A typical feature of the modern low-dimensional topology of is the active using of such rich algebraic structures as groups, semigroups, quandles (distributive grouppoids), and algebras. This allows us to construct strong invariants of knots and links, braids and virtual braids, three-dimensional manifolds. At the conference, new results on these topological objects obtained using algebraic methods will be presented and discussed. Among plenary speakers are academician S.V. Matveev, Professor L. Kaufman (University of Illinois at Chicago), other Russian and foreign experts.

Directions:

• Main Building Tomsk State University

Program Committee
Kaufman Louis Hirsch
Singh Mahender
Starchenko Aleksandr Vasil'evich
Vesnin Andrei Yurievich

Organizing Committee
Kozlovskaya Tat'yana Anatol'evna, Tomsk State University (Chairman)
Bart Andrei Andreevich, Tomsk State University, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
Genze Leonid Vladimirovich, Tomsk State University, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics

Institutions
Tomsk State University