Category Theory Talk Series

gwils commented 9 years ago

I think it would be useful and fun to have an introductory Category Theory (CT) series at BFPG.

This could be done in a similar format to how we did the Yorgey lectures in 2014. That is, we'd have one talk per month on CT, hopefully with a different presenter each time.

Some questions to start a discussion:

Do we write original material, or do we base our talks on an existing resource[1]?
How many talks should the series have? Which topics do we want to cover in those talks?
What is the current level of CT knowledge within the group? Will we be able to find presenters for later topics?

[1] Potential resources include Bartosz Milewski's blog series and Conceptual Mathematics

gwils commented 8 years ago

Not going to happen due to lack of interest.

dalaing commented 8 years ago

I think a combination of those resources would be pretty good. It'd be nice to come up with a syllabus, and to make sure that we have examples for all of it for Hask and probably a few subcategories of Hask.

mperry commented 8 years ago

I am interested in this topic

ajmcmiddlin commented 8 years ago

I'd be keen to learn some CT. I know next to nothing about it currently, but if I'm up to it I could potentially tackle one of the earlier talks as a motivation to learn.

frasertweedale commented 4 years ago

There still seems to be interest. Who could present?

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Category Theory Talk Series #18