This meeting will play broadly on the theme of the use of triangulations as a means of constructing geometric structures on 3-manifolds. Perelman’s work on the Ricci flow determines the existence of such structures, but relatively little is known about how to construct them directly. Triangulations offer a means of finding such structures, in a manner particularly suited to algorithms and computation. The Conference will bring together leading researchers on triangulations of 3-manifolds and geometric structures, as well as those studying new invariants and the applications of hyperbolic geometry to 3-manifolds. The participants will discuss recent results, explore connections between these various approaches, and pose directions for future research.

Refereed conference proceedings will be appear in the AMS Contemporary Mathematics Series. Please direct all submissions and enquiries to Jesse Johnson at .

This conference is in honor of William Jaco, on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

William Jaco

William 'Bus' Jaco's contributions to mathematics have been many and varied. Best known among 3-manifold theorists for his part in the Jaco-Shalen-Johannson decomposition theorem, he has also contributed across many other areas. With influential terms as Executive Officer of the American Mathematical Society, Head of Department and extensive on-going service across local and national levels, he has played a significant role in the shape of the profession today. He also maintains an active research programme, focused on triangulations, normal surfaces and algorithms associated to these techniques.

William Jaco is the Grayce B. Kerr and Regents Professor at Oklahoma State University.

Funding for the Conference is pending from National Science Foundation and the American Institute of Mathematics.