A Three Workshop Series on the Physics and Mathematics of F-theory
This NSF (DMS) funded workshop series (2016 - 2019) will rotate between Virginia Tech, Harvard University and Florida State University to facilitate progress on pressing problems at the interface of algebraic/differential geometry and string theory.
String theory provides an arena in which many significant and challenging questions in modern mathematics can be linked, often in surprising and fundamental ways. In this workshop series, this viewpoint will be utilized to study the geometry of elliptically fibered manifolds in singular limits with the goal of bringing together diverse mathematical structures. These range from the moduli spaces of elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau 4-manifolds to those of singular (parabolic/irregular/wild) Hitchin systems; from birational geometry to representation theory; from limiting mixed Hodge structures to the study of invariants of singular varieties.
2016 VT Workshop:
The first workshop in the series was held on October 8th and 9th, 2016 at Virginia Tech. The workshop webpage is available here.
2018 Harvard Workshop:
The workshop will be held on
September 29th and 30th, 2018 at Harvard University. The workshop location will be room G10 in the
The Harvard University Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications (a map is available
here). The street address is 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA. Funding is available for junior participants. There is no formal registration process, but please contact the organizers if you would like to attend so that we can anticipate the number of participants.
Speakers:
Tentative Schedule:
Saturday, September 29th |
Sunday, September 30th
|
| 9 :00-9:30 |
Welcome |
9 :00-9:45 |
Taylor |
| 9:30-10:15 |
Vafa |
9:45-10:30 |
Marcolli |
| 10:15-11:00 |
Kovacs |
10:30-10:45 |
Coffee |
| 11:00-11:30 |
Coffee |
10:45-11:30 |
de Fernex |
| 11:30-12:15 |
Cvetic |
11:30-1:00 |
Lunch |
| 12:15-2:30 |
Lunch |
1:15-2:00 |
Libgober |
| 2:30-3:15 |
Heckman |
2:00-3:00 |
Coffee and Discussion |
| 3:15-4:00 |
Kang |
| 4:00-4:30 |
Coffee |
| 4:30-5:15 |
Gray |
| 7:00 - |
Dinner |
Conference Dinner:
All participants are invited to join for a conference dinner on Saturday evening (Sept. 30th). Details to be announced at the Welcome.
This workshop is made possible by the generous support of these organizations:
- The National Science Foundation through NSF Grant DMS-1603247
Contact info: