Writeups due December 11, 2002

• An Introduction to the Theory of Knots by Giovanni De Santi
• Finding "Holes" in Large Wireless Sensor Network Topology by Qing Fang
• Morse Theory on Meshes by Niloy Mitra

Presentations on November 27th, 2002

• Surface Flattening by Jie Gao
  Optimally cutting a surface into a disk
  Geometry images

• Simplicial Sets by Patrick Perry
  Thesis on Simplicial Sets
  E. B. Curtis, "Simplicial Homotopy Theory," Advances in Mathematics 6 (1971), 107-209
  J. P. May, Simplicial Objects in Algebraic Topology, D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc., Princeton, N.J., 1967

• Complexity of Knot and Link Problems by Krishnaram Kenthapadi
  The Computational Complexity of Knot Genus and Spanning Area
  The Computational Complexity of Knot and Link Problems

Presentations on December 4th, 2002

• The Tangent Complex by Yichi Gu (non-digital)
  Carlsson, E., Carlsson, G. and de Silva, V. An Algebraic Topological Method for Feature Identification. Manuscript

• Irreducible Trianguluations by Jon McAlister
  Topology Preserving Edge Contraction
  Hierarchy of Surface Models and Irreducible Triangulation

• Homotopy in the Plane by Rachel Kolodny
  Testing Homotopy for Paths in the Plane