Schedule:

14:00: Beth Romano -- TBA
14:30: Vaidehee Thatte -- The Defect is bad, deal with it!

Abstracts:

The Defect is bad, deal with it!
The 'defect' (or ramification deficiency) is one of the main obstacles to nice results, such as obtaining resolution of singularities in positive residue characteristic. In this talk, I will discuss why this is a serious obstruction, and how generalized ramification theory helps us understand and treat it. We will take this journey through some examples rather than theory.