00 - 2:00pm: M. Andrew Moshier, Chapman University, Weakening relations Thursday, February 7th 10:30 - 11:30am: Peter Jipsen, Chapman University, Involutive residuated lattices and relation algebras 11:30 - 12:30pm: Sara Vannucci, University of Salerno, Semiring and Semimodule Issues in Residuated Lattices 1:00 - 2:15pm: Rick Ball, University of Denver, Pointfree Integration 2:15 - 3:15pm: Anna Laura Suarez, University of Birmingham, D-frames and frame coproducts 3:30 - 4:30pm: Alexander Kurz, Chapman University, On the duality theory of weakening relations Friday, February 8th 10:30 - 11:30am: Ales Pultr, Charles University, Strong Hausdorff properties of frames 11:30 - 12:30pm: Diego Valota, University of Milan, Computing Spectra via Dualities in the MTL hierarchy 2:00 - 3:00pm: Olim Tuyt, University of Bern, Algebraic finite model property of a modal Gödel logic 3:00 - 4:15pm: Rick Ball, University of Denver, Pointfree Integration, continued Saturday, February 9th 1:00 - 5:00pm: Discussion session
4th SYSMICS Workshop on Duality in Algebra and LogicSeptember 14 - 17, 2018 Held at Chapman University, Keck Center for Science and Engineering (Orange, California) Organizers: Peter Jipsen, Alexander Kurz and M. Andrew Moshier
Colloquium talkMonday, February 5th, 2018 4:00 - 5:00pm: Ales Pultr, Charles University, Prague, Point-free topology and some of its merits
9th Annual CECAT Workshop in Pointfree MathematicsFebruary 6 - 11, 2017 Held at Chapman University, Von Neumann Hall (545 W. Palm Ave, Orange, CA 92866) Organizers: M. Andrew Moshier and Joanne Walters-Wayland
Special Session on Algebraic Logicat the American Mathematical Society Fall Western Sectional Meeting October 8 - 9, 2016 Held at the University of Denver, Colorado Session Organizers: Nick Galatos (University of Denver) and Peter Jipsen (Chapman University)
8th Annual CECAT Workshop in Pointfree MathematicsFebruary 6, 2016 Held at Chapman University, Von Neumann Hall (545 W. Palm Ave, Orange, CA 92866) Organizers: M. Andrew Moshier and Joanne Walters-Wayland Saturday, February 6 10:00 - 10:50am: M. Andrew Moshier, Chapman University, Contexts that determine locales 11:00 - 11:50am: Ales Pultr, Charles University, Prague, An aspect of scatteredness in frames 12:00 - 12:50pm: Papiya Bhattacharjee, Pennsylvania State University, Erie, Complemented frames 2:00 - 2:50pm: Peter Jipsen, Chapman University, Duality for (residuated) lattices and correspondence theory 3:00 - 3:50pm: Joanne Walters-Wayland, CECAT, Smallest dense C and C*-quotients
7th Annual CECAT Workshop in Pointfree MathematicsFebruary 6 - 12, 2015 Held at Chapman University, Von Neumann Hall (545 W. Palm Ave, Orange, CA 92866) Conference Organizers: M. Andrew Moshier and Joanne Walters-Wayland Friday, February 6th 12:30 - 2:00pm: M. Andrew Moshier, Chapman University, A Coherence Theorem for Cartesian Bicategories, and applications 2:30 - 4:00pm: Open Session Saturday, February 7th 12:30 - 2:00pm: Ales Pultr, Charles University, Tightness relative to some (co)reflections 2:30 - 4:00pm: Peter Jipsen, Chapman University, Algebraic models for Concurrent Programs and Bunched Implication Algebra Monday, February 9th 11:30am: Coffee at Luccas 1:00 - 4:00pm: Open Session Tuesday, February 10th 10:30 - 12:00pm: Joanne Walters-Wayland, CECAT, I:Domain frames and II: Pointfree Disconnectivity Dinner at Joanne’s house Wednesday, February 11th 11:30am: Coffee at Luccas 1:00 - 4:00pm: Open Session Thursday, February 12th 11:30am: Coffee at Luccas 1:00 - 4:00pm: Open Session
6th Annual CECAT Workshop in Pointfree MathematicsJanuary 23 - 28, 2014Held at Chapman University, Von Neumann Hall (545 W. Palm Ave, Orange, CA 92866) Organizers: M. Andrew Moshier and Joanne Walters-Wayland Thursday, January 23rd 10:00 - 11:30am Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, Further thoughts on Pointfree Function Rings 12:30 - 1:30pm: Fred Dashiell, CECAT, A Geometric description of the second dual of C(K) 6:00pm: Dinner - Mexican/OC Mining Co Friday, January 24th: 10:00am Coffee at Luccas 11:30 - 12:30pm: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, Further thoughts on Pointfree Function Rings cont. 1:00 - 2:00pm: Peter Jipsen, Chapman University, Planar (semi) modular lattices Saturday, January 25th 11:30 - 1:00pm: Mark Sioen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Some remarks (and more questions) about the topology of uniform convergence on preferred sublocales 1:00 - 2:00pm: Open session Monday, January 27th 12:00 - 1:30pm: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, Archimeadean Kernels and Function Rings 2:00 - 3:30pm: M. Andrew Moshier, Chapman University, Gelfand Naimark Duality for Ordered Spaces Tuesday, January 28th 10:00 - 11:30pm: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, Realcompact Alexandroff Frames 12:30 - 1:30pm: Open session
BLAST 2013August 5 - 9, 2013 Held at Chapman University, Irvine Lecture Hall, Science Center, Orange, CA 92866 Conference schedule | Speakers and titles | Booklet of abstracts (PDF) | Participants Conference Organizers: Fred Dashiell, Peter Jipsen, M. Andrew Moshier, Joanne Walters-Wayland
5th Annual CECAT Workshop in Pointfree MathematicsJanuary 16 - January 23, 2013 Held at Chapman University, Von Neumann Hall (545 W. Palm Ave, Orange, CA 92866) Organizers: M. Andrew Moshier and Joanne Walters-Wayland Wednesday, January 16th: 12:00 - 2:00pm: Open session Thursday, January 17th 12:30 - 2:00pm: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, Regular rings and the Prime Ideal Theorem Friday, January 18th: 10:30am Coffee at Luccas 12:00 - 1:30pm: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, On the minimal spectrum of a compact normal frame Monday, January 21st 12:00 - 1:30pm: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, An example of a pointless countably compact completely regular frame 2:00 - 3:30pm: Peter Jipsen, Chapman University, Implementing decision procedures for (generalized) Basic Logic Tuesday, January 22nd 11:00 - 12:30pm: Ales Pultr, Charles University, Techniques on taking quotients in frames, lattices, quantales etc 1:00 - 2:00pm: Joanne Walters-Wayland, CECAT, Some comments on Coz and quotients Wednesday, January 23rd 12:00 - 1:30pm: Ales Pultr, Charles University, Techniques on taking quotients in frames, lattices, quantales etc 6:30pm: Dinner at Joanne's Thursday, January 24th 11:00 - 12:30pm: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, Aspects of Strong 0-dimensionality 1:00 - 2:30pm: M. Andrew Moshier, Chapman University, An overview of Co-algebras on Compact Regular Spaces Friday, January 25th 12:00 - 1:30pm: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, Aspects of Strong 0-dimensionality Saturday, January 26th: 7:00pm Cello Concert in Von Neumann hall
4th Annual CECAT Workshop in Pointfree Topology and AnalysisJanuary 9 - January 18, 2012 Held at Chapman University, Von Neumann Hall (545 W. Palm Ave, Orange, CA 92866) Organizers: M. Andrew Moshier and Joanne Walters-Wayland Monday, January 9th 12:00 - 2:00pm: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, Pseudocompactness in Frames 2:30 - 3:30pm: M. Andrew Moshier, Chapman University, D-frames Tuesday, January 10th 10:00 - 12:00pm: M. Andrew Moshier, Chapman University, D-frames 12:30 - 2:30pm: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, Pseudocompactness in Frames Thursday, January 12th 11:00 - 1:00pm: M. Andrew Moshier, Chapman University, D-frames 1:30 - 3:30pm: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, Friday, January 13th 10:30 - 12:00: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, The rings of continuous functions on sigma frames 12:30 - 2:00pm: M. Andrew Moshier, Chapman University, A relational category of formal contexts Saturday, January 14th 10:30 - 12:00: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, The rings of continuous functions on sigma frames 12:30 - 2:00pm: Rick Ball, University of Denver, joint work with Tony Hager, Wesleyan University, Truncated and diminished l-groups 2:30 - 4:00pm: Garth Dales, University of Lancaster, The hyper-Stonean cover of a compact space Sunday, January 15th 10:30 - 12:00pm: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, The rings of continuous functions on sigma frames 12:30 - 2:00pm: Rick Ball, University of Denver, joint work with Tony Hager, Wesleyan University, Truncated and diminished l-groups 4:00pm: Cello Concert followed by informal reception Monday, January 16th: 10am Coffee at Cafe Lucas 11:00 - 1:00pm: Rick Ball, University of Denver, joint work with Tony Hager, Wesleyan University, Truncated and diminished l-groups 1:30 - 3:00pm: Peter Jipsen, Chapman University, On the duality between lattices and topological contexts Tuesday, January 17th 10:00 - 12:00pm: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University 12:30 - 2:00pm: Peter Jipsen, Chapman University, On the duality between lattices and topological contexts Thursday, January 19th 11:00 - 2:30pm: Open session on D-frames
3rd Annual CECAT Workshop in Pointfree TopologyJanuary 10 - 19, 2011 Held at Chapman University, Von Neumann Hall (545 W. Palm Ave, Orange, CA 92866) Organizers: M. Andrew Moshier and Joanne Walters-Wayland Monday, January 10th 12:00 - 2:00pm: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, Essential completions - update 3:00 - 5:00pm: Olaf Klinke, University of Birmingham, Pointfree bitopological compactification Tuesday, January 11th 10:00 - 12:00pm: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, Essential completions - update 2:00 - 4:00pm: Open session Wednesday, January 12th 12:00 - 2:00pm: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, Essential completions - update 3:00 - 5:00pm: M. Andrew Moshier, Chapman University, Another Duality for Commutative C* Algebras Friday, January 14th 11:00 - 1:00pm: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, Extended real-valued functions 2:00 - 4:00pm: Open session Saturday, January 15th: 10am Coffee at Café Lucas 11:00 - 1:00pm: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, Extended real-valued functions 2:00 - 4:00pm: M. Andrew Moshier, Chapman University, Integration in Logical Form Sunday, January 16th 10:00 - 12:00pm: Rick Ball, University of Denver, Integration ideas in a pointfree context 1:00 - 3:00pm: Open session Monday, January 17th 12:00 - 2:00pm: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, Extended real-valued functions 3:00 - 5:00pm: Open session Tuesday, January 18th 10:00 - 12:00pm: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University 2:00 - 4:00pm: Open session Wednesday, January 19th 12:00 - 2:00pm: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University 3:00 - 5:00pm: Open session
2nd CECAT Workshop on Contemporary TopologyJanuary 4 - 15, 2010 Held at Chapman University, Von Neumann Hall (545 W. Palm Ave, Orange, CA 92866) Organizer: M. Andrew Moshier Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, Essential completions in categories of Archimedean l-groups with order unit Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, On the ccc characterization of the function rings in pointfree topology. Rick Ball, University of Denver and Joanne Walters-Wayland, OCCTAL, The K-Briar Patch Peter Jipsen, Chapman University, Some open problems regarding lattice-ordered pregroups M. Andrew Moshier, Chapman University, Locales and Quantales Concretely
1st CECAT Workshop on Contemporary TopologyWorkshop on Pointfree Topology in honor of Bernhard Banaschewski's visit to Chapman University. February 17 - 20, 2009 Held at Chapman University, Von Neumann Hall (545 W. Palm Ave, Orange, CA 92866) Organizer: M. Andrew Moshier Tuesday, February 17 11:00 - 1:00pm: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, Essential Completion in Point-free Topology, Part I 4:00 - 5:00pm: M. Andrew Moshier, Chapman University, Skew frames and Point-free Bitopology Wednesday, February 18 11:00 - 1:00pm: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, Essential Completion in Point-free Topology, Part II Thursday, February 19 10:00 - 11:15am: Fred Dashiell, CECAT, Kuratowski Reduction in σ-frames 4:00 - 5:00pm: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, Point-free Topology and the Representation of Lattice-ordered Rings Friday, February 20 11:00 - 1:00pm: Bernhard Banaschewski, McMaster University, Essential Completion in Point-free Topology, Part III |