Welcome to the webpage of the TORI Workshop!
About
The TORI workshop is an invitation-only, retreat-style (Dagstuhl-like) workshop on topological methods for data analysis and visualization. It is funded by the ERC project TORI and organized to mark the end of this project. Its goal is to summarize and communicate around the major results of the community over the last five years in the fields of topological data description and analysis, and to discuss the most vibrant perspectives for the future.
Format
The event is organized as a 3.5 day workshop. Each day starts with a distinct distinguished keynote. The rest of the day is organized around three 1-hour sessions of short talks (typically, three talks of 15 minutes), with several 1-hour breakouts, to favor informal discussions, meetups and relaxation. Lunches and dinners would be provided on site, to also contribute to a friendly and collaborative atmosphere.
Location
The workshop will take place at the hotel Le Carnot in Wimereux, a beautiful and historical seaside resort on the Opal Cost (in the north of France, pictures below).
Dates
June 30, 2026 to July 3, 2026.
Keynote speakers
- Herbert Edelsbrunner, Institute of Science and Technology, Austria.
- Edmund Harriss, University of Arkansas, USA.
- Facundo Memoli, Ohio State University, USA.
- Valerio Pascucci, University of Utah, USA.
Confirmed invited speakers
- Henry Adams, University of Florida, USA.
- Talha Bin Masood, Linköping University, Sweden.
- Wojciech Chachólski, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
- Chao Chen, Stony Brook University, USA.
- Mattéo Clémot, Université Lyon 1, France.
- Paweł Dłotko, Polish Academy of Science, Poland.
- Christoph Garth, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany.
- Sylvain Gerbaud, CNRS and Sorbonne University, France.
- Pierre Guillou, Mines Paris, France.
- Ingrid Hotz, Linköping University, Sweden.
- Federico Iuricich, Clemson University, USA.
- Mohamed Kissi, CNRS and Sorbonne University, France.
- Eve Le Guillou, Technical University of Munich, Germany.
- Vadim Lebovici, Sorbonne University, France.
- Joshua A. Levine, University of Arizona, USA.
- Jonas Lukasczyk, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany.
- Leland McInnes, Tutte Institute for Mathematics and Computing, Canada.
- Elizabeth Munch, Michigan State University, USA.
- Vijay Natarajan, Indian Institute of Science, India.
- Nina Otter, INRIA, France.
- Mathieu Pont, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany.
- Vanessa Robins, Australian National University, Australia.
- Paul Rosen, University of Utah, USA.
- Florian Russold, TU Graz, Austria.
- Keanu Sisouk, CNRS and Sorbonne University, France.
- Martin Skrodzki, TU Delft, Netherlands.
- Brian Summa, Tulane University, USA.
- Sébastien Tchitchek, CNRS and Sorbonne University, France.
- Katharine Turner, Australian National University, Australia.
- Kelin Xia, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Schedule
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
8:30 Keynote
9:30 Coffee break
10:00 Talks
- Henry Adams: The theory of Vietoris-Rips complexes
- Wojciech Chachólski.
- Nina Otter.
11:00 Break & Informal discussions
12:00pm Lunch
2:00pm Break & Informal discussions
3:00pm Talks
- Christoph Garth.
- Federico Iuricich.
- Talha Bin Masood: Multifield Topological Analysis: Methods, Applications, and Open Challenges
4:00pm Coffee break
4:30pm Talks
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
8:30 Keynote
9:30 Coffee break
10:00 Talks
11:00 Break & Informal discussions
12:00pm Lunch
2:00pm Break & Informal discussions
3:00pm Talks
4:00pm Coffee break
4:30pm Talks
Thursday, July 2, 2026
8:30 Keynote
9:30 Coffee break
10:00 Talks
11:00 Break & Informal discussions
12:00pm Lunch
2:00pm Break & Informal discussions
3:00pm Talks
4:00pm Coffee break
4:30pm Talks
- Chao Chen.
- Kelin Xia.
- Florian Russold: Derived Barcodes for two-parameter Persistence Modules
Friday, July 3, 2026
8:30 Capstone
- Edmund Harriss: When the math is the data, experiences illustrating mathematics
9:30 Coffee break
10:00 Talks
11:00 Closing & Informal discussions
Travel
From Paris (or Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport), traveling by train is the easiest way to reach Wimereux.
Please visit the website of the French national railroad company (SNCF) and enter “Wimereux” as your destination. From Paris, expect a journey of 3 to 4 hours, with a connection in Lille, followed by a second connection in Boulogne-sur-Mer. Please note that the SNCF website will not allow you to buy tickets more than 3 months in advance.
Once you arrive at Wimereux train station, the workshop venue is within walking distance (approximately a 10-minute walk). See these Google map directions.
If you have any travel related questions, please feel free to reach out to the workshop organizers.
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