Conferences and workshops that I am co-organizing

• ComPer 2026, the sixth workshop on Computational Persistence, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, December 7-11, 2026 (provisional)

Conferences and workshops I or my students have attended or plan to attend, or I am on the program committee

• Sampling and Data in Algebraic Geometry, Institute for Computational & Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM), Providence, RI, April 5 – April 9, 2027
• FC Kohli workshop on Algorithmic and Applied Persistence, Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai, India, December 2026 or January 2027, tbd
• Special Session on Topological and Geometric Shape Reconstruction and Special Session on Open Problem in Geometric Data Science, Joint Mathematics Meetings 2026, Washington, D.C., January 4-7, 2026
• Computation in Representation Theory, Institute for Computational & Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM), Providence, RI, Nov 10 – 14, 2025
• The Geometric Realization of AATRN (Applied Algebraic Topology Research Network), Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation (IMSI), Chicago, IL, August 18-22, 2025
• Cycle Representatives in Applied Homological Algebra, Banff International Research Station (BIRS), Banff, AB, Canada, August 10-15, 2025
• ATMCS11, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, July 21-25, 2025
• Applied Topology in Poznań 2025, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poznan, Poland, July 14-18, 2025
• The 8th International Conference on Applied Category Theory (ACT 2025), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, June 2-6, 2025
• SCMB Annual Symposium, Georgia Tech University, Atlanta, GA, April 10-11, 2025
• Geometry of Materials, ICERM, Providence, RI, April 7 – 11, 2025
• Invited Address, AMS 2025 Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting, Clemson University, Clemson SC, March 8-9, 2025
• Special Session on Topological Data Analysis, Theory and Applications, AMS 2025 Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting, Clemson University, Clemson SC, March 8-9, 2025
• Special Session on Applied and Computational Topology, Joint meeting of the NZMS, AustMS and AMS, Auckland, New Zealand, December 9-13, 2024
• TopoInVis 2024 – Topological Data Analysis and Visualization, Keynote Speaker, in conjunction with IEEE VIS 2024, St. Pete Beach, FL, USA, October 14, 2024
• Invited Address, AMS 2024 Fall Southeastern Sectional Meeting, Georgia Southern University, Savannah, Savannah, GA, October 5-6, 2024
• Special Session on Topological Data Analysis, Theory and Applications, AMS 2024 Fall Southeastern Sectional Meeting, Georgia Southern University, Savannah, Savannah, GA, October 5-6, 2024
• Summer Research School: Applications of Representation Theory in Topological Data Analysis & Geometric Invariant Theory, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Montréal, Canada, June 3-7, 2024
• Representation Theory and Topological Data Analysis, Banff International Research Station (BIRS), Banff, AB, Canada, April 7 – 12, 2024
• Mid-Atlantic Topology Conference 2024, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, March 23-24, 2024
• Topological Algorithms for Complex Data and Biology, AMS 2024 Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, March 23-24, 2024
• University of Florida Topological Data Analysis conference (UFTDA2024), Gainesville, FL, February 8-9, 2024
• Special session on Homotopy Theory, CMS Winter Meeting 2023, Montreal, QC, Canada, December 2-3, 2023
• Neural Coding and Combinatorics, Institute for Computational & Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM), Providence, RI, Oct 30 – Nov 3, 2023
• Topology and Geometry in Neuroscience, Institute for Computational & Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM), Providence, RI, Oct 16 – 20, 2023
• Computational Persistence 2023, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Sept 25 – 29, 2023
• Mathematical Challenges in Neuronal Network Dynamics, Institute for Computational & Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM), Providence, RI, Sept 18 – 22, 2023
• Topological data analysis and machine learning, 10th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, August 20-25, 2023
• TDA Week 2023, Kyoto, Japan, July 31 – August 1, 2023
• Multiparameter Persistence: Theory and Applications, BIRS-CMO, Oaxaca, Mexico, August 13-18, 2023, Cancelled
• Object Oriented Data Analysis in Health Sciences, The Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation (IMSI), Chicago, IL, July 10 — 14, 2023
• Applied homological algebra beyond persistence diagrams, American Institute of Mathematics, San Jose, CA, June 19 to June 23, 2023
• 2023 NSF-Simons Research Centers for Mathematics of Complex Biological Systems (MathBioSys) Annual Meeting, Simons Foundation, New York, NY, April 13-14, 2023
• Randomness in Topology and its Applications, The Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation (IMSI), Chicago, IL, March 20 — 24, 2023
• Interactions between representation theory and topological data analysis, Centre for Advanced Study, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Oslo, Norway, December 5-9, 2022
• CBMS Conference on Topological Data Analysis and Persistence Theory (giving ten lectures), Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, August 8 – 12, 2022
• Algebraic Topology: Methods, Computation, and Science (ATMCS 10), Oxford University, Oxford, UK, June 20–24, 2022.
• Bridging applied and quantitative topology, Applied Algebraic Topology Research Network (AATRN) and the TGDA Group at The Ohio State University, May 9 – 13, 2022. (online)
• Discrete and Topological Models in Molecular Biology (DTMB, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA, May 9 – 13, 2022.
• LMS workshop: Applied Algebraic Topology, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK, January 31 – February 1, 2022.
• University of Florida Topological Data Analysis conference (UFTDA2022), Gainesville, FL, January 20-21,2022
• Computational Persistence Workshop, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, November 1 – 5, 2021. (online)
• Thematic Mini-Conference, Computational Topology and Machine Learning, Berlin Mathematics Research Center, Berlin, Germany, September 28-29, 2021. (online)
• SIAM Conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry (AG21), College Station, TX, August 16-20, 2021. (online)
• Graduate Student Conference: Geometry and Topology meet Data Analysis and Machine Learning (GTDAML2021), July 30 – August 1, 2021. (online)
• Metrics in Multiparameter Persistence 2021, Lorentz Center, Universiteit Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands, July 19-23, 2021. (online)
• Mathematical Congress of the Americas, Session on Categories and Topology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 12-23, 2021. (online)
• 38th Annual Workshop in Geometric Topology (giving three lectures), June 15-17, 2021. (online)
• Categories and Companions Symposium, June 8-12, 2021. (online)
• Topological Data Analysis, Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation, April 26 – 30, 2021. (online)
• TRIPODS Winter School & Workshop on Graph Learning and Deep Learning, Johns Hopkins, Mathematical Institute for Data Science, January 6-8 and 13-15, 2021. (online)
• NeurIPS 2020, Vancouver, BC, Canada, December 5 – 12, 2020. (online)
• SCMB (Southeast Center for Mathematics and Biology) 3rd Annual Symposium. Georgia Tech, December 7-10, 2020. (online)
• Topological Data Analytic Applications of Persistent Cohomology, Hangzhou, China, October 4 – 9, 2020. (cancelled)
• Geometric and Topological Structures, Berlin, Germany, August 24 – 28, 2020. (cancelled)
• Workshop in Topological Data Analysis, Fields Institute, June 15-19, 2020. (online)
• ATMCS (Algebraic Topology: Methods, Computation, and Science), Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, June 8–12, 2020. (postponed)
• 2020 Georgia Topology Conference, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, June 1 – 5, 2020
• Statistics for Topological and Discrete Data, Bernoulli Centre, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, May 25-29, 2020. (cancelled)
• SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Data Science, Cincinnati, OH, May 5 – 7, 2020. (online)
• 54th Spring Topology and Dynamical Systems conference, Murray State University, Murray, KY, March 18-21, 2020.
• SCMB Annual Symposium, Georgia Tech University, Atlanta, GA, February 17 – 18, 2020.
• University of Florida Topological Data Analysis conference (UFTDA2020), Gainesville, FL, January 30-31,2020.
• 2019 Canadian Mathematical Society Winter Meeting, Toronto, Canada, December 6 – 9, 2019.
• Applied Mathematical Modeling with Topological Techniques, ICERM, Brown University, Providence, RI, August 5 – 9, 2019.
• Summer school on Persistent homology and Barcodes, University of Giessen – Schloss Rauischholzhausen, Germany, August 5–9, 2019.
• SIAM Conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry, Bern, Switzerland, July 9 – 13, 2019.
• 1st Midwest Graduate Student Conference: Geometry and Topology meet Data Analysis and Machine Learning, Ohio State University, June 1 – 2, 2019.
• Geometric Data Analysis, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, May 20 – 23, 2019.
• NSF-CBMS Conference and Software Day on Topological Methods in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, College of Charleston, SC, May 13–18, 2019.
• 2019 Simons Conference on Theory & Biology, Simons Foundation, New York, NY, April 11 – 12, 2019.
• UF/FSU Topology and Geometry Meeting, Florida State University, Tallahasse, FL, February 8 – 9, 2019.
• SCMB Annual Symposium, Georgia Tech University, Atlanta, GA, January 28 – 29, 2019.
• Workshop on Applied Topology 2019, Kyoto University, Japan, January 7 – 11, 2019.
• Hot Topics: Shape and Structure of Materials, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), Berkeley, CA, October 1 – 5, 2018.
• Multiparameter persistent homology, BIRS/MCO, Oaxaca, Mexico, August 5 – 10, 2018.
• Algebraic Topology: Methods, Computation and Science (ATMCS8), Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria, June 25-29, 2018.
• Abel Symposium 2018: Topological Data Analysis, Geiranger, Norway, June 4 – 8, 2018.
• Theory and Foundations of Topology, Geometry, and Data Analysis (TGDA), Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, May 21 – 25, 2018.
• Geometry and Topology of Data, ICERM, Brown University, Providence, RI, December 11 – 13, 2017.
• Collaboration between experts in applied and computational algebraic topology: Topological Data Analysis, Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics, Bonn, Germany, September 18-22, 2017.
• Topological Data Analysis: Developing Abstract Foundations, BIRS, Banff, Canada, July 30 – August 4, 2017.

• Computational Geometry and Topology, Foundations of Computational Mathematics (FoCM’17), Barcelona, Spain, July 10-12, 2017.

• Applied and Computational Algebraic Topology, Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics, Bonn, Germany, May 2-6, 2017.

• Third School in Topological Data Analysis and Stochastic Topology, ABACUS, Ocoyoacac, Estado de México, Mexico, January 22-28, 2017.
• Joint Mathematics Meetings, Atlanta, GA, January 4-7, 2017. AMS Special Session on Statistical Methods in Computational Topology and Applications, AMS Special Session on Sheaves in Topological Data Analysis, SIAM Minisymposium on Applications of Algebra, Geometry, and Topology.
• Probabilistic Methods in Topology, Centre de Recherches Mathematiques, Montreal, Canada,November 14-18, 2016.
• Topological, Geometric and Statistical Techniques in Biological Data Analysis, Mathematical Biosciences Institute (MBI), Columbus, OH, September 12-16, 2016.
• World Congress in Probability and Statistics, Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada, July 11-15, 2016.
• North Central Section MAA Summer Seminar 2016, Big Data on the Great Plains, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, June 21-24, 2016.
• Topology, Geometry, and Data Analysis Conference at OSU, Columbus, OH, May 16-20, 2016.
• British Applied Mathematics Colloquium, Oxford, England, April 5-8, 2016.
• Second School/Conference in Topological Data Analysis, CIMAT, Queretaro, Mexico, Dec 7-11, 2015.
• Computational Geometric and Algebraic Topology, Oberwolfach, Germany, October 11-17, 2015.
• Applied Topology and High-Dimensional Data Analysis, Victoria, BC, Canada, August 17-28, 2015.
• Unstable Homotopy Theory: A conference in honour of Paul Selick, Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada, June 8-9, 2015.
• Topological Data Analysis on Materials Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, February 19-21, 2015.
• Complex Networks Program Review, Arlington, VA, November 17-21, 2014.
• Discrete, Computational and Algebraic Topology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, November 10-14, 2014.
• New Directions in Category Theory, AMS Special Session, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, October 18-19, 2014.
• Generalized persistence and applications, American Institute of Mathematics, Palo Alto, CA, Sept 15-19, 2014.
• Algebraic Topology – Methods, Computation and Science 6 (ATMCS 6), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 26-30, 2014.
• Geometric Topological and Graphical Model Methods in Statistics, Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada May 22-23, 2014.
• Topological Systems: Communication, Sensing, and Actuation, IMA, March 3-7, 2014.
• LDHD: Topological Data Analysis, SAMSI, February 3-7, 2014.
• Complex Networks Program Review, Arlington, VA, December 16-19, 2014.
• Modern Applications of Homology and Cohomology, IMA, October 28 to November 1, 2013.
• Topological Data Analysis, IMA, October 7-11, 2013.
• LDHD: Opening workshop, SAMSI, September 8-12, 2013.
• Applied Topology, Banach Center Conference, Bedlewo, Poland, July 21-27, 2013.
• Applied and Computational Algebraic Topology, Bremen, Germany, July 15-19, 2013.
• Topological data analysis and machine learning theory, Banff International Research Station (BIRS), Banff, Canada, October 14 – 19, 2012.
• Workshop on Rational homotopy theory and its applications, University of Ottawa, Canada, May 29-31, 2012.
• Statistics, Geometry, and Combinatorics on Stratified Spaces Arising from Biological Problems, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, May 21 – 25, 2012.
• Applications of Combinatorial Topology to Computer Science, Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany, March 18 – 23, 2012.
• AMS Special Session on Computational and Applied Topology, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Boston, MA, January 4 – 7, 2012.
• Workshop on Computational Topology, The Fields Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, November 7-11, 2011.
• Workshop in Algebraic and Random Topology, University of Chicago, April 18-22, 2010.
• Geometric and Topological Methods in Computer Science 2010, Aalborg University, Denmark, January 11-15, 2010.
• The analysis of directional data with applications to biomechanics and biomedical imaging, Centre de recherche mathematiques, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada, November 25 – 27 2009.
• Workshop on Topological Complexity of Random Sets, American Institute of Mathematics, Palo Alto, CA, August 10-14, 2009.
• AMS Special Session on Topological Methods in Applied Mathematics at the 2009 Joint Mathematics Meetings Washington, DC, January 5-8, 2009.
• Special Session on Homotopy Theory at the 2008 Fall Central Section Meeting Kalamazoo, MI, October 17-19, 2008.
• Algebraic Topological Methods in Computer Sciences 2008, Paris, France, July 7-11, 2008.
• Computational Algebraic Topology, Workshop, Oberwolfach, Germany, June 29 – July 5, 2008.
• Recent Advances in Algebraic Topology, Special Session at an AMS Sectional Meeting, Southeastern Section, Murfreesboro, TN, November 3-4, 2007.
• Midwest Topology Seminar, Wayne State, Detroit, MI, April 28-29, 2007.
• The 34th Annual Meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada London, ON, Canada, May 28-31, 2006.
• Homotopy Theory Conference in honor of Joe Neisendorfer’s 60th birthday , Montreal, QC, Canada, November 18-20, 2005.
• Conference on Pure and Applied Topology Isle of Skye, Scotland.
• MAT 2005 Seminaire Mediterraneen d’Algebre et Topologie, Nice, France, April 1-2, 2005.
• Invariants algebriques et topologiques du calcul (Algebraic and topological invariants of computation), Montpellier, France
• Ottawa Workshop on the Geometry of Very Large Data Sets, Ottawa, ON, Canada, February 23-25, 2005.
• ATMCS2: Algebraic Topological Methods in Computer Science, II, London, ON, Canada, July 16-20, 2004.
• GETCO 2004: Sixth workshop on Geometric and Topological Methods in Concurrency and Distributed Computing, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• CAT04: Arolla Conference on Algebraic Topology, Arolla, Switzerland, August 24 – 29, 2004.

Conferences and workshops I’ve co-organized

• University of Florida Topological Data Analysis conference (UFTDA2024), Gainesville, FL, February 8-9,2024.
• University of Florida Topological Data Analysis conference (UFTDA2023), Gainesville, FL, February 23-24,2023.
• University of Florida Topological Data Analysis conference (UFTDA2022), Gainesville, FL, January 20-21,2022.
• Workshop in Topological Data Analysis, Fields Institute, June 15-19, 2020.
• University of Florida Topological Data Analysis conference (UFTDA2020), Gainesville, FL, January 30-31,2020.
• Special Session on Applied Topology: Theory and Applications, AMS Fall Southeastern Sectional Meeting, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, November 2-3, 2019.
• Julia Robinson Math Festival, The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, September 14, 2019.
• Multiparameter persistent homology, BIRS/MCO, Oaxaca, Mexico, August 5 – 10, 2018.
• Mini-symposium on Applied and Computational Topology, SIAM Conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry, Fort Collins, CO, August 1-4, 2013. Organizers: Peter Bubenik (Cleveland State University), Dmitiry Morozov (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab), Mikael Vejdemo Johansson (KTH)
• AMS Special Session on Applied Topology, AMS Sectional Meeting, Akron, OH, October 20-21, 2012. Organizers: Peter Bubenik and Matthew Kahle (Ohio State University)
• NSF/CBMS conference: Algebraic Topology in Applied Mathematics, Cleveland State University, August 3-7, 2009 Principal speaker: Robert Ghrist (University of Pennsylvania) Organizers: Peter Bubenik and John Oprea (Cleveland State University)
• Data Analysis using Computational Topology and Geometric Statistics, Banff International Research Station (BIRS) March 8-13, 2009 Organizers: Peter Bubenik (Cleveland State University), Gunnar Carlsson (Stanford University), Peter Kim (University of Guelph).

Programs I’ve attended or plan to attend

• Math + Neuroscience: Strengthening the Interplay Between Theory and Mathematics, Institute for Computational & Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM), Providence, RI, Sep 6 – Dec 8, 2023
• Thematic Program on Toric Topology and Polyhedral Products, Fields Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, June 2020.
• Applied and Computational Algebraic Topology, Special Hausdorff Program, Hausdorff Research Institute, Bonn, Germany, April 24 – May 5, 2017 and September 4 – 29, 2017.
• Thematic Year on Scientific and Engineering Applications of Algebraic Topology, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, September 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014.
• Low-dimensional Structure in High-dimensional Systems (LDHD), Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI), Research Triangle Park, NC, Fall 2013 – Spring 2014.
• Thematic Program on Geometric Applications of Homotopy Theory, Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada, Spring 2007.
• Computational Applications of Algebraic Topology, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), Berkeley, CA, Fall 2006.