Seminar in Topology and Symplectic Geometry Fall 2015, Location Math Tower 5-127 or SCGP 313, Thursday 1PM: (09/03/2015) Michael Sullivan, UMass (Amherst) Legendrian invariants constructed using regular cell decompositions of surfaces, (09/10/2015) N/A N/A (09/17/2015) Kenji Fukaya, Simons Center, Stony Brook SO(3)-Floer homology of 3-manifolds with boundary (09/24/2015) Marco Farinati, Universidad de Buenos Aires Link … Read more
July 28, 2015 Ray Anderson – Trombone and Singing Steve Salerno – Guitar Gary Versace – Keyboard Tommy Campbell – Drums Photos by Brianne Schmidt
Danfords Shuttle: *Please be aware that the Danfords shuttle has limited seating. If you have a car, we appreciate if you carpool to the Simons Center. Hilton General Information Special Events Transportation Information: For beach talks and parties. Information and Driving Directions for Special Events Smith Point Beach, Wednesdays (Smith Point County Park, William Floyd … Read more
Downloadable Schedules by Week: *Speakers and titles will be added to the schedule throughout the workshop. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays All talks will be held in the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics Lecture Hall (Room 102). Breakfast will be served daily from 9:00am-10:00am in the Simons Center Cafe, 2nd floor. Lunch will be … Read more
The Simon’s Center for Geometry and Physics is proud to announce that our very own chef, Paolo Fontana, has received a notable mention in Dan’s Papers as he raises a glass to Dan’s Taste of Summer. “Dan’s Taste of Summer kicks off with Dan’s GrillHampton presented by Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors on Friday, July 17, … Read more
Title: DAHA and Application to Torus Knots, part 1 Program Website: Knot homologies, BPS states, and SUSY gauge theories Speaker: Alexei Oblomkov, University of Massachusetts Amherst Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center [box, type=”download”]Watch the Video. [/box]
Title: Two-dimensional random geometry: continuous and discrete approaches Program Website: Large N limit problems in Kahler Geometry Speaker: Ivan Kostov, IPhT, CEA-Saclay Date: Thursday, May 14, 2015 Time: 01:00pm – 02:30pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center [box, type=”download”]Watch the Video. [/box] Abstract: This is an elementary introduction for non-specialists. Liouville gravity. KPZ-DDK … Read more
Title: Topological recursion and quantization Program Website: Knot homologies, BPS states, and SUSY gauge theories Speaker: Motohico Mulase, University of California Date: Thursday, May 14, 2015 Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center [box, type=”download”]Watch the Video. [/box]
Title: The moduli space of S1-type zero loci for Z/2-harmonic spinors in dimension 3 and the guideline to define a new invariant Speaker: Ryosuke Takahashi, Harvard Date: Thursday, May 14, 2015 Time: 10:00am – 11:30am Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center [box, type=”download”]Watch the Video. [/box] Abstract: Let M be a compact oriented 3-dimensional … Read more
Title: A Monotonicity Theorem for Two-dimensional Boundaries and Defects Speaker: Andrew O’Bannon, University of Oxford Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 Time: 12:00pm – 01:00pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center [box, type=”download”]Watch the Video. [/box] Abstract: I will propose a proof for a monotonicity theorem, or c-theorem, for a three-dimensional Conformal Field Theory (CFT) … Read more
