Date: 5 April 2013, 4:30pm Location: Hempfield High School, Room 213 Speaker: Lucas David-Roesler, Lebanon Valley College Title: Representation theory via surfaces Abstract. We will discuss the representation theory of finite dimensional algebras by using quiver theory and surface triangulations. These methods allow us to give concrete descriptions of modules over finite dimensional algebras and open the theory to rich combinatorial methods. We will focus on the algebras of finite representation type and the related tilted algebras of global dimension two.