ICMS

Jun 14, 2010 - Jun 18, 2010

14 India Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6EZ

Organisers

Name	Institution
Freed, Dan	University of Texas at Austin
Gasparim, Elizabeth	University of Edinburgh
Pantev, Tony	University of Pennsylvania

The workshop organisers will gather about 40 mathematicians and physicists, and the scientific goal is to pursue an in-depth understanding of the interactions between Hodge theory on the one hand and QFT and string theory on the other.  This includes work relating to supersymmetric gauge theories with the geometric Langlands conjecture, the use of mixed Hodge theory to study the renormalization group flow, and the noncommutative Hodge structure uncovered in the theory of charges in boundary TQFTs.  In addition, there are plans to have a series of expository lectures on scale in QFT.

 

Arrangements

Participation
Participation is by invitation only.

UK Visas
If you are travelling from overseas you may require an entry visa. A European visa does not guarantee entry to the UK. Please use this link to the UK Visas site to find out if you need a visa and, if so, how to apply for one. If you do require a visa, ICMS can provide a signed invitation letter.

Venue
The workshop will take place at 14 India Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6EZ. This house is the birthplace of James Clerk Maxwell and is situated in the historic New Town of Edinburgh, near the city centre.

The ICMS travel pages contain advice on how to travel to Edinburgh. To find the location of the workshop venue follow this link to 14 India Street.

If you have been invited to give a presentation, the seminar room at 14 India Street has whiteboards, 2 overhead projectors, a data projector and laptop. We ask that you use our laptop for your presentation which you may bring on a memory stick or CD. Alternatively, a pdf or PowerPoint file may be emailed to Audrey Brown by Thursday 10 June to be loaded onto the laptop in advance of the workshop.

Wireless access is available throughout the building. There are also 2 public PCs which may be used at any time for internet access and to check email.

Accommodation
ICMS will arrange en-suite rooms in hotels/guest houses nearby for those who request this. Accommodation is typically about a 20 minute walk from 14 India Street. Participants making their own arrangements may claim back the cost, with original receipts, up to a maximum of £65.00 per night bed and breakfast for a maximum of five or six nights. A list of Edinburgh accommodation of various sorts and prices is available here . Sections 1-3 are particularly relevant.

Meals and Refreshments
Morning and afternoon refreshments will be provided on each day of the workshop.

On Monday 14 June, the first day of the workshop, a light buffet lunch will be provided free of charge to participants in the Exhibition Room at 14 India Street. Thereafter, participants are free to explore the many cafés, sandwich shops, restaurants and bars nearby.  The Workshop Dinner will take place on the evening of Thursday 17 June (venue to be confirmed). The workshop grant will cover the cost of this catering.

Registration
Registration will take place in the morning on Monday 14 June in the Exhibition Room at 14 India Street.

Financial Arrangements
The workshop grant will cover the cost of your bed and breakfast accommodation for up to a maximum of six nights, tea/coffee Monday to Friday, lunch on Monday only, and the Workshop Dinner on Thursday evening.

Due to budget restrictions, we ask that you cover the cost of your own travel if possible.  If this will be a problem, please let me know the level of travel funding you require in the 'Financial Arrangements' section of the on-line registration form and we will endeavour to contribute.  

Unless otherwise specified in your invitation email, a registration fee of 30.00 GBP is payable by all participants. . Further details regarding payment of this fee will follow shortly.   

 

Programme

The Programme will be announced here at a later date.

Participants

Name	Institution
Figueroa-O'Farrill, José	University of Edinburgh
Freed, Dan	University of Texas at Austin
Gasparim, Elizabeth	University of Edinburgh
Martinez Garcia, Jesus	University of Edinburgh
Pantev, Tony	University of Pennsylvania