Akram S. Alishahi T k m Curriculum Vitæ Max Planck institute for mathematics 223, Vivatsgasse 7 Bonn, Germany 53111 (+49) 228-402-268 alishahi@mpim-bonn.mpg.de http://guests.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/alishahi/ Personal Information Born on September 20, 1986 Gender: Female Academic Positions Postdoctoral Research Fellow Mar 2014 –Oct 2015 Student Researcher Nov 2013 – Feb 2014 Student Researcher Oct 2009 – Sep 2013 Visiting Student and Research Collaborator Jan 2012 – May 2012 Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn, Germany Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn, Germany Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran, Iran Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Program associate in “Homology Theories of Knots and Links” Feb 2010 – Mar 2010 Mathematical Science Research Institute, MSRI, Berkeley, CA Education Ph.D. in Mathematics, Advisors: Eaman Eftekhary, Alireza Bahraini Feb 2009–Feb 2014 Sharif University of Technology (Iran) M.Sc. in Mathematics Sep 2007–Feb 2009 Sharif University of Technology (Iran) B.S. in Mathematics Sep 2004–Jun 2007 Sharif University of Technology (Iran) Research Interest • Low dimensional topology: Knot theory, Heegaard Floer homology, Monopole Floer homology • Contact and symplectic topology Publications Papers 1. With E. Eftekhary Tangle Floer homology and cobordisms between tangles, Draft available upon request. 2. With E. Eftekhary A refinement of sutured Floer homology, To be appear in Journal of Symplectic geometry. 3. With E. Eftekhary On the construction of sutured Floer complex, Proceeding of 20th Gokova Geometry-Topology conference 97–109. Thesis • PhD thesis on “Heegaard Floer homology and the invariants of 3-manifolds” (in Persian), Advisors: Eaman Eftekhary, Alireza Bahraini, Feb 2014. • Master thesis on “Seiberg-Witten invariants and low dimensional topology” (in Persian), Advisors: Eaman Eftekhary, Alireza Bahraini, Feb 2009. Awards Awarded as a “Talented student” to enter PhD without entrance exam, Sharif University of Technology (Iran) Oct 2008 Awarded as a “Talented student” to enter M.Sc. without entrance exam, Sharif University of Technology (Iran) Jan 2007 “Silver Medal” in National Mathematical Olympiad for high school students Sep 2003 Selected Talks Tangle Floer homology and cobordisms between tangles Algebraic and Symplectic geometry seminar, Oxford University Nov 2014 Cobordisms between tangles Topology and invariants of 4-manifolds, Simons center for geometry and physics Aug 2014 A refinement of sutured Floer homology Frontiers in Mathematical Sciences, Sharif University of Technology Dec 2012 Knot invariants and the topology of 3-manifolds Sarenakh, Sharif University of Technology Oct 2012 Heegaard Floer homology and contact invariant Informal graduate student seminar, Princeton University Apr 2012 A refinement of sutured Floer homology Topology seminar, Brandeis University Feb 2012 On sutured Floer homology Topology and Geometry seminar, IPM Aug 2010 Seiberg-Witten invariants and 4-manifolds Topology and Geometry seminar, IPM Dec 2009 Khovanov homology Sharif University of Technology Dec 2009 Heegaard Floer homology and 3-manifolds Graduate student seminar, Sharif University of Technology Oct 2009 Counting pseudo-holomorphic submanifolds in dimension 4 Sharif University of Technology Aug 2008 Gromov-Witten invariants Sharif University of Technology Dec 2007 Gromov’s compactness theorem of pseudo-holomorphic curves Sharif University of Technology Jun 2007 Hyperbolic geometry(Pair of pants decomposition) Sharif University of Technology Jun 2007 Workshops and Schools attended Workshop on Topology and Invariants of 4-manifolds Simons Center for Geometry and Physics Aug 2014 Graduate Workshop on 4-manifolds Simons Center for Geometry and Physics Aug 2014 Combinatorial Link Homology Theories, Braids, and Contact Geometry ICERM, Brown Aug 2014 VIII Workshop on Symplectic Geometry, Contact Geometry and Interactions Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon Jan 2014 20th NRW Topology Meeting Max Planck institute for Mathematics, Bonn Nov 2013 Frontiers in Mathematical Sciences Sharif University of Technology Dec 2012 Georgia Topology Conference University of Georgia May 2012 Topology Festival Cornell University May 2012 Advanced School and Workshop on Discrete Groups in Complex Geometry ICTP, Trieste Jul 2010 Research Workshop on Homology Theories of Knots and Links MSRI, Berkeley Mar 2010 Workshop on Symplectic and Contact Topology and Dynamics: Puzzles and Horizons MSRI, Berkeley Mar 2010 Advanced School and Conference on Knot Theory and its Applications ICTP, Trieste May 2009 Workshop on Symplectic Field Theory III Humbdolt University Jul 2008 Summer School on Real Symplectic and Algebraic Geometry IHP, Paris Jul 2008 Teaching Experience Instructor Sharif University of Technology (Iran) Spring 2011 Elementary differential equations Fall 2009 An introduction to linear algebra Fall 2008 An introduction to linear algebra Teaching Assistant Sharif University of Technology (Iran) Fall 2012 Differential topology Fall 2010 Geometry of manifolds Spring 2009 Analysis I Complex analysis Spring 2008 Calculus II Elementary differential geometry II Elementary differential geometry I Fall 2007 Fall 2005 Foundations of mathematics Highschool Teacher Farzanegan highschool, Tehran, Karaj, Shiraz, Mashhad (Iran) Fall 2009 Geometry combinatorics Spring 2008 Geometry Combinatorics Number theory Fall 2007 Geometry Combinatorics Number theory References (in alphabetic order) Eaman Eftekhary(Thesis advisor) Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences B eaman@ipm.ir Robert Lipshitz Columbia University B lipshitz@math.columbia.edu András Juhász Oxford University B andras.juhasz@maths.ox.ac.uk Peter Ozsváth Princeton University B petero@math.princeton.edu Zoltan Szabó Princeton University B szabo@math.princeton.edu Last updated: November 2014