AMSI / CMA / RSPhysSE / IGA WORKSHOP
Mathematics of String Theory 2006
Australian National University, 13-23 July
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Instructional Program: Thursday 13 - Monday 17 July, 2006
Workshop: Tuesday 18 July - Sunday 23 July, 2006
Venue: Link Building Seminar Room, Research School of Physical
Sciences and Engineering, ANU (building #58D on the campus
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[The program will start on the Thursday afternoon and finish around Sunday noon, so that participants can arrive on the Thursday morning and leave on the Sunday afternoon.]
Schedule: For a schedule click here
Organizing Committee
- Peter Bouwknegt, Australian National University
- Omar Foda, University of Melbourne
- Mathai Varghese, University of Adelaide
Lecturers at the Instructional Program
- Gil Cavalcanti, Oxford University, UK
- Sunil Mukhi, Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
- Katrin Wendland, University of North Carolina, USA and University of Warwick, UK
Click here for titles and abstracts of the mini-courses.
International participants at the Workshop
- Jacek Brodzki, University of Southampton, UK
- Gil Cavalcanti, Oxford University, UK
- Anna Ceresole, INFN and University of Turin, Torino, Italy
- Jim Gates, University of Maryland, USA
- Nick Halmagyi, University of Chicago, USA
- Keith Hannabuss, Oxford University, UK
- Sunil Mukhi, Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
- Annamaria Sinkovics, DAMTP, University of Cambridge, UK
- Katrin Wendland, University of North Carolina, USA and University of Warwick, UK
- Siye Wu, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA, and University of Hong Kong
For an up to date list of all participants, please click here.
Click here for a list of titles and abstracts of the workshop talks.
Registration
The registration is $20 for participants from AMSI institutions and $40 for all others. It will be payable on arrival, and will cover the cost of morning and afternoon tea as well as a welcome reception.
Registration has now closed!!
Accommodation
For invited participantse have prebooked a number of apartments/rooms at the Liversidge Court Apartments (bldg #78) and at University House (bldg #1).
Sponsored students and early career researchers will be accommodated in single rooms with shared facilities at the City Walk Hotel.
If you would like us to arrange your accommodation, please indicate this on your registration form and we will be contacting you regarding this.
Information for visitors to the ANU and Canberra is available here
Instructional program/Workshop
There will be an instructional program (13 - 17 July 2006) at the level of beginning postgraduate students, followed by a workshop (18 - 23 July 2006) consisting mainly of research talks on recent progress in the subject.
Click here for titles and abstracts of the mini-courses, and here for a list of titles and abstracts of the workshop talks.
If you would like to give a talk at the workshop, please contact Peter Bouwknegt, or indicate so on the registration form.
Public Lecture
There will be a public lecture by Prof Jim Gates, a leading expert in string theory, intended for a wider audience.
Financial support
Some funding for students and early career researchers will be available. If you would like to be considered for financial support, please indicate this on your registration form. Applications for financial support will close on May 15, 2006.
Our funding is limited, so we urge you to already explore alternative sources of support. Preference may be given to students and early career researchers from AMSI member institutions
Satellite workshop
Following the ANU workshop, there will be a one-day satellite workshop in Adelaide, on Thursday 27th of July. Contact Mathai Varghese for further details.
Sponsors
The workshop is partly funded by
- The Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI)
- The Centre for Mathematics and its Applications (CMA)
- The Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering (RSPhysSE)
- The Institute for Geometry and its Applications (IGA)
All enquiries should be directed to Peter Bouwknegt
