Professor Michael Farber
Professor of Pure Mathematics
Email: m.farber@qmul.ac.ukTelephone: +44 (0)20 7882 5451Room Number: Queens’ Building, Room: W308
Profile
Michael Farber is Professor of Mathematics at the School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London. Prior to Queen Mary, M. Farber held professorships at the Universities of Warwick, Durham and Tel Aviv. Michael Farber obtained his PhD and D.Sc. degrees in the USSR. M. Farber is known for his research in high dimensional knot theory, Morse theory and topology of closed 1-forms. One of his most significant results is a solution of the zero-in-the spectrum conjecture. His recent research interests focus on applied and computational topology, topological robotics, applications of topology to statistics and computer science. He is the author of several monographs. M. Farber was awarded many research grants, among them the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award.
PhD students: Lewin Strauss, Gabriele Beltramo, Lewis Mead.
Research
Publications
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(2018). On the topological complexity of aspherical spaces Journal of Topology and Analysis.authorsList
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(2017). Large random simplicial complexes, III the critical dimension Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications.authorsList
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(2017). Configuration spaces and robot motion planning algorithms journal.authorsList
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(2016). Correction to Our Article “Topology of Random 2-Complexes” Published in DCG 47 (2012), pp. 117–149 Discrete and Computational Geometry.authorsList
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(2016). Large random simplicial complexes, II; the fundamental group Journal of Topology and Analysis.authorsList
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(2016). Random simplicial complexes Springer INdAM Series.authorsList
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(2015). Geometry and topology of random 2-complexes Israel Journal of Mathematics.authorsList
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(2015). Large random simplicial complexes, I Journal of Topology and Analysis.authorsList
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(2015). Fundamental groups of clique complexes of random graphs Transactions of the London Mathematical Society.authorsList
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(2015). The asphericity of random 2-dimensional complexes Random Structures & Algorithms.authorsList
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(2012). The topology of spaces of polygons Transactions of the American Mathematical Society.authorsList