Southeastern regional
mathematical string theory meeting




This is the webpage for the southeastern regional mathematical string theory meeting, held every six months (early April and early October), often at Duke University but occasionally elsewhere.

Next meeting:

The next meeting will be this spring on Saturday March 30, 2024 at UNC-CH in Chapel Hill, NC.

Speakers tentatively include Fei Yan (Brookhaven), Victoria Martin (University of North Florida), Diego Delmastro (Stony Brook), Xingyang Yu (VT). Talks will be in Chapman Hall room 125.

Tentative schedule:


Discrimination / diversity:

The organizers of this meeting are committed to building a diverse, welcoming, and inclusive research environment. We support the non-discrimination statement of the AWM, which can be found here. Any attendee or speaker is welcome to contact any of the organizers directly if he or she feels harassed or excluded.

If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact Eric Sharpe (VT office phone 540-381-0185) at least 10 business days prior to the event.


Parking at UNC

For parking in Chapel Hill, there are several municipal parking lots and decks off of Rosemary St., parallel and next to Franklin St., see here. Campus visitor parking is discussed here.

Hotels at UNC

If you need a hotel, a few possibilites in the area include

Coffee:

There are several coffee shops located close to the physics department:

For visitors to the area:

Funding:

We have (limited) funding available to reimburse students and postdocs, both those speaking and those merely attending who, because of distance travelled, need to spend a night in a hotel, courtesy of NSF grant PHY-2014086.
IMPORTANT: If you wish to be reimbursed, see here for the paperwork you will need to provide, and also let Eric Sharpe know that you will wish to be reimbursed.

Previous regional meetings:

For information on previous meetings, see here.

Other upcoming meetings of interest:

A list of upcoming events in VA can be found here.



Chapel Hill area attractions:

For those not acquainted with the area, there are a number of things to see. In no particular order, a few include: