Quiver Varieties Program Seminar: Tristan Bozec, Université Paris-Sud 11, Orsay

Title: Representations of Quivers With Loops Speaker: Tristan Bozec, Université Paris-Sud 11, Orsay Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 Time: 11:00am – 12:30pm Place: Lecture Hall 102, Simons Center       [box, type=”download”]Watch the video.[/box] Abstract: This talk is about the properties of canonical and semicanonical bases in the case of quivers with loop(s). I will … Read more

Quiver Varieties Program Seminar: Eugene Gorsky

Title: Refined Knot Invariants and Hilbert Schemes Speaker: Eugene Gorsky Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 Time: 2:30pm – 3:30pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center       [box, type=”download”]Watch the video.[/box] Abstract: Motivated by the string theory, M. Aganagic and S. Shakirov proposed a “refinement” to quantum invariants of knots, which can be formulated mathematically … Read more

SCGP Weekly Talk: Bertrand Duplantier

Title: Liouville Quantum Gravity & Schramm-Loewner Evolution Speaker: Bertrand Duplantier, Institute for Theoretical Physics, IPhT-Saclay Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm Place: Lecture Hall 102, Simons Center         [box, type=”download”]Watch the video. View the Slides[/box] Abstract: Liouville quantum gravity in two dimensions is described by the “random Riemannian manifold” obtained … Read more

Quiver Varieties Program Seminar: Peter Koroteev

Title: Mirror Symmetry in 3d N=2 Quiver Gauge Theories Speaker: Peter Koroteev Date: Friday, October 11, 2013 Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center       [box, type=”download”]Watch the video.[/box] Abstract: We study quiver gauge theories in 3d with N=2 supersymmetry and its vacua moduli space, which is a complex symplectic manifold. … Read more

Quiver Varieties Program Seminar: Nikita Nekrasov

Title: Introduction to Quiver Gauge Theories Speaker: Nikita Nekrasov Date: Thursday, October 10, 2013 Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm Place: Lecture Hall 102, Simons Center       [box, type=”download”]Watch the video.[/box]

Della Pietra Lecture Series Presents Dr. Stephen Quake (Stanford University), October 17-18, 2013

On Thursday, October 17th and Friday October 18th Dr. Stephen Quake, of Stanford University, will deliver three talks for the Della Pietra Lecture Series at the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook University.  Lecture 1 (This lecture is geared for high school and undergraduate students) Title:  “Precision Measurement in Biology” by Dr. Stephen Quake Time: Thursday … Read more