Organized by Mark de Cataldo, Alexander Kirillov, Jr., and Robert Lazarsfeld. Dates: November 18 – 22, 2013 Given a smooth algebraic surface X, the collection of all n-tuples of points on X (or, more precisely, finite subschemes of X of length n) are parametrized by the punctual Hilbert scheme of X. Over the past two decades. … Read more
Organized by Zvi Bern, Lance Dixon, Michael Douglas, Alexander Goncharov, and Lionel Mason. Dates: December 9 – 13, 2013 The study of scattering amplitudes in relativistic quantum field theory has undergone a remarkable renaissance and transformation in recent years, with many remarkable and unexpected interactions with diverse areas of mathematics. This meeting aims to review … Read more
Organized by Chris Herzog, Leonardo Rastelli, Martin Rocek, and George Sterman. Dates: January 6-10, 2014 Supergravity was discovered in 1976 and continues to be central for M-theory, string theory phenomenology, quantum properties of black holes, and the AdS/CFT correspondence. Applications have ranged from extensions of the Standard Model to supersymmetric black hole solutions and … Read more
Organized by Alexander Kirillov, Jr., Ljudmila Kamenova, Hiraku Nakajima, and Olivier Schiffmann. Dates: October 14 – 18, 2013 Quivers and quiver varieties, introduced and studied in a series of papers of Nakajima, Lusztig, Ringel, and others in 1990s, have since appeared in many areas of mathematics and mathematical physics, including gauge theory, string theory, noncommutative … Read more
Title: Naturality In Sutured Monopole Homology Speaker: Steven Sivek, Harvard Date: Thursday, May 16, 2013 Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center [box, type=”download”]Watch the video.[/box] Abstract: Kronheimer and Mrowka defined a version of monopole Floer homology which assigns to any balanced sutured manifold a module up to isomorphism. … Read more
Organized by Miranda Cheng, Matthias Gaberdiel, and Terry Gannon. Dates: August 26 – 30, 2013 Since 2010, there has been a rapid development in the study of moonshine phenomena relating mock modular forms and finite groups. Following the observation in 2010 on the relation between the elliptic genus of K3 surfaces and the largest Mathieu … Read more
Organized by John Cardy, Greg Lawler and Paul Wiegmann The workshop will focus on the mathematical and physical understanding of the interrelations between Conformal Field Theory and Schramm Loewner Evolution, as well as their relation to discrete lattice systems such as percolation, Ising models, Potts models, loop models, and dimers. The other topics covered … Read more
We are pleased to announce the 2013 Summer Simons Workshop in Mathematics and Physics from July 22 to August 16. This workshop is the sixth conducted by the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook. The Center’s mission is to develop the interaction of geometry in the broadest sense with theoretical physics, and … Read more
Workshop in Kahler Geometry-Summer 2013 Recently there have been spectacular developments in Kahler geometry which cut across a wide variety of mathematical fields ranging from the analysis of PDE’s to Algebraic Geometry. The purpose of this workshop is to introduce graduate students and young researchers to some of these developments. The workshop will be … Read more
Organized by Rick Kenyon, Jan de Gier, and Bernard Nienhuis Random tilings in two dimensions provide an interesting class of discrete geometric models that exhibit critical behavior and hence are expected to be described by conformal eld theories and SLEs. The random tiling of lozenges, being free fermionic and describable in terms of … Read more
