This is the website of the summer school Category Theory and Algebraic Topology which will be held in September 2014 at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.

Click here for the poster.

11–13 September 2014

• Marino Gran (UCL)
  Semi-abelian categories, semi-localizations, and torsion theories
• Jérôme Scherer (EPFL)
  About localization and cellularization
• Enrico Vitale (UCL)
  Categorical groups: a bit of theory and some applications to homological and homotopical algebra

Registration

There is no conference fee to attend the Summer School; however, registration is required.

In order to register, please send an email with your affiliation to Kathryn Hess Bellwald by June 15, 2014.

Prerequisites

The abstracts (Gran, Scherer, Vitale) include reading lists of suggested background material and related work. Marino Gran has moreover provided notes (click here) summarizing those elements of the theory of regular categories necessary for his course. Here you find the master's thesis of Pierre-Alain Jacqmin, reference [3] in the bibliography for Enrico Vitale's course.

Lecture notes and slides

Marino Gran's slides: lecture 1, lecture 2, lecture 3
Jérôme Scherer's motivational slides
Enrico Vitale's lecture notes

Schedule

Click here for a pdf.

Organisers

Please contact us for any further details:

• Kathryn Hess Bellwald, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
• Marino Gran, Université catholique de Louvain

Venue

The lectures will take place on the EPFL campus. Click here for an interactive map.

Genève-Cointrin is the nearest airport (40–60 minutes). From there, you can take a train to Lausanne, then the Lausanne M1 metro which takes you from Le Flon to the EPFL in about 12 minutes.

Lodging

Please arrange yourself your stay during the Summer School. Here are a few options we are happy to recommend.

The most convenient hotel is probably the Swiss Tech Hotel. It is located on campus, next to the metro station M1 "EPFL", a 12 minute long ride from downtown Lausanne.

If you prefer to stay in Lausanne, try the Hotel Regina.

The Jeunotel is the name for the Lausanne youth hostel and right at the Lausanne main train station is the Lausanne guesthouse.

Welcome reception

A light meal will be offered to the registered participants on Thursday afternoon.

Banquet

The conference dinner will take place on Friday evening. A contribution of 30CHF has to be paid upon registration on Thursday morning if you wish to participate (cash, no credit card accepted).

Registered participants

• Raymond Barre Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut Cambresis
• Anthony Bordg Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis
• Dimitri Chikhladze Universidade de Coimbra
• Alan Cigoli Università degli Studi di Milano
• Sergio Chouhy Université Montpellier 2 / Universidad de Buenos Aires
• Anthony Conway Université de Genève
• Thibault Defourneau Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut Cambresis
• Mathieu Duckerts-Antoine Université catholique de Louvain
• Daniel Dugger University of Oregon
• Valérian Even Université catholique de Louvain
• Andrea Gagna Università degli Studi di Milano / Universiteit Leiden
• Oihana Garayalde University of the Basque Country
• Xabier García Martínez Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
• Alberto Gavira-Romero Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
• Marino Gran Université catholique de Louvain
• Manfred Hartl Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut Cambresis
• Kathryn Hess Bellwald Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
• Pierre-Alain Jacqmin Université catholique de Louvain
• Gabriel Kadjo Université catholique de Louvain
• Rudger Kieboom Vrije Universiteit Brussel
• Guillermo López Cafaggi Université catholique de Louvain
• Toni Lozano Bagén Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
• Mauro Mantegazza Università degli Studi di Milano / Universiteit Leiden
• Sandra Mantovani Università degli Studi di Milano
• Federico Orsanigo Strathclyde University, Glasgow
• Paul-Eugène Parent Université d'Ottawa
• Martina Rovelli Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
• Jérôme Scherer Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
• Gavin Seal Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
• Cyrille Simeu Università degli Studi di Siena
• Tobias Sitte Universität Regensburg
• Paul Slevin University of Glasgow
• Paul Arnaud Songhafouo Tsopméné Université catholique de Louvain
• Marc Stephan Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
• Tim Van der Linden Université catholique de Louvain
• Jean Verrette University of Hawaii at Manoa
• Enrico Vitale Université catholique de Louvain
• Abdoulkader Yacouba Barma Université catholique de Louvain
• Friedrich Wagemann Université de Nantes
• Kay Werndli Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
• Dimitri Zaganidis Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne