HoTT 2019
Posted by John Baez
The first International Conference on Homotopy Type Theory, HoTT 2019, will take place from August 12th to 17th, 2019 at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA. Here is the organizers’ announcement:
The invited speakers will be:
- Ulrik Buchholtz (TU Darmstadt, Germany)
- Dan Licata (Wesleyan University, USA)
- Andrew Pitts (University of Cambridge, UK)
- Emily Riehl (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
- Christian Sattler (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
- Karol Szumilo (University of Leeds, UK)
Submissions of contributed talks will open in January and conclude in March; registration will open sometime in the spring.
There will also be an associated Homotopy Type Theory Summer School in the preceding week, August 7th to 10th.
The topics and instructors are:
- Cubical methods: Anders Mortberg
- Formalization in Agda: Guillaume Brunerie
- Formalization in Coq: Kristina Sojakova
- Higher topos theory: Mathieu Anel
- Semantics of type theory: Jonas Frey
- Synthetic homotopy theory: Egbert Rijke
We expect some funding to be available for students to attend the summer school and conference.
Looking forward to seeing you in Pittsburgh!
The scientific committee consists of:
- Steven Awodey
- Andrej Bauer
- Thierry Coquand
- Nicola Gambino
- Peter LeFanu Lumsdaine
- Michael Shulman, chair