Pedro Vaz

Talks

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I – Talks given in conferences as invited speaker

  1. TBA, Tensor categories in representation theory & vice-versa, Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala, Sweden, August 24-27, 2026. · website · slides
  2. Towards Triangulated birepresentations: Evaluation and Induction in Soergel Categories, International conference on Hopf algebras and tensor categories, Tsinghua Sanya International Forum of Mathematics (TSIFM), Sanya, Hainan, China, January 19-23, 2026. · website · slides
  3. The limits of knot detection: alternating links, mutation, and (categorified) quantum invariants, Diagrammatic categorification, ICERM, Providence RI, USA, October 20-24, 2025. · website · slides
  4. Growth problems in monoidal categories , Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Matemática 2024, Université do Minho - Braga, Portugal, July 10-12, 2024. · website
  5. De la catégorification des modules de Verma aux homologies d'entrelacs, Journées de topologie quantique, Université de Paris, Paris, November 21, 2022. · website
  6. 2-Verma modules and link homologies, Recent developments in Link Homology, SwissMAP Research station in Les Diablerets, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, January 31 - February 4, 2022. · website
  7. 2-Verma modules, Virtual Workshop on Recent Developments in Geometric Representation Theory (online), Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA, November 16-20, 2020. · website
  8. Categorification of Verma modules, tensor products and the Temperley-Lieb algebra, Algebraic and Geometric Categorification, Casa Matemática Oaxaca/Banff International Research Center, Oaxaca, México. December 1-6, 2019. · website
  9. Categorification of Verma modules and beyond, Categorification in quantum topology and beyond, Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics, Vienna, Austria (January 7-18, 2019). · website
  10. DG-enhanced cyclotomic KLR algebras and categorification of Verma modules, Interactions of low-dimensional topology and "higher" representation theory, Universität Zürich, Switzerland (September 17-21, 2018). · website
  11. DG-enhanced cyclotomic KLR algebras and categorification of Verma modules, Categorification and Higher Representation Theory, Institute Mittag-Leffler, Djursholm, Sweden (July 9-13, 2018). · website
  12. 2-Verma modules and the Khovanov-Rozansky link homologies, part I, Knots in Washington XLVI, George Washington University, Washington DC, USA (May 4-6, 2018). · website
  13. 2-Verma modules and the Khovanov-Rozansky link homologies, Quantum Knot Homology and Supersymmetric Gauge Theories, Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen, CO, USA (March 4-10, 2018). · website
  14. 2-Verma modules and the Khovanov-Rozansky link homologies, Quantum topology and categorified representation theory, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge University, UK, 26-30 June 2017. · website
  15. 2-Verma modules and the Khovanov-Rozansky link homologies, Workshop on Quantum Topology, Laboratoire Paul Painlevé of the University of Lille 1, France, 9-10 March 2017. · website
  16. Categorification of Verma modules, Around 2-categories and 3-manifolds, Institut Montpelliérain Alexander Grothendieck, Montpellier, France, 8-9 September 2016. · website
  17. Categorification of Verma modules, Encontro Nacional Sociedade Portuguesa de Matemática 2016, Escola Sup. Tecnologia do Barreiro, Portugal, 11-13 July 2016.
  18. Categorification of Verma modules , Workshop: categorification, Mathematical institute of the University of Bonn, Germany, 16-20 May 2016. · website
  19. Flavours of odd categorification , Journées Solstice, Paris, France 18-19 June 2015.
  20. KLR algebras and the branching rule : the categorical Gelfand-Tsetlin bases for the classical Lie algebras , Journées d’algèbre à Caen : Catégorifications et Invariants des noeuds, Université de Caen, Basse-Normandie, France 27-28 March 2014.
  21. On Jaeger’s HOMFLY-PT expansions, branching rules and link homology , Nord Pas de Calais/Belgium congress of mathematics, Valenciennes-France and Mons-Belgium, 28 October 2013. https ://math.umons.ac.be/npcbe13/program.html#algtop
  22. On Jaeger’s HOMFLY-PT expansions, branching rules and link homology : a progress report , Encontro Nacional Sociedade Portuguesa de Matemática 2012, Univ. Algarve, Faro, Portugal, 9-11 July 2012. http ://enspm12.spm.pt/files/outros/GeomTop-Conjunto3.pdf
  23. A diagrammatic categorification of the q -Schur algebra , Workshop on Category Theoretic Methods in Representation Theory, University of Ottawa - Canada, October 14-16, 2011. http ://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/11-12/reptheory2011/abstracts. html ♯ vaz
  24. Categorified q-Schur algebra and coloured HOMFLYPT homology , Homological invariants in Low-Dimension Topology Workshop, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics - Stony Brook NY, June 13-17 2011. http ://scgp.stonybrook.edu/ ?p=804
  25. The diagrammatic Soergel category and sl ( N ) -foams , Research Workshop : Homology theories of knots and links, MSRI Berkeley CA, March 15, 2010. https ://www.msri.org/people/20799
  26. sl ( N ) -link homology using foams and the Kapustin-Li formula , Encontro Nacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Matemtica 2008, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Coimbra, June 28, 2008. http ://www.isec.pt/enspm08/files/sessoes/FisicaMatematica.pdf

II – Mini-courses

  1. Categorification of Verma modules (3 x 90' lectures), Small Lecture Series, Hausdorff Institute for Mathematics, Bonn, Germany, 14-17 november 2017. · website
  2. From knot theory to categorified quantum groups and back (4 lectures), Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, spring 2013.

III – Colloquium talks

  1. Le polynôme de Jones et homologie de Khovanov pour les entrelacs : une introduction , Colloquium MAPA Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique, 8 Mars 2013. https ://www.uclouvain.be/29051.html
  2. What is ... link homology ? , Zürich Graduate Colloquium, Universität Zürich, Switzerland, March 27, 2012.
  3. What is ... Link Homology ? , Séminaire Général, Institut de Mathématiques de Bourgogne - Dijon, France, Dec. 7, 2011. http ://math.u-bourgogne.fr/spip.php ?article449

IV – Talks at seminars

  1. Categorifying Induction: From Modules to Birepresentations (with an application to extended affine type A Soergel bimodules) [online talk], BIMSA TQFT and higher symmetries seminar, Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications, China, May 12, 2026. · website· slides
  2. The limits of knot detection: alternating links, mutation, and (categorified) quantum invariants, Séminaire Topologie, Laboratoire Paul Painlevé, Université de Lille, France, February 20, 2026. · website· slides
  3. A tour on quantum topology and categorification, ANTLR Seminar, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK (May 8, 2025). · website · slides
  4. A tour on quantum topology and categorification, CMUC Geometry Seminar, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal (February 19, 2025). · website
  5. Categorification of Verma modules and applications (extended talk), Séminaire de Géométrie et Dynamique de Cergy-Pontoise, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, Cergy-Pontoise, France (January 22, 2024). · website · website
  6. Growth problems in monoidal categories , Representation Theory and Categorification Seminar (online talk), Columbia University, New York, USA (December 7, 2023). · website
  7. Growth problems in monoidal categories , Uppsala algebra seminar, Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala, Sweden (November 21, 2023). · website
  8. An overview on categorification of Verma modules and the case of sl(2) via a symmetric group action, Ottawa-Carleton joint algebra seminar, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada (September 1, 2023). · website
  9. Categorification of Verma modules and applications , Research Seminar on Quantum Topology and Categorification (QTCat), Universität Hamburg, Germany (June 14, 2023). · website
  10. 2-Representations of affine type A Soergel bimodules via an evaluation functor, Seminar Talk at Columbia University (informal categorification seminar), New-York (April 4, 2023). · website
  11. Categorification of Verma Modules and beyond, Seminar Talk at Columbia University (informal categorification seminar), New-York (October 13, 2022). · website
  12. Categorification of Verma Modules in low-dimensional topology, Seminar Talk at Clemont-Ferrand (séminaire GAAO), Clermont-Ferrand (Novembre 19, 2021). · website
  13. Schur-Weyl duality, Verma modules, and categorification (online), The RepNet Virtual seminar, ICMS, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (March 3, 2021). · website
  14. Categorification of Verma modules in low-dimensional topology (online), TQFT seminar, IST Lisbon, Portugal (January 8, 2021). · website
  15. Categorification of Verma modules in low-dimensional topology (online), Topology seminar, The University of Iowa, Iowa city, USA (December 3, 2020). · website
  16. Higher Representation Theory and Categorification of Verma modules, Séminaire AGATA, Institut Montpellierain Alexander Grothedieck, Montpellier, France (November 15, 2018). · website
  17. Categorification of Verma modules: sl(2), FRG: Categorification Seminar, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA (April 26, 2018). · website
  18. Categorification of Verma modules , Oberseminar Algebra, Zahlentheorie und algebraische Geometrie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany, 21 April 2016.
  19. gl(N)-webs and their friends , Oberseminar Darstellungstheorie, University of Bonn - Mathematical Institute, Bonn, Germany, 18 May 2015.
  20. Foams in higher representation theory, link homology and connections to TQFTs , CQGM , Aarhus University, Denmark, 20 August 2014.
  21. KLR algebras and the branching rule : categorical Gelfand-Tsetlin bases for the classical Lie algebras , CQGM , Aarhus University, Denmark, 26 february 2014.
  22. A gentle introduction to Khovanov’s knot homology theories , ULB-UzK Seminar on symplectic and contact geometry, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgique, 26 april 2013. http ://www.mi.uni-koeln.de/ ~ geiges/Seminare/bc4-13.html
  23. From topology to categorified quantum groups and back , UCL-VUB Category theory seminar, Vrij Universiteit Brussel, Belgique, 14 janvier 2013.
  24. Categorification, quantum groups and coloured braids , Séminaire de Topologie, Institut Fourier - Grenoble, France, Dec. 9, 2011. http ://www-fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr/spip.php ?page=Afficher_seminaire&id=2269
  25. On a relation between some diagrammatic algebras , Séminaire Géométrie et Systèmes Dynamiques, Institut de Mathématiques de Bourgogne - Dijon, France, Dec. 8, 2011. http ://math.u-bourgogne.fr/spip.php ?article442
  26. Categorified q -Schur algebras and the BMW algebra , Topological Quantum Field Theory Seminar, Instituto Superior Técnico - Lisboa, Novembre 9, 2011. http ://www.math.ist.utl.pt/ ~ rpicken/tqft/
  27. Categorified q -Schur algebras and the BMW algebra , Columbia Informal Categorification and Representation Theory Seminar, Columbia University - New York, Octobre 18, 2011. http ://www.math.columbia.edu/ ~ topology/ICART/ ♯ oct18
  28. Categorified q-Schur algebra and coloured HOMFLYPT homology , Séminaire de Topologie, Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu - Paris , 27 Septembre, 2011. http ://people.math.jussieu.fr/ ~ blanchet/seminaire-topologie/index.html
  29. Categorification, quantum groups and coloured braids , Séminaire Géométrie et Systèmes Dynamiques, Institut de Mathématiques de Bourgogne - Dijon, 24 Mars 2011. http ://math.u-bourgogne.fr/spip.php ?article334
  30. On Khovanov’s categorification of quantum superalgebras , Quantum Topology Seminar, Universität Zürich, Switzerland, March 8, 2011.
  31. Categorification, examples, techniques and perspectives , Talks in Mathematical Physics ETH, Zürich, Switzerland, Mars 3, 2011.
  32. The diagrammatic Soergel category and sl ( N ) foams , Séminaire Algèbre-Géométrie-Topologie, Institut de Mathématiques de Bourgogne - Dijon, 21 Janvier 2010, URL : http ://math.u-bourgogne.fr/topo/seminaires/AGT/archivesagt_20092010.html
  33. The Kapustin-Li formula and the evaluation of closed sl ( N ) -foams , Groupe de Travail ATQ Algèbre et Topologie quantiques, IMJ, Paris, 14 Janvier, 2010. http ://people.math.jussieu.fr/ ~ blanchet/gdtATQ/doku.php
  34. La catégorie de Soergel diagrammatique et foams , Groupe de Travail ATQ Algèbre et Topologie quantiques, IMJ,Paris, 11 Janvier, 2010. http ://people.math.jussieu.fr/ ~ blanchet/gdtATQ/doku.php
  35. The diagrammatic Soergel category and sl(N) foams, Algebra-Topology seminar, ETH, Zürich, November 25, 2009. · website
  36. The diagrammatic Soergel category and sl(N) foams, Categorification and representation theory seminar, Columbia University, New York, October 14, 2009.
  37. The diagrammatic Soergel category and sl(N) foams, Séminaire de Topologie, Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu, Paris, 29 Septembre, 2009. · website
  38. sl(n) link homologies using foams, Séminaire de Topologie, Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu, Paris, 10 Mars, 2009. · website
  39. sl(N)-link homology using foams and the Kapustin-Li formula, XVIth Oporto Meeting on Geometry, Topology and Physics, Faro, July 5, 2007.
  40. The universal sl3-link homology, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, March 31, 2006.
  41. Induced representations and geometric quantization of coadjoint orbits, Seminar on Harmonic Analysis, Operator Theory and Applications, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve, July 15, 2004.
  42. Induced representations and geometric quantization of coadjoint orbits, TQFT Club Meeting, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, May 21, 2004. · website

V – Talks for students and public talks

  1. TBA, Brussels Summer School of Mathematics, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels (Belgium) August 2026. · website
  2. La mathématiques des nœuds, Les midis des mathématiques, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) 2 février 2022. · website
  3. La mathématiques des nœuds, Talk for High-School students, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) August 20, 2018.
  4. La mathématique des nœuds , Exposé pour les étudiants 1er année - LMAFY1181, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique, - 10 novembre 2017, - 22 octobre 2016, - 16 octobre 2015, - 17 octobre 2014, - 15 octobre 2013, - 1 mars 2013.
  5. La mathématique des nœuds, Printemps des sciences 2016, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique, 18 mars 2016. Cours d'été 2018, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique, 22 août 2018.

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