Editor: E. Pearl (With help from R. Kopperman)
The Summer Conference on Topology and its Applications is an annual event bringing together an international audience of researchers in general topology and related fields.
Upcoming Conferences
2001 July 18-21, 2001.
City College of New York, NY USA.
Contact: Ralph Kopperman
AMCA calendar announcement.
2002 July 1-4, 2002.
Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand.
Contact: David Gauld, David McIntyre
Homepage: http://www.math.auckland.ac.nz/Topology-2002/
2003 July 9-12, 2003.
Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Homepage: http://members.aol.com/nhindman/sumtopo/
2004
Four days in the first two weeks of July.
University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Contact: Christopher Gilmour, G C L Brummer
Advisory Committee
In 1989 an advisory committee was set up to guide the Conference series. Comments and proposals for future conferences, may be given to any of its members, particularly the chair, whose address is given below. The chair of the advisory committee through 2002 is Richard G. Wilson.
For 2000-2001, the committee, with retiring dates in brackets, is O. T. Alas (01), Z. Balogh (02), G. Brummer (01), W. W. Comfort (01), D. Gauld (02), G. Gruenhage, M. Henriksen (02), N. Hindman (03), K. Kawamura (00), J. Keesling (01), R. Kopperman (01), K. Kuperberg (03), J. van Mill (03), G. M. Reed (01), M. Tuncali (03), J. Vaughan, S. Watson (02), R. G. Wilson (03).
Former members include: S. Andima, B. Brechner, R. Flagg, E. Grabner, K. P. Hart, S. Hechler, M. Husek, G. Itzkowitz, J. Kennedy, T. Y. Kong, J. Lawson, R. Levy, A. Miller, P. Misra, L. Narici, J. Norden, S. Rothman, D. Shakhmatov, R. Shortt, A. Sostak, A. Szymanski, A. Todd, S. W. Williams.
Proceedings
The proceedings of the conference are currently published as the Summer issue of Topology Proceedings (Nipissing University). Anyone who registers for the Summer conference, as well as invited speakers, will receive a copy of the proceedings. Individual copies of the proceedings are available for US $110 from Topology Proceedings.
Back issues of proceedings volumes are available from the publishers. (Nipissing University, the New York Academy of Science, or Marcel Dekker, Inc.)
History
The early history of the conference is described in the Preface of General Topology and Applications, (Susan Andima, Ralph Kopperman, Prabudh Misra, Jack Reichman and Aaron Todd, editors. Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Volume 134, Marcel Dekker, Inc., NY, 1991).
"In recent years general topology has grown sufficiently to support a second major annual conference in the United States, as demonstrated by the success of the Summer Conference on General Topology and its Applications series. This series began at The City College of New York, CUNY in 1984 as the Independence Day Conference on Limits with 13 talks (9 contributed) and a little over 30 participants. It grew steadily to a 3-day conference with over 70 participants in 1988 when it was held at Wesleyan University as the Northeast Conference on General Topology and Applications. This conference was the first in the series that could truly be called major. It remained to be seen whether the conferences could continue to be strong with their return to New York, and this question was resolved by the 20% increase at the 1989 conference in attendance at The College of Staten Island. Its participants came from 11 different countries; 41 gave talks, of whom 6 were invited: Mel Henriksen, Neil Hindman, Karl H. Hofmann, Peter T. Johnstone, Ellen E. Reed and Mary Ellen Rudin. This success in its turn formed a strong basis for the success of the 1990 conference (now called the Summer Conference on General Topology and its Applications), which was held at the C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University and had 117 particpants. A seventh in the series, to honor Mary Ellen Rudin and her work, is planned at Madison, Wisconsin, June 26-29, 1991. "A quick glance at the contents of these proceedings will inform the reader of the basic philosophy of our series of conferences; we stress not only general topology but its applications. In addition to papers in general topology and set theoretic topology, we find here papers with motivations from topological groups and semigroups,convergence structures, functional analysis, topological algebra, category theory, Lie group theory, topological dynamics, computer science and other disciplines. We hope these articles will give some further insight into the relationship between general topology and mathematics."
The format of the conferences has changed over the years. The early conferences lasted two days, with only one session of contributed talks, and four invited speakers. Proceedings were first added in 1987 (this was the only combined proceedings, covering the 1985 and 1987 conferences). In 1988 the conference was extended to three days, and in 1989 parallel sessions were begun. The conference assumed its present length of four days in 1991. Special sessions were first instituted in 1992, and workshop lectures in 1994. The abstracts and schedule of the conferences since 1995 are archived at Topology Atlas.
Past Conferences
July, 1984
Independence Day Conference on Limits
City College of New York, CUNY, New York, U.S.A.
30 participants, 9 contributed talks
Invited speakers: W. Wistar Comfort, Anthony Hager, Mel Henriksen, F. W. Lawvere.
Organizer: Ralph Kopperman
July 2-3, 1985
Second Conference on Limits
City College of New York, CUNY, New York, U.S.A.
35 participants
Invited Speakers: Eric van Douwen, Jimmie Lawson, Myles Tierney, Scott Williams.
Organizers: Ralph Kopperman, Prabudh Misra, Jack Reichman, Aaron Todd
Proceedings: Papers on General Topology and Related Category Theory and Topological Algebra. Edited by Ralph Kopperman, Prabudh Misra, Jack Reichman, Aaron R. Todd. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 552. New York Academy of Sciences, 1989.
1986
No conference.
June 12-13, 1987
Third Conference on Limits
City College, CUNY, New York, U.S.A.
About 50 participants.
Invited Speakers: Peter Nyikos, Kimmo Rosenthal, Dana Scott, R. Grant Woods.
Organizers: Ralph Kopperman, Prabudh Misra, Jack Reichman, Aaron Todd
Proceedings: Papers on General Topology and Related Category Theory and Topological Algebra. Edited by Ralph Kopperman, Prabudh Misra, Jack Reichman, Aaron R. Todd. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 552. New York Academy of Sciences, 1989.
June, 1988
Northeast Conference on General Topology and its Applications
To celebrate Mel Henriksen's 60th Birthday.
Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, U.S.A.)
Over 70 participants.
Invited Speakers: Alan Dow, John Isbell, R. Daniel Mauldin, Jan van Mill, W. Pfeffer and Arthur H. Stone.
Organizers: Rae Michael Shortt, W. Wistar Comfort, Anthony Hager.
Proceedings: General Topology and Applications. Proceedings of the 1988 Northeast Conference held at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, June 1988. Edited by R. M. Shortt. Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Volume 123. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1990.
June 15-17, 1989
Fifth Northeast Conference on General Topology and its Applications
College of Staten Island, CUNY, New York.
82 participants Invited Speakers: Mel Henriksen, Neil Hindman, Karl H. Hofmann, Peter T. Johnstone, Ellen E. Reed, Mary Ellen Rudin.
Organizers: Prabudh Misra, Susan J.Andima, Ralph Kopperman, Richard I. Resch, Rae Michael Shortt, Aaron R. Todd.
Proceedings: General Topology and Applications. Proceedings of the Fifth Northeast Conference held at the College of Staten Island - City University of New York, Staten Island, New York, June 15--17, 1989. Edited by Susan J. Andima, Ralph Kopperman, Prabudh Ram Misra, Jack Z. Reichman and Aaron R. Todd. Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics, V 134. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1991.
June 14-16, 1990
Summer Conference on General Topology and its Applications
Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, Brookville, New York.
117 participants, 46 contributed talks
Invited speakers: A.V. Arhangelskii, B. Banaschewski, W. W. Comfort, Gary Gruenhage, Benoit Mandelbrot, Stephen Watson.
Organizers Susan Andima, Ed Beckenstein, Neo Cleopa, Steve Hechler, Melvin Henriksen, Ralph Kopperman, Prabudh Misra, Charles W. Neville, Richard I. Resch, R.M. Shortt, Aaron R. Todd, Jerry Vaughan.
Proceedings: Papers on General Topology and Applications. Edited by Susan Andima, Ralph Kopperman, Prabudh Misra, Aaron R. Todd. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, V 659. New York Academy of Sciences, 1992.
June 26-29, 1991
Summer Conference on General Topology and Applications
In Honor of Mary Ellen Rudin and Her Work.
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Almost 200 participants
Invited Speakers: Mary Ellen Rudin, Amer Beslagic, Alan Dow, William Fleissner, Judy Kennedy, Sabine Koppelberg, Kenneth Kunen, Kenneth Magill, Som Naimpally, Peter Nyikos, Boris Shapirovskii, Michael Starbird, George Strecker, Franklin Tall, Stevo Todorcevic, Steven Watson, William Weiss
Organizers: Arnold Miller, Ralph Kopperman, Franklin D. Tall
Proceedings:
Papers on General Topology and Applications. Edited by Susan Andima, Ralph Kopperman, Prabudh Misra, Mary Ellen Rudin, Aaron R. Todd. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 704. New York Academy of Sciences, 1993.
The Work of Mary Ellen Rudin. Edited by Franklin D. Tall. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 705. New York Academy of Sciences, 1993.
June 18-20, 1992
Summer Conference on General Topology and Applications
Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, New York, U.S.A.
Over 150 participants.
Invited Speakers: George Bachman, James Baumgartner, Jan van Mill, Hilary Priestly, G.M. Reed, Dmitri Shakhmatov.
Special Sessions: Topological Groups, Topological Vector Spaces and Algebras, Topology and Computer Science, General Topology.
Organizers: Gerald Itzkowitz, Steve Hechler, T.Yung Kong, Ralph Kopperman, Lawrence Narici.
Proceedings: Papers on General Topology and Applications. Edited by Susan Andima, Gerald Itzkowitz, T. Yung Kong, Ralph Kopperman, Prabudh Misra, Lawrence Narici, Aaron Todd. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 728. New York Academy of Sciences, 1994.
June 24-26, 1993
Summer Conference on General Topology and Applications
Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Over 120 participants, over 70 contributed talks
Invited Speakers: Robert W. Heath, Heikki J.K. Junnila, Winfried Just, John Kulesza, Judy Roitman, Seth L. Warner.
Special Sessions: Set-theoretic Topology, Topological Semigroups, Uniform Spaces and Related Topics.
Organizers: Robert Buck, Elise Grabner, Gary Grabner, Mohammad Ismail, William Lindgren, Andrzej Szymanski.
Proceedings: Papers on General Topology and Applications. Edited by Susan Andima, Worthen N. Hunsaker, Gerald Itzkowitz, Ralph Kopperman, Prabudh Misra, Lawrence Narici, Aaron Todd. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 767, New York Academy of Sciences, 1995.
August 15-18, 1994
Tenth Summer Conference on General Topology and its Applications
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Over 190 participants.
Invited Speakers: J.W. Milnor, M.E. Rudin, I. Moerdijk, B. Balcar, A. Dow, S. Todorcevic, J. Pelant, F. Takens, S. van Strien, L.G. Oversteegen, K. Kuperberg, A.W. Miller, R.D. Mauldin, H. Becker, R. Pol, T. Dobrowolski, H. Torunczyk, H. Gladdines.
Minicourses: Continuum Theory and Dynamics, Philip L. Boyland (Stony Brook); Topological methods in surface dynamics, Topology and its Applications, Vol. 58 (3) (1994) pp. 223-298; Topology and Descriptive Set Theory, Alexander S. Kechris (Pasedena); Topology and descriptive set theory, Topology and its Applications, Vol. 58 (3) (1994) pp. 195-222.
Special Sessions: Set Theoretic Topology, Continuum Theory and Dynamics, Topology and Descriptive Set Theory, Infinite-dimensional and Geometric Topology
Organizers: J.M. Aarts, E. Coplakova, F. van Engelen, K.P. Hart, M.A. Maurice, J. van Mill, M. Titawano
Proceedings:
Papers on General Topology and its Applications. Proceedings of the 10th Summer Conference held at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Edited by Eva Coplakova and Klaas Pieter Hart. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 788. New York Academy of Sciences, New York, 1996.
Lecture Notes of Minicourses held at the Tenth Summer Conference on General Topology and Applications, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 15-18 August 1994. Edited by J. Aarts and F. van Engelen. Topology and its Applications Vol. 58, no. 3.
August 10-13, 1995
Eleventh Summer Conference on General Topology and Applications
University of Southern Maine, Gorham, Maine, U.S.A.
Over 140 participants; 100 contributed talks
Invited Speakers: Zoltan Balogh, Peter Collins, Horst Herrlich, Jimmie Lawson, Stephen Watson, Ta Sun Wu.
Special Sessions: Generalized Metrics and Merization, Set-theoretic Topology, Topology in Computer Science.
Workshops: Alan Dow, "More set-theory for topologists", Top Appl, Vol 64 (3) (1995) 243-300; Mike Mislove, "Topology, domain theory and theoretical computer science", Top Appl, Vol 89 (1-2) (1998) 3-59.
Organizers: Robert Flagg, David Briggs, Sam Shore, Merle Guay.
Abstracts Homepage (includes schedule announcement)
Proceedings: Papers on General Topology and Applications edited by Susan Andima, Robert C. Flagg, Gerald Itzkowitz, Yung Kong, Ralph Kopperman, Prabudh Misra. volume 806 Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1996. The New York Academy of Sciences.
June 10-11, 1996
No summer conference held, but the Tennessee Topology Conference was supported.
Tennessee State U., Nashville
Over 60 participants; 30 contributed talks
Invited Speakers: Melvin Henriksen, Istvan Juhasz, Ken Magill, Peter Nyikos, K. Sundaresan.
Organizers: M. Rajagopalan, A. Gutek, R. D. Kopperman, P. R. Misra, Jeffrey Norden.
Proceedings: Proceedings of the Tennessee Topology Conference, edited by P. R. Misra and M. Rajagopalan. World Scientific, 1997.
August 12-16, 1997
12th Summer Conference on General Topology and Its Applications
Nipissing University, North Bay, Ontario, Canada
170 participants, 100 contributed talks
Invited Speakers: David Bellamy, Alex Chigogidze, Piotr Koszmider, Piotr Minc, Donald Monk, Mikhail G. Tkachenko
Workshop Lectures: Kazuhiro Kawamura, "A survey on Menger manifold theory Update", Top. Appl. Vol. 101 (1) (2000), 83-91; Dmitri Shakhmatov (Applied Topology), Stevo Todorcevic, "Chain-condition methods in topology", Top. Appl. Vol. 101 (1) (2000) pp. 45-82.
Abstracts Homepage
Proceedings: Topology Proceedings, volume 22, Summer 1997. Edited by Robert C. Flagg, Klaas Pieter Hart, Jeffrey Norden, Edward D. Tymchatyn, Murat Tuncali.
June 24-27, 1998
13th Summer Conference on General Topology and its Applications
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
Invited Speakers: A.V. Arhangel'skii, A. Bella, A. Garcia-Maynez, A. Illanes, R. Kopperman, K. Kunen, R. McCoy, T. Nogura
Special Sessions: Set-Theoretic Topology, Continuum Theory, Uniform and Quasi-Uniform Structures, Topological Algebraic Structures
Workshop Lectures: I. Juhasz (Set-Theoretic Topology), M. Tkachenko, "Introduction to topological groups", Top. Appl. Vol. 86 (3) (1998) pp. 179-231.
Homepage (AMCA Calendar entry with announcements)
Organizers: S. Garcia-Ferreira, I. Puga, M. Sanchis, A. Tamariz-Mascarua, V. Tkachuk, F.J.Trigos-Arrieta, R.G. Wilson
Proceedings: Topology Proceedings, volume 23, Summer 1998. Guest editors: Isabel Puga, Angel Tamariz-Mascarua, Vladimir V. Tkachuk.
August 4-7, 1999
Summer Conference on Topology and its Applications
Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, Brookville, New York.
Invited Speakers: Ethan Akin, Abbas Edalat, Paul M. Gartside, Vladimir Pestov, Mary Ellen Rudin, W.H. Schikhof
Special Sessions: Set-Theoretical Topology, Asymmetric Topology/Computer Science, Topological Groups, Topological Algebraic Structures, Dynamical Systems.
Workshop Lectures: Robert Devaney, "Dynamical Systems", Gerald Itzkowitz, "Projective Limits and Balance in Topological Groups".
Organizers: Sheldon Rothman, Shahla Ahdout, Susan Andima, Anne Burns, Gerald Itzkowitz, Judy Kennedy, Ralph Kopperman, Prabudh Misra, Lawrence Narici, John Stevenson, Helen Strassberg, Aaron Todd, Jerry E. Vaughan
Proceedings: To appear in Topology Proceedings.
July 26-29, 2000
Summer Conference on Topology and its Applications (Topo2000)
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, U.S.A.
80 participants
Invited Speakers: Todd Eisworth, Gary Gruenhage, K.P. Hart, Piotr Koszmider, Krystyna Kuperberg, Daniel Mauldin, Piotr Minc, Justin Moore, Peter Nyikos, Roman Pol, James T. Rogers, Jr., Mary Ellen Rudin, Jiang Shouli, Stephen Watson, Frank Tall.
Abstracts Homepage (AMCA Calendar entry, with some announcements)
Organizers: Dennis Burke, Zoltan Balogh, Sheldon Davis.
Proceedings to be published in Topology Proceedings
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