Niles Johnson

The 2012 Joint Meetings are over now. I had a great time; here are some of the things that happened.

The following talks described work I'm involved with. I even gave one of them myself!

• On Calculations of p-Typical Formal Group Laws
  Undergraduate student Eddie Beck
  Thursday, Jan. 5; 1:30pm; Room 110, Hynes.
  AMS Session on Undergraduate Research, IV.
• Cohomology for Finite Groups of Lie Type
  Joint work with UGA VIGRE Algebra Group
  Thursday, Jan. 5; 3:30pm; Berkeley, 3rd Floor, Marriott.
  Special Session on Linear Algebraic Groups: Their Arithmetic, Geometry, and Representations.
• Stable homotopy 1-types and symmetric Picard groups
  Joint work with Angélica Osorno
  Saturday, Jan. 7; 3:00pm; Provincetown, 4th Floor, Marriott.
  Special Session on Homotopy Theory.
• Obstruction theory for E_infty maps
  Joint work with Justin Noel
  Saturday, Jan. 7; 3:30pm; Provincetown, 4th Floor, Marriott.
  Special Session on Homotopy Theory.

I'm generally interested in the following sessions.

• Special Session on Generalized Cohomology Theories in Engineering Practice:
  Wednesday
• Homotopy Theory Satellite Conference:
  Thursday, 1—5:50, MIT Campus Room 2-105.
• Special Session on Computational and Applied Topology:
  Thursday
• Special Session on Calculus of Functors:
  Friday
• Undergraduate Student Poster Session:
  Friday, 3:30—5:30
• Special Session on Homotopy Theory:
  Friday, Saturday
• Special Session on Recent Advances in Mathematical Biology, Ecology, and Epidemiology:
  Friday, Saturday
• Special Session on Tensor Categories and Representation Theory:
  Saturday

I'm on the job market this year and am registered for the employment center.

In my free time, I'll be hanging around the Sage booth.