The program will start with an introductory summer school and center
around four workshops on the following topics:
• Modular forms around string theory
• Enumerative geometry and Calabi–Yau varieties
• Physics around Mirror Symmetry
• Hodge theory in String Theory
Each workshop will be preceded by one week of introductory lectures;
during the remaining time we will run seminars, colloquia and other
activities. We anticipate that Workshop 2 and 3 will be held back-to-back
as joint activities with the Perimeter Institute. Workshop 4 is
organized jointly with PIMS CRG Program “Geometry and Physics”.
Introductory summer school in July or
August 2013:
Calabi-Yau varieties; Arithmetic, Geometry and Physics
This one-week introductory summer school will prepare
postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and general members to a
level where they can participate fully in the program activities.
This will include lectures on historical developments, background
material, as well as topics in current research fronts. Lectures
may mainly be delivered by organizers with contributions from other
participants.
Workshops
The program will center around four week-long workshops as focal
points of the thematic organization. The workshops will also provide
excellent opportunities for collaborations with other research institutions
in Canada.
Workshop 1 Modular forms around
string theory
Principal Organizers: Charles F. Doran,
Matthias Schütt and NorikoYui
Workshops 2 & 3 will be organized jointly
with the Perimeter Institute. In order to ease participation
in both workshops, they will be held back-to-back, one at the
Fields Institute and the other at the Perimeter Institute.
Workshop
2 Enumerative geometry and Calabi–Yau varieties
Topics : Algebraic geometry, Symplectic geometry, Tropical geometry.
Principal Organizers: Mark Gross, Radu Laza, Jaume Gomis, Shing-Tung
Yau.
Workshop 3 Physics around
Mirror Symmetry
Principal Organizers: Vincent Bouchard, Jaume Gomis, Sergei
Gukov, Johannes Walcher, Shing-Tung Yau.
Workshop 4 Hodge Theory in
String Theory
(a joint workshop with PIMS CRG Program “Geometry and Physics”)
Note the international String-Math conference to be held in summer
2014 at the PIMS-Alberta site in Edmonton.Principal Organizers:
Charles F. Doran, Stefan Müller-Stach,
Radu Laza, Johannes Walcher.
Graduate courses
Each workshop will be preceeded by a 1-2 week graduate course
comprising 10-15 lectures by the principal organizers and workshop
attendees. While the courses can be attended just by themselves,
they are meant at the same time as a preparation for the upcoming
workshop.
Seminars and colloquia
In-between workshops we will run several regular seminars and
colloquia. There will be a weekly research seminar aimed at members
and postdoctoral fellows. It will be accompanied by study seminars
(mainly for postdocs and students) and mini-symposia as the need
arises. Colloquia will be organized on a roughly biweekly schedule
with the possible exception of workshops.
Coxeter Lecture and Distinguished Lectures
TBA
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