Workshop on Complex Geometry in Physics
6-10 September 2004, Edinburgh
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Monday 6 September
| 10:00 | Opening Remarks |
| 10.05-11:00 |
Michael Atiyah New results on G_2 manifolds |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee |
| 11:30-12:30 |
ZHANG Weiping An L^2-analogue of the Alexander polynomial for knot |
| 12:30-14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30-15:30 |
David Calderbank Toric self-dual Einstein metrics |
| 15:30-17:30 | Tea and discussion |
| 18:30 | Reception - ICMS |
Tuesday 7 September
| 10.00-11:00 |
Katrin Wendland On a family of SCFTs associated to quartic K3 surfaces |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee |
| 11:30-12:30 |
BAI Chengming Symplectic Lie groups, left-symmetric algebras and classical Yang-Baxter equation with its analogue |
| 12:30-14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30-15:30 |
Tom Bridgeland Pi-stability in the derived category |
| 15:30-16:45 | Tea and discussion |
| 17:15 | Reception - Old College, Talbot Rice Gallery |
Wenesday 8 September
| 10.00-11:00 |
Richard Thomas Stability of algebraic varieties and constant scalar curvature Kahler metrics |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee |
| 11:30-12:30 |
HU Sen On open/closed string duality and gauge/gravity correspondence |
| 12:30-13:00 | Lunch |
| Free afternoon |
Thursday 9 September
| 10.00-11:00 |
Dan Waldram G-structures and supersymmetry |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee |
| 11:30-12:30 |
ZHOU Jian Geometric transition and duality |
| 12:30-14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30-15:30 |
Michael Singer Compact Kaehler surfaces of zero scalar curvature |
| 15:30-17:30 | Tea and discussion |
Friday 10 September
| 10.00-11:00 |
Mark Gross Affine manifolds and Mirror Symmetry |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee |
| 11:30-12:30 |
FANG Fuquan Kaehler manifolds with numerically effective Ricci class |
| 12:30-14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30-15:30 |
Werner Nahm The Bethe ansatz for integrable QFTs in 1+1 dimensions |
| 15:30-17:30 | Tea and discussion |
| 18.30 | Dinner |
Expected Participants
1 September 2004
| Name | Institution |
| Atiyah, Michael | The University of Edinburgh |
| Bai, Chengming | Nankai University |
| Bielawski, Roger | University of Glasgow |
| Braden, Harry | University of Edinburgh |
| Bridgeland, Tom | University of Sheffield |
| Calderbank, David | University of Edinburgh |
| Fang, Fuquan | Nankai University |
| Figueroa-O'Farrill, Jose Miguel | University of Edinburgh |
| Gross, Mark | University of Warwick |
| Hu, Sen | University of Science & Technology of China |
| Nahm, Werner | Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies |
| Philip, Simon | University of Edinburgh |
| Rajaniemi, Hannu | University of Edinburgh |
| Rees, Elmer | University of Edinburgh |
| Roe, John | University of Edinburgh |
| Singer, Michael | University of Edinburgh |
| Thomas, Richard | Imperial College |
| Waldram, Daniel | Imperial College London |
| Wendland, Katrin | University of Warwick |
| Zhang, Weiping | Nankai University |
| Zhou, Jian | Qinghua (Tsing Hua) University |
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