Conferences & Seminars
2008 - Present
CONFERENCES
The theory of periodic tangles and their interdisciplinary applications , Tohoku University, Japan. August 2025. (Not finalized).
Joint Meeting UMI (Unione Matematica Italiana)- AMS (American Mathematical Society), special session devoted to "Knot theory and applications", Palermo, Italy, July 23--26, 2024 (by invitation). Title of talk: tba.
Circuit Topology 2023. Workshop on recent results on Circuit Topology, Leiden University, The Netherlands, November 29, 2023.
Co-organizer.
12th International Conference on Mathematical Modeling in Physical Sciences. August 28--31, 2023, Belgrade, Serbia (by invitation).
Title of e-talk: Skein modules via braids.
2023 Mathematics Development Forum, Southeast University, School of Mathematics, Nanjing, P.R. China, Feb. 2023.
Title of Talk: Skein modules via braids.
2nd Russia-China Conference on Topology and Combinatorics. Invited as plenary speaker in this Virtual meeting, but I couldn't accept the invitation due to the current events.
Inverse Problems Meeting July 22--24, 2022, Virtual Meeting. This meeting was part of the 2nd Joint Congress of Mathematics co-organized by the American Mathematical Society, the European Mathematical Society and the Société Mathématique de France, AMS-EMS-SMF 2022, July 18--22, 2022, Grenoble, France.
Title of talk: Skein modules: A braid theoretic approach.
2nd Congress of Greek Mathematicians, SCGM-2022, July 4--8, 2022, Athens, Greece.
Title of talk: Kauffman bracket skein modules: A braid theoretic approach.
Mathematisches Forschunginstitute Oberwolfach, Germany, November 21--27, 2021. Hybrid Seminar: Combinatorial and Geometric Knot Theory.
Third Pan-pacific International Conference on Topology and Applications, Chengdu, China, 8--13 November 2019.
Title of talk: Skein modules: The braid approach
Knots in Hellas 2016, International conference on knots, low-dimensional topology and applications, International Olympic Academy, Ancient Olympia, Greece, 17--22 July 2016.
Title of talk: On the Homflypt skein module of lens spaces L(p,1) via braids
3-day workshop dedicated to the dissemination of the deliverables of the research project Thalis, Athens, Greece, 1--3 July 2015.
Title of talk: The Homflypt skein module of lens spaces L(p,1) via braids
Title of poster: Braid equivalence in 3-Manifolds with rational surgery description
Title of poster: A new basis for the HOMFLYPT skein module of the solid torus
Conference on Knot Theory and Its Applications to Physics and Quantum Computing;
60th birthday of Jozef H. Przytycki, UTD Richardson TX, January 6--9, 2015.
Title of talk: The Homflypt skein module of L(p,1): The braid approach
Algebra Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, 02-03 May 2014.
Title of talk: Algebraic Braid Equivalence in 3-Manifolds
Winter Braids IV, School on algebraic and topological aspects of braid groups, Dijon, France, 10--13 February 2014.
Title of talk: Braid equivalence in 3-manifolds with rational surgery description
Winter Braids II, School on algebraic and topological aspects of braid groups, Caen, France, 12--15 December 2011.
Title of talk: Toward the 3rd skein module of L(p,q)
Knots and Links: From Form to Function, Pisa, Italy, 02--08 July 2011.
Title of talk: The 3rd skein module of L(p,1)
Swiss Knots: Knot Theory and Algebra, Lake Thun, Switzerland, 23--27 May 2011.
Title of poster: Toward the 3rd skein module of lens spaces
Knots in Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, U.S.A., 12--14 September 2010.
Title of talk: Toward the 3rd skein module of L(p,q)
Advanced School and Conference on Knot Theory and its Applications to Physics and Biology, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 11--29 May 2009.
Title of poster: Topological Markov theorem in lens spaces
The Mathematics of Knots: Theory and Applications, University of Heidelberg, Germany, 15--19 December 2008.
8th Panhellenic Conference in Algebra, Number Theory and Applications, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, 29 May 2008 (secretary).
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SEMINAR & COLLOQUIUM TALKS
National Technical University Of Athens, School Of Applied Mathematical & Physical Sciences, School Of Mathematics, Athens, Greece. January 2023.
Title Of Talk: Skein Modules via the Generalized Temperley-Lieb Algebra Of Type B.
Stony Brook Institute Anhui University, P.R. China, November 2022.
Title of Skype-talk: Matrices, Graphs & Probabilities.
e-Seminar on knot theory and related topics, "Knots and representation theory", June 20, 2022.
Title of talk: Skein modules: A braid theoretic approach.
University of Ioannina, Department of Mathematics, Ioannina, Greece, September 2021.
Title of e-talk: Knots in 3-manifolds.
University of Derby, Department of Engineering, Derby, UK, February 2020.
Title of talk: Applications of Calculus to Engineering
China Agricultural University, College of Science. Department of Mathematics, Beijing, P.R. China, September -- October 2019 (main speaker & co-organizer with Prof. Xiaojun).
Xiamen University Malaysia, Department of Mathematics, Malaysia, November 2018.
Title of Skype-talk: Skein Modules via braids
University College Dublin, Department of Mathematics, Ireland, May 2017.
Title of talk: Knot theory for non-mathematicians
Xiamen University, Department of Mathematics, P.R. China, March 2017.
Title of Skype-talk: Knot theory and Applications
China Agricultural University, International College Beijing, Math Club Seminar, December 2016.
Title of talk: Quantum groups and Low Dimensional Topology
Harbin Engineering University, Department of Mathematics, Harbin, P.R. China, December 2016.
Title of talk: 3-manifold topology: Skein modules via braids
China Agricultural University, International College Beijing, Undergraduate Research Program, November 2016.
Title of talk: Research through the eyes of a
China Agricultural University, International College Beijing, Math Club Seminar, April 2016.
Title of talk: The Homflypt skein module of the lens spaces L(p,1) via braids
China Agricultural University, International College Beijing, Math Club Seminar, December 2015.
Title of talk: An Introduction to Knot Theory: The Jones polynomial via braids
National Technical University of Athens, One day workshop for high school students, July 2015.
Title of talk: An invitation to Knot Theory
National Technical University of Athens, Low Dimensional Topology Seminar, December 2014.
Title of talk: The Homflypt skein module of L(p,1)
National Technical University of Athens, Low Dimensional Topology Seminar, October 2014.
Title of talk: Toward the Homflypt skein module of L(p,q)
National Technical University of Athens, Low Dimensional Topology Seminar, October 2014.
Title of talk: A new basis for the Homflypt skein module of the Solid Torus
National Technical University of Athens, Low Dimensional Topology Seminar, March 2014.
Title of talk: The Knot Group and the Alexander
National Technical University of Athens, Low Dimensional Topology Seminar, March 2014.
Title of talk: Braids: An introduction
National Technical University of Athens, Low Dimensional Topology Seminar, June 2011.
Title of talk: Combinatorial construction of the
National Technical University of Athens, Low Dimensional Topology Seminar, February 2009.
Title of talk: Lens spaces and knot theory
National Technical University of Athens, Low Dimensional Topology Seminar, June 2009.
Title of talk: Knots in Chemistry and Biology
National Technical University of Athens, Low Dimensional Topology Seminar, July 2008.
Title of talk: The Alexander polynomial
National Technical University of Athens, Low Dimensional Topology Seminar, November 2007.
Title of talk: Knot theory and its Applications to
ORGANIZATION OF MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS
1. Co-organizer of the The theory of periodic tangles and their interdisciplinary applications , Tohoku University, Japan. August 2025. (Not finalized).
2. Co-organizer of the Circuit Topology 2023 Workshop on recent results on Circuit Topology, Leiden University, The Netherlands, November 29, 2023.
3. Organizer and main speaker of the Seminar "Knot theory and low dimensional topology", Department of Science, China Agricultural University, P. R. China, September--October 2019.
4. Local organizer of the International Conference on Knots, Low-Dimensional Topology and Applications; Knots in Hellas 2016, International Olympic Academy (IOA), Greece, 10--16 July 2016.
5. Secretary for the 3-day workshop for the dissemination of results of the research project THALES Algebraic Modeling of Topological and Computational Structures and Applications, NTUA, Athens, 1 - 3 July 2015.
6. Assistant secretary for "Papafest: A Journey for the 100 years since Papakyriakopoulos birth", Athens, December 22nd 2014.
7. Symposium Secretary on the 8th Panhellenic Conference in Algebra, Number Theory and Applications, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, 29 May 2008.