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6/10/2018 CS 598: Computational Topology (Spring 2013) http://jeffe.cs.illinois.edu/teaching/comptop/ 1/3 Codex Seraphinianus, p.166 The 13 basketball posions according to Muthu Alagappan CS 598: Computaonal Topology Spring 2013 Jeff Erickson ( jeff[email protected]) TuTh 2:00–3:15, 214 Ceramics About Schedule References Coursework Projects Announcements Welcome! The schedule and notes from the Fall 2009 iteraon of this course are sll available. About this class Computaonal topology is an emerging field of study at the intersecon of mathemacs and computer science, devoted to the study of efficient algorithms for topological problems, especially those that arise in other areas of compung. Although algorithmic techniques have been ubiquitous in topology since its incepon more than a century ago, the efficiency of topological algorithms and their applicability to other compung domains are relavely recent areas of study. Results in computaonal topology combine classical mathemacal techniques from combinatorial, geometric, and algebraic topology with more recent algorithmic tools from data structure design and computaonal geometry. These results have found applicaons in many different areas of computer science. This course will be a broad introducon to computaonal topology; the precise topics covered will depend on the skills and interests of the course parcipants. Potenal mathemacal topics include the topology of cell complexes, topological graph theory, homotopy, covering spaces, simplicial homology, persistent homology,

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6/10/2018 CS 598: Computational Topology (Spring 2013)

http://jeffe.cs.illinois.edu/teaching/comptop/ 1/3

 Codex Seraphinianus, p.166

 The 13 basketball posi�ons according to Muthu Alagappan

CS 598: Computa�onalTopology

 Spring 2013

Jeff Erickson([email protected]

 TuTh 2:00–3:15, 214 Ceramics

❖  About  ❖  Schedule  ❖  References  ❖ Coursework  ❖  Projects  ❖

 

❖  Announcements  ❖

Welcome!  The  schedule  and notes  from  the  Fall  2009  itera�on of  thiscourse are s�ll available.

❖  About this class  ❖

Computa�onal topology is an emerging field ofstudy  at  the  intersec�on  of  mathema�cs  andcomputer  science,  devoted  to  the  study  ofefficient  algorithms  for  topological  problems,especially  those  that  arise  in  other  areas  ofcompu�ng.  Although  algorithmic  techniqueshave  been  ubiquitous  in  topology  since  itsincep�on  more  than  a  century  ago,  theefficiency  of  topological  algorithms  and  theirapplicability  to  other  compu�ng  domains  arerela�vely  recent  areas  of  study.  Results  incomputa�onal  topology  combine  classical  mathema�cal  techniques  fromcombinatorial, geometric, and algebraic topology with more recent algorithmic toolsfrom data structure design and computa�onal geometry. These results have  foundapplica�ons in many different areas of computer science.

This  course  will  be  a  broad  introduc�on  to  computa�onal  topology;  the  precisetopics  covered  will  depend  on  the  skills  and  interests  of  the  course  par�cipants.Poten�al  mathema�cal  topics  include  the  topology  of  cell  complexes,  topologicalgraph theory, homotopy, covering spaces, simplicial homology, persistent homology,

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 A squarespiral  by Richard Kenyon

discrete  Morse  theory,  discrete  differen�al  geometry,  and  normal  surface  theory.Poten�al compu�ng topics  include algorithms for compu�ng topological  invariants,graphics  and  geometry  processing,  mesh  genera�on,  curve  and  surfacereconstruc�on, VLSI  rou�ng, mo�on planning, manifold  learning,  clustering,  imageprocessing, and combinatorial op�miza�on.

Students  in all areas of computer science, mathema�cs, and related disciplines arewelcome.  CS  573  and/or  Math  525  are  recommended  as  prerequisites,  but  notrequired; necessary background material will be introduced as needed.

❖  Other computa�onal topology classes  ❖

The  selec�on  of  topics  in  this  class  is  necessarilylimited  by  the  finiteness  of  a  single  semester  andbiased by my own interests and exper�se. The fulldiversity  of  techniques,  results,  applica�ons,  andeven  defini�ons  of  computa�onal  topology  couldeasily fill a dozen courses. Here is a sample of someother  classes/seminars  in  computa�onal  topologyand some closely related fields:

O�ried Cheong and Sunghee Choi, KAIST (Fall2006)

Sarah Day, William and Mary (Spring 2008)

Herbert  Edelsbrunner,  Duke  University  (Fall2006)

Joachim Giesen and Michael Sagraloff, Max‐Planck‐Ins�tut für Informa�k(Fall 2006)

Rob Ghrist, University of Pennsylvania

Susan Holmes, MSRI (Fall 2006)

Spike Hughes, Brown (Spring 2011)

Bala Krishnamoorthy, Washington State (Spring 2012)

Dmitriy Morozov, Stanford University (Fall 2009)

Abubakr Muhammad, McGill University (Winter 2008)

Chee Yap, NYU (Fall 2006)

Peter Schröder and Keenan Crane, Caltech (Fall 2012)

Afra Zomorodian, Dartmouth College (Winter 2011)

 

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