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Workshop on Topological Aspects of Quantum Field Theories
(14 - 18 January 2013)

Organizing Committee · Visitors and Participants · Overview · Activities · Venue

Organizing Committee

Ralph Cohen (Stanford University)
Fei Han (National University of Singapore)
Stephan Stolz (University of Notre Dame)
Peter Teichner (Max-Planck Institute for Mathematics at Bonn and University of California at Berkeley)

Visitors and Participants

Overview

In recent years, the interplay between algebraic topology and theoretical physics, in particular quantum field theories and string theory, has played a significant role in the work of many researchers. The ideas from quantum field theories and string theories have profoundly influenced algebraic topology. There are several significant progresses in the past years.

This workshop will be focusing on, but not limited to, the following topics:

1) K theory, elliptic cohomology and various field theories;

2) String topology

The purpose of the workshop is to bring together researchers working on the areas to communicate ideas and dig out the connections as well as stimulate possible research collaboration. The workshop will also provide opportunities to graduate students, both locally and internationally, to learn new progresses of the relevant fields as well as communicate with working mathematicians.

Activities

In this 5-day workshop, there will be 4-5 lectures on each day.

Each of the following people will give a 3-lecture minicourse:

Scanning and the homotopy type of bordism categories by Soren Galatius, Stanford University
Factorization algebras by Owen Gwillia, University of California at Berkeley
Higher Chern-Simons theory by Urs Schreiber, Utrecht University
Gerbes with connections by Konrad Waldorf, Universität Regensburg

Monday, 14 Jan 2013
09:15am - 09:30am	Registration
09:30am - 10:30am	Variants of analytic torsion and relation to TQFT Mathai Varghese, The University of Adelaide, Australia
10:30am - 11:00am	--- Group Photo & Coffee Break ---
11:00am - 12:00nn	Gerbes with connections I Konrad Waldorf, Universität Regensburg, Germany
12:00nn - 02:30pm	--- Lunch ---
02:30pm - 03:30pm	Factorization algebras I Owen Gwilliam, University of California at Berkeley, USA
03:30pm - 04:00pm	--- Coffee Break ---
04:00pm - 05:00pm	Scanning and the homotopy type of bordism categories I Søren Galatius, Stanford University, USA
05:00pm - 05:30pm	Discussion
Tuesday, 15 Jan 2013
09:15am - 09:30am	Registration
09:30am - 10:30am	Twisted K-homology of CW-complexes Alan Carey, Australian National University, Australia
10:30am - 11:00am	--- Coffee Break ---
11:00am - 12:00nn	Gerbes with connections II Konrad Waldorf, Universität Regensburg, Germany
12:00nn - 02:30pm	--- Lunch ---
02:30pm - 03:30pm	Factorization algebras II Owen Gwilliam, University of California at Berkeley, USA
03:30pm - 04:00pm	--- Coffee Break ---
04:00pm - 05:00pm	Scanning and the homotopy type of bordism categories II Søren Galatius, Stanford University, USA
05:00pm - 05:30pm	Discussion
Wednesday, 16 Jan 2013
09:15am - 09:30am	Registration
09:30am - 10:30am	Topological field theories and the homotopy groups of spheres. Michael Hopkins, Harvard University, USA
10:30am - 10:40am	--- Break ---
10:40am - 11:40am	Gerbes with connections III Konrad Waldorf, Universität Regensburg, Germany
11:40am - 11:50am	--- Break ---
11:50am - 12:50pm	Higher Chern-Simons theory I Urs Schreiber, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
12:50pm - 02:30pm	--- Lunch Reception at IMS ---
02:30pm - 06:00pm	Excursion (Gardens by the Bay) (Volunteer and self-paid)
06:30pm - 09:30pm	Dinner at East Coast Seafood Center (Volunteer and self-paid)
Thursday, 17 Jan 2013
09:15am - 09:30am	Registration
09:30am - 10:30am	Asymptotics of analytic torsion Weiping Zhang, Nankai University, China
10:30am - 11:00am	--- Coffee Break ---
11:00am - 12:00nn	Higher Chern-Simons theory II Urs Schreiber, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
12:00nn - 02:30pm	--- Lunch ---
02:30pm - 03:30pm	Factorization algebras III Owen Gwilliam, University of California at Berkeley, USA
03:30pm - 04:00pm	--- Coffee Break ---
04:00pm - 05:00pm	Scanning and the homotopy type of bordism categories III Søren Galatius, Stanford University, USA
05:00pm - 05:30pm	Discussion
Friday, 18 Jan 2013
09:15am - 09:30am	Registration
09:30am - 10:30am	Invertible Klein TQFTs Ulrike Tillmann, Oxford University, UK
10:30am - 11:00am	--- Coffee Break ---
11:00am - 12:00nn	Higher Chern-Simons theory III Urs Schreiber, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
12:00nn - 02:30pm	--- Lunch ---
02:30pm - 03:30pm	Supersymmetric sigma models, elliptic cohomology and the Witten genus Dan Berwick-Evans, University of California at Berkeley, USA
03:30pm - 04:00pm	--- Coffee Break ---
04:00pm - 05:00pm	Higher string topology via Hochschild homology Nathalie Wahl, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
05:00pm - 05:30pm	Discussion

Students and researchers who are interested in attending these activities are requested to complete the online registration form.

The following do not need to register:

Those invited to participate.

Venue

IMS Auditorium
Detailed instruction on how to get to the institute by public or private transport

Organizing Committee · Visitors and Participants · Overview · Activities · Venue

National University of Singapore

Institute for Mathematical Sciences Event Archive

Workshop on Topological Aspects of Quantum Field Theories (14 - 18 January 2013)

Workshop on Topological Aspects of Quantum Field Theories
(14 - 18 January 2013)