Chair

Meng-Chwan Tan (National University of Singapore)

Co-Chair

Fei Han (National University of Singapore)

Members

Neil Lambert (King's College London)

Hirosi Ooguri (California Institute of Technology)

Christian Saemann (Heriot-Watt University)

Hisham Sati (New York University)

Mathai Varghese (The University of Adelaide)

Edward Witten (Institute for Advanced Study)

Shing-Tung Yau (Harvard University)

General Enquiries: ims(AT)nus.edu.sg
Scientific Aspects Enquiries: mctan(AT)nus.edu.sg

In this 5-day workshop, we aim to bring together pure and string mathematicians who work on the mathematical foundations of string/M-theory and string mathematics, respectively, to further investigate and explore the mathematical underpinnings and implications of string/M-theory, so as to gain a better understanding of the “new kind of geometry” that it embodies. Apart from bringing us closer to obtaining our sought-after “Theory of Everything”, this effort will also help advance pure mathematics and theoretical physics in a nontrivial way, as a better understanding of the “new kind of geometry” that string/M-theory embodies, would mean that new mathematics can be formulated, while current physical models which can be realized within the framework of string/M-theory can also be more deeply understood.

String and M-Theory: The New Geometry of the 21st Century: 10 - 14 Dec 2018 The 5-day workshop will consist of introductory lectures and research talks, with some afternoons free for informal discussions involving all participants. The topics that will be discussed revolve around four sub-themes as follows:

Sub-theme 1: The SQFTs along the M-branes

Little string theory formulation of the M5-brane worldvolume theory.

Non-abelian gerbes and the higher gauge theory formulation of M5-brane worldvolume theory.

Three-Lie algebra/ABJM formulation of M2-brane worldvolume theory

Sub-theme 2: The role of homotopy super Lie-n algebras in M-theory and EFT

Homotopy super Lie-n algebras and higher WZW models of branes.

Homotopy super Lie-n algebras and string dualities.

Exceptional Field Theory.

Sub-theme 3: The mathematics of string dualities and stringy objects

Sub-theme 4: String Mathematics

The mathematical implications of string theory and its associated QFTs.

IMS Distinguished Visitor Lecture Series

Ashoke Sen, Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, India

Speakers

David Berman, Queen Mary University of London, UK

Peter Bouwknegt, Australian National University, Australia

Martin Cederwall, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Qingtao Chen, New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE

Chong-Sun Chu, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Ori Ganor, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Sergei G. Gukov, California Institute of Technology, USA

Fei Han, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Yang-Hui He, City, University of London, UK

Noriaki Ikeda, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Branislav Jurco, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic

Neil Lambert, King's College London, UK

Kimyeong Lee, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Korea

Si Li, Tsinghua University, China

Joseph Minahan, Uppsala University, Sweden

Samuel Monnier, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Christian Saemann, Heriot-Watt University, UK

Hisham Sati, New York University, UAE

Urs Schreiber, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic and New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE

Ashoke Sen, Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, India

Eric Sharpe, Virginia Tech, USA

Hai Siong Tan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Meng-Chwan Tan, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Guo Chuan Thiang, The University of Adelaide, Australia

Mathai Varghese, The University of Adelaide, Australia

Matthew Wheeler, The University of Arizona, USA

Martin Wolf, University of Surrey, UK

Junya Yagi, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada

Maxim Zabzine, Uppsala University, Sweden

Venue:
IMS Auditorium