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  <body><![CDATA[<p>Professor&nbsp;<a href="https://d6.math.gatech.edu/users/stavros">Stavros Garoufalidis</a>&nbsp;was a member of the organizing committee for the&nbsp;<a href="http://geneva2014.gatech.edu/" target="_blank">Geometry, Quantum Topology and Asymptotics Conference</a>&nbsp;held June 30-July 4, 2014 at the Confucius Institute of the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Professor&nbsp;<a href="https://d6.math.gatech.edu/users/letu">Thang Le</a>&nbsp;was an invited speaker. Other organizers included:</p>

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	<li><a href="http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/andersen@qgm.au.dk" target="_blank">J. E. Andersen</a>&nbsp;(Aarhus University)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.unige.ch/math/folks/kashaev/" target="_blank">R. Kashaev</a>&nbsp;(University of Geneva)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~fluo/" target="_blank">F. Luo</a>&nbsp;(Rutgers University)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.rolandvdv.nl/" target="_blank">R. van der Veen</a>&nbsp;(Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics, University of Amsterdam)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.math.cuhk.edu.hk/~yau/" target="_blank">S. T. Yau</a>&nbsp;(Harvard University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Tsinghua University)</li>
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<p>The goal of the conference was to bring together world-class experts and young researchers in the field to discuss recent advances in the topics of</p>

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	<li>Chern-Simons Theory</li>
	<li>Hyperbolic Geometry</li>
	<li>q-series</li>
	<li>Quantum Invariants</li>
	<li>SYZ-Mirrror symmetry</li>
	<li>Teichmueller Space</li>
	<li>Volume and AJ Conjectures</li>
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<p><a href="http://geneva2014.gatech.edu/sites/default/files/poster.pdf">Poster</a></p>
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