Allison H. Moore

Talks and Presentations

Videos

Past Talks

A tale of two tangles, Tangled in Knot Theory workshop, ICERM, Brown University, May 2023*. Video

Tangles and immersed curves, Low Dimensional Topology and Circle-Valued Morse Functions, IMSA, University of Miami, February 2023*. Video

Immersed curves in Floer homology and Conway spheres, Topology and Geometry Seminar, MIT, Boston, MA, November 2022*

Invariants and unknotting in theta curves, 8th Annual Applied Geometry and Topology Workshops in Mexico (Online), November 2022*

Invariants and unknotting in theta curves, AMS Special Session on Topology and Geometry of Multi-Stranded Nucleic Acids, Salt Lake City, UT, October 2022*

Unknotting in spatial theta curves, Flash Talk, 4-varietes: a travers les dimensions, CIRM, Marseille, France, September 2022*

Cosmetic surgery, cosmetic crossings, Geometry and Topology Seminar, Le Centre de recherche en géométrie et topologie (CIRGET), Université du Québec à Montréal (Online), April 2022*. Video

Cosmetic surgery, cosmetic crossings and Conway spheres, Knots in Washington 49.5, George Washington University, December 2021*

Cosmetic surgery, cosmetic crossings and Conway spheres, Special Session on Group Theory and Low-Dimensional Topology, Canadian Mathematical Society Winter Meeting (Online), December 2021*

Conway spheres and immersed curves, Geometry Seminar, University of Virginia, November 2021*

Tangle decompositions and immersed curves, Boston Graduate Topology Seminar, MIT, November 2021*

Essential Conway spheres and Floer homology via immersed curves, Topology Seminar, Boston College, November 2021*

Conway spheres and immersed curves , Topology Seminar (Online), Oklahoma State University, November 2021*

Essential Conway spheres and Floer homology via immersed curves, Workshop in Geometry Topology (Online), Texas Christian University, June 2021

Lightning Talk (Online): Knot Graphs and Gromov Hyperbolicity, 4D Topology ARC, American Institute of Mathematics, March 31, 2021

Essential Conway spheres and Floer homology via immersed curves, Joint Meetings of the AMS/MAA (Online), Special Session, January 2021

Essential Conway spheres and Floer homology via immersed curves, University of Texas Topology Seminar (Online), November 16, 2020

Essential Conway spheres and Floer homology via immersed curves, AMS Special Session on Applied Knot Theory (Online) October 10, 2020

Triple linking and Heegaard Floer homology, Stanford Topology Seminar (Online), Sep 22, 2020

Triple linking and Heegaard Floer homology, Brandeis Topology Seminar (Online) Sep 8, 2020

Triple linking and Heegaard Floer homology, Georgia Tech Topology Seminar (Online) August 31, 2020

Triple linking and Heegaard Floer homology, The Ohio State University, Seminar on Classical Knots + Virtual Knots (Online) August, 2020. Video

Triple linking and Heegaard Floer homology, University of British Columbia/PIMS CRG Seminar (Online) May, 2020

Intro to Khovanov Homology (Parts 1, 2, 3), VCU Topology and Geometry (Online) April, 2020

Surgery, higher-order linking and Heegaard Floer homology, Mini Symposium: Knot Theory on Okinawa, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan, February 2020

Knot graphs and Gromov hyperbolicity, AMS Special Session on Applications and Computations in Knot Theory, Joint Meetings, Denver, CO, 2020

Heegaard Floer invariants, integral surgery and higher order linking, Topology Seminar, Boston College, October 2019

Gordian graphs of knots, ALPS Seminar, VCU, September 2019

Heegaard Floer invariants, surgery and Milnor Numbers, AMS Special Section on Floer homology in Dimensions 3 and 4, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, September 2019

Heegaard Floer d-invariants and integral surgery, Topology Seminar, Indiana University, June 2019

Heegaard Floer d-invariants and integral surgery, Topology Seminar, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, May 2019

Heegaard Floer d-invariants and integral surgery, Geometry Seminar, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, April 2019

Site-specific recombination and the band surgery along knots, The Topology of Nucleic Acids: Research at the Interface of Low-Dimensional Topology, Polymer Physics and Molecular Biology Banff International Research Center, Banff, Canada, March 2019. Video

Surgery on links and the Heegaard Floer d-invariant, Winter Meeting of the Canadian Mathematical Society, Session on Topology, Vancouver BC, December 2018. PDF

Knots, bands and reconnection in circular DNA, Colloquium, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, December 2018

Heegaard Floer d-invariants and integral surgery, Geometry and Topology Seminar, UC Davis, November 2018

Knots, bands and reconnection in circular DNA, Colloquium, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, November 2018

Site-specific recombination and the band surgery model, AMS Special Session on Mathematical Methods for the study of the Three Dimensional Structure of Biopolymers, SFSU, San Francisco, CA, November 2018

Band surgery along knots and site-specific recombination on circular DNA, Colloquium, University of Nevada, Reno, October 2018

Distance one lens space fillings and band surgery, Topology in Dimensions 3, 3.5 and 4, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, June 2018

Distance one lens space fillings and band surgery, LA Joint Topology Seminar, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, April 2018

Knots, bands and reconnection in circular DNA, Eastern Illinois Integrated Conference in Geometry, Dynamics, and Topology, Charleston, IL, April 2018

Band surgery along the trefoil knot with applications to site-specific recombination on circular DNA, Colloquium, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, January 2018

Site-specific recombination on circular DNA and band surgery along the trefoil knot, Colloquium, Towson University, Towson, MD, December 2017

Arsuaga-Vazquez Workshop Sessions, Summer School on Modern Knot Theory: Aspects in Algebra, Analysis, Biology, and Physics. University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, June 2017. slides 1, slides 2, website

(1) Cosmetic crossing changes and (2) Symmetric unions without crossing changes Topology Seminar / Student Topology Seminar, University of California, Berkeley, CA, April 2017

(1) Cosmetic crossing changes and (2) Symmetric unions without crossing changesGeometry and Topology Seminar / Student GT Seminar, University of California, Davis, CA, September 2016

Nugatory crossings and cosmetic surgery in L-spaces, Colloquium, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, February 2016

The cosmetic crossing conjecture and nugatory crossings, Joint Meetings of the AMS/MAA, Seattle, WA, January 2016

Cosmetic surgery in L-spaces and nugatory crossings, Tech Topology Conference, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA, Dec 2015

Cosmetic surgery in L-spaces and nugatory crossings, Special Session on Invariants of Knots, Links and 3-Manifolds, AMS Sectional Meeting, Rutgers, NJ, November 2015

Cosmetic surgery in L-spaces and nugatory crossings, Geometry and Topology Seminar, MSU, East Lansing, MI, November 2015

Cosmetic surgery in L-spaces and nugatory crossings, Topology Seminar, University of Texas, Austin, TX, September 2015

Cosmetic surgery in L-spaces and nugatory crossings, Workshop in Geometric Topology, TCU, Fort Worth, TX June 2015. PDF

Cosmetic crossing changes in thin knots, Moab Topology Conference, Moab, UT, May 2015

Cosmetic crossing changes in thin knots, Symplectic Geometry, Gauge Theory, and Categorification Seminar, Columbia University, NY, May 2015

Cosmetic crossing changes in thin knots, AWM Research Symposium, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, April 2015

Cosmetic crossing changes in knots, Special Session on Knot Theory and Floer-Type Invariants, AMS Sectional Meeting, East Lansing, MI, March 2015

Montesinos knots, Hopf plumbings, and L-space surgeries, Special Session on Knot Theory, Joint Meetings of the AMS/MAA, San Antonio, TX, January 2015. PDF

Montesinos knots and L-space surgeries, Colloquium, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, October 2014

Montesinos knots, Hopf plumbings and L-space surgeries, Special Session on Interactions between Knots and Manifolds, AMS Sectional Meeting, San Francisco, CA, October 2014. PDF

Montesinos knots and contact structures, Special Session on Invariants in Low-Dimensional Topology, AMS Sectional Meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 2014. PDF

Pretzel knots admitting L-space surgeries and questions about mutation, Geometry and Topology Seminar, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, November 2013

Pretzel knots admitting L-space surgeries, Geometry and Physics Seminar, University of Miami, Miami, FL, November 2013

Pretzel knots admitting L-space surgeries, Special Session on Geometric Topology of Knots and 3-Manifolds, AMS Sectional Meeting, Philadelpha, PA, October 2013. PDF

Pretzel knots admitting L-space surgeries, Topology Seminar, Rice University, Houston, TX, September 2013

Mutation and total dimension in knot Floer homology, Colloquium, Rice University, Houston, TX, September 2013

Pretzels knots admitting L-space surgeries., Rolfsenfest, CIRM, Luminy, France, July 2013

Mutation and knot Floer homology, Colloquium, University of Nevado at Reno, May 2013

Thesis defense, Topology Seminar, University of Texas, April 2013

The total rank conjecture in knot Floer homology, Joint Meetings, San Diego, CA, 2013. PDF

Knot homology invariants and genus 2 mutation, Topology Students Workshop, Georgia Tech, GA, June 2012. PDF

Genus 2 mutation of knots, Joint Meetings, Boston, MA, January 2012

The link surgeries spectral sequence, Heegaard Floer Seminar, University of Texas, Austin TX, March 2012

Mutation of knots in manifolds, GSTGC, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, April 2011

The Jones polynomial of knots, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, March 2011

* indicates presentations reporting on work supported by The Thomas F. and Kate Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust, Bank of America, Trustee