Conferences and Meetings on Mathematical Physics

The aim of this program is to pave the way towards practical and error-controlled quantum-mechanical calculations with tens of thousands (or even millions) of quantum particles. This IPAM program is based on the premise that by systematically analyzing the structure and topology of Hilbert spaces of different systems and methods, as an interdisciplinary community we can overcome the bottlenecks of existing approximations, and move towards quantum multiscale methods based on Hilbert space embedding, model order reduction, and complementary mathematical and statistical techniques. This program will bring together physicists, mathematicians, chemists, engineers, and computer scientists interested in pushing the boundaries of theory and methods based on quantum mechanics.

Courses and Events for Physics Students,    Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information Theory

UC Santa Barbara, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP)

This conference will bring together a diverse set of scientists interested in the broad topic of few-body physics, providing a snapshot of the current status of few-body physics near unitarity, where the two-body scattering length is the largest length scale in the problem. Successes and open challenges in the area of atomic and nuclear physics, which are--despite the vastly different length and energy scales--intimately linked through, e.g., the three-body Efimov effect, will be highlighted. A major objective is to provide a platform for cross-fertilization between theory and experiment as well as between different research areas (such as nuclear, atomic, molecular, condensed matter, high-energy, and mathematical physics), with universality and its implied organizing principles as a unifying connection.

Cornell University

We are excited to announce that the 7th Cornell Conference on Analysis, Probability, and Mathematical Physics on Fractals will be held June 4, 2022 - June 8, 2022. After two consecutive cancellations due to Covid, we are currently planning the 2022 Fractals Conference. As normalcy returns to our lives, we look forward to hosting an in-person conference once again, collaborating with colleagues around the world, and sharing each others knowledge.

Galileo Galilei Institute

Maldacena’s 1997 discovery of gauge/gravity duality promised to provide a complete understanding of quantum effects in gravity, by relating gravitating quantum systems to conventional quantum field theories on fixed backgrounds. Although much has been learned, this initial promise has not been completely fulfilled, due to lingering questions associated with the basic dictionary describing the way observables are mapped between one description and the other. While the dictionary is under good control for observables near the boundary, and also at the level of perturbation theory about a classical bulk spacetime for observables further in, non-perturbative questions critical for a full resolution of the black hole information problem remain to be fully answered. 
 In the last few years, however, a number of developments arising from the application of quantum information theory to AdS/CFT seem to be indicating that it may now be possible to address some of these questions. This GGI workshop brings together experts and young researchers, in order to capitalize on these developments.

High Energy Physics, Particles and Fields,    Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Casa Matemática Oaxaca (CMO)

The themes of the workshop will be various aspects of AdS/CFT, gauge theory - string theory connections, integrability and conformal field theory methods. The focus will be on most recent developments in these interconnected subfields of quantum field theory and string theory.

High Energy Physics, Particles and Fields,    Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

The MEDEX meeting is organized by the Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic); by the University of La Plata (La Plata, Argentina) and by the University of Jyväskylä (Jyväskylä, Finland)

MEDEX (Matrix Elements for the Double beta decay EXperiments) conference is dedicated to the presentation of different methods of nuclear matrix elements (NME) calculations in connection with the nuclear double beta decay processes.

Nuclear Physics,    Computational Physics and Numerical Simulation

Linnaeus University, International Centre for Mathematical Modelling in physics, engineering and cognitive sciences

We invite all kinds of contributions devoted to quantum foundations, especially (but not exclusively) with coupling to quantum information, probability, and measurement theory.

Conference office of LNU;     Phone: [+46725941531];     Email: charlotte.bernerydcaster@lnu.se

quantum foundations, quantum information, quantum probability, quantum measurements, quantum information technologies, quantum-like models outside of physics (cognition, decision making, economics, finance), quantum-like algorithms, philosophy of quantum theory

Mathematical Center in Akademgorodok

The ICM 2022 satellite conference Modern Trends in Representation Theory will take place in the picturesque mountain region of Altai Republic, located about 900 kilometers from Novosibirsk, Russia. The conference is dedicated to the broad variety of topics in representation theory and its applications.

Representation theory, Lie algebras, Lie groups, quantum groups, geometric quantization, integrable systems, cohomology of groups, cohomology of algebras, algebraic invariant theory, vertex algebras, low-dimensional topology.

Algebra,    Group Theory

Methods of Mathematical Physics have always been inspired by the results in (Differential and Algebraic) Geometry. In the second half of the 20th century we witnessed the opposite phenomenon: the ideas from Physics have found their way into Geometry and many other branches of Mathematics and proved to be fruitful and influential there. One of the central concepts, around which this interaction has been revolving, is Integrability. The conference is intended to bring together leading specialists in these fields to promote the collaboration and exchange of ideas.

CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique Theorique Toulouse

This summer school aims at gathering mathematicians, physicists and computer scientists interested in stochastic methods in quantum mechanics.

Several introductory lectures will be given by leading researchers in the field. Topics include quantum machine learning, correlations in device-independent scenarios, quantum trajectories and feedback, random unitary circuits, and quantum cellular automata. The lectures shall be complemented by additional, more focused, research talks. Poster sessions for Phd and postdoctoral students will be organized during the week. Ample time for discussion and exchanges will be set aside, allowing for an interactive and inclusive in-person event.

Phone: [+33 (0)5 61 55 65 73];     Email: ion.nechita@univ-tlse3.fr

quantum information theory, mathematical physics, quantum machine learning, quantum trajectories, quantum computing, random quantum circuits

Courses and Events for Physics Students,    Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information Theory

The 21st instalment of the String Phenomenology conference will be hosted at the Univeristy of Liverpool. This annual conference discusses recent progress in compactifications of string theory and their relation to particle physics and cosmology.

High Energy Physics, Particles and Fields,    Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Banff International Research Station (BIRS) for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery

UC Santa Barbara, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP)

This conference will explore many aspects of classical and quantum fluctuating electromagnetic fields in the presence of matter, which impact a wide range of fundamental and practical phenomena in domains of physics, chemistry end engineering. Building upon the significant milestones achieved in the realms of the Casimir interactions between bodies, and the role of quantum field fluctuations in heat transfer in the near- and far-fields, we plan to address a plethora of novel questions and remaining puzzles: the ramifications of 2D (topological) and non-reciprocal materials, the possibility of detecting quantum friction, the discord between different experimental and theoretical results. Unraveling these puzzles will have profound impacts from fundamental science to novel applications of materials. The conference will bring together theorists and experimentalists who will address unsettled topics and possible new experimental directions that could elucidate them.

Photonics, Optoelectronics and Display Devices,    Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information Theory

Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw

The series of String-Math conferences has developed into a central event on the interface between mathematics and physics related to string theory, quantum field theory and related topics. The conferences have been organized annually since 2011; the conference in 2022 is organized at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw (Pasteura Street 5, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland).

High Energy Physics, Particles and Fields,    Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information Theory

Strasbourg University

The 34th International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics (ICGTMP), or Group 34, will be organized in Strasbourg University, France, from 18-22 July 2022. The International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics (ICGTMP) is a conference series which covers the most important topics of symmetry relevant to the interplay between modern physics and mathematics.

National Center for Theoretical Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan

The purpose of the workshop is to introduce graduate students to fundamental results on the Navier-Stokes and the Euler equations, with special emphasis on the solvability of its initial value problem with rough initial data as well as the large time behavior of a solution. These topics have long research history. However, recent studies clarify the problems from a broad point of view, not only from analysis but also from detailed studies of orbit of the flow.

Courses and Events for Math Students and Early Career Researchers,    Analysis

American Institute of Mathematics (AIM)

This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, will be devoted to the geometric features and physical interpretations of certain 4-dimensional metrics arising from equations in gauge theory.

Le Centre de recherches mathématiques

This period on graphs and combinatorics will be organized in two parts that both have intimate connections with algebras and physics. The first one will focus on association schemes and the underlying algebraic structures and the second on graphs and quantum computing issues.

algebraic graph theory, association schemes, quantum computing, quantum walks

Graph Theory and Combinatorics,    Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information Theory

Harvard University

Banff International Research Station (BIRS) for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery

Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning,    Scientific Computing and Data Science

Casa Matemática Oaxaca (CMO)

Banff International Research Station (BIRS) for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery

The mathematics and physics around gauge theory have, since their first interaction in the mid 1970's, prompted tremendous developments in both mathematics and physics. Deep and fundamental tools in partial differential equations have been developed to provide rigorous foundations for the mathematical study of gauge theories. This led to ongoing revolutions in the understanding of manifolds of dimensions 3 and 4 and presaged the development of symplectic topology. Ideas from quantum field theory have provided deep insights into new directions and conjectures on the structure of gauge theories and suggested many potential applications. The focus of this program will be those parts of gauge theory which hold promise for new applications to geometry and topology and require development of new analytic tools for their study.

Computational Physics and Numerical Simulation,    Courses and Events for Math Students and Early Career Researchers

UiT The Arctic University of Norway

This focused workshop is intended as a meeting place for mathematicians and physicists interested in related areas of Differential Geometry, Representation Theory and Theoretical Physics motivated by Supersymmetry. The goal of the workshop is to present new results as well as create an open environment for a fruitful exchange of ideas.

UC Santa Barbara, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP)

The aim of this conference is to provide a survey of the most recent advances in the study of integrable models coming from the fields of mathematical physics, condensed-matter physics and string theory. Topics will include integrable deformations of CFTs and IQFTs, integrable spin-chains and their non-equilibrium dynamics, integrable structures on the string worldsheet, in AdS(d+1)/CFT(d) and, in the case of d=2, their relation to the CFT(2) structures. In view of the large number of recent developments and of the relative fragmentation of the community, the conference will strive to bring together researchers from across all fields and offer a pedagogical bird's-eye view of the field, suitable for integrability practitioners of all backgrounds.

American Institute of Mathematics (AIM)

This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, will bring together experts and active researchers in geometric partial differential equations that are working on problems in conformal geometry and related topics. The goal is to to take advantage of the pattern of rich interactions between these research fields.

Asymptotic analysis on asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds, The anti-de Sitter/conformal field theory correspondences in mathematical physics correspondences in mathematical physics, Partial differential equations in conformal geometry

Geometry and Topology,    Calculus, Differential Equations and Integration

Technische Universität München

When many quantum particles interact, they can organize themselves into highly entangled states with unexpected properties that transcend those of the individual constituents. The description of those states and their properties is typically rather challenging - not only from a mathematical point of view. In the last 15 years, concepts and tools from quantum information theory (QIT) have proven highly useful in investigating such systems. This new perspective aims to characterize and classify the complexity in large quantum systems.

Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information Theory,    Courses and Events for Physics Students

ICMAT

The Fall Workshops on Geometry and Physics have been held yearly since 1992, and bring together Spanish and Portuguese geometers and physicists, along with an ever increasing number of participants from outside the Iberian Peninsula. The meetings aim to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas between researchers of different fields in Differential Geometry, Applied Mathematics and Physics, and always include a substantial number of enthusiastic young researchers amongst the participants.

Applied Mathematics (in general),    Geometry and Topology

Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MRSI)

The workshop will highlight the utility and impact of gauge theory in other areas of math. Mini-courses will cover the historical utility and impact of gauge theory in areas including low-dimensional topology, algebraic geometry, and the analysis of PDE; additional talks will cover more recent directions.

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Cosmology group at the Department of Mechanics, Astronomy and Astrophysics

The aim of the workshop is to review the status of the standard ΛCDM paradigm, draw attention to open issues that may question its foundations and robustness, as well as discuss alternatives that could alleviate the tensions, and consider possible future perspectives.

Phone: [+(30) 2310-999891];     Email: tsagas@astro.auth.gr

cosmology workshop, conference Greece, conference Thessaloniki, challenges to ΛCDM, cosmology AUTH, alternatives to the standard model, theory and observations, gravitation and cosmology, data analysis and statistics, phenomenology-HEP, astrophysics

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology,    Computational Physics and Numerical Simulation

Egyptian Center for Theoretical Physics (ECTP)

We are witnessing a profound rapid change in our understanding of the phenomenon of Gravitation. We are exploring various implications of the general theory of relativity, and of its modified versions, in which gravitation is a consequence of the curvature of spacetime and also various investigations into the mathematical foundations of the general theory of relativity, the nature of spacetime, and the imprints of quantum mechanics. We have been commissioning sophisticated high energy experiments aiming at understanding the elementary particles that are the fundamental constituents of baryonic and leptonic matter and their underlying forces.

Event Secretariat;     Phone: [+201002390604];     Email: a.tawfik@cern.ch

High-Energy Physics (Theory, Experiment, Phenomenology, and Simulation), Astronomy (General Relativity, Quantum Gravity, Nature of Spacetime, Nature of Time, Gravity and Modified Gravity Theories, EM/GW Observations, Simulations, Singularities, Black holes, Early Universe, Ultra high-energy cosmic rays).

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology,    High Energy Physics, Particles and Fields

Aspen Center for Physics

We plan to bring together experts in condensed matter, quantum field theory and topology to forge new advances at the interface of these subjects, with mutually reinforcing ideas from physics and mathematics in vigorous exchange and contraposition as part of an intense workshop.

Geometry and Topology,    High Energy Physics, Particles and Fields

Sheffield Algebraic Geometry & Mathematical Physics Group

This conference will be centred on recent progress on BPS invariants, which sit at a focal point of interaction between enumerative algebraic geometry (Donaldson-Thomas theory), quantum field and string theory (BPS spectra of N=2 theories), and the theory of complex differential equations with irregular singularities. The conference will provide a window into current topical research and it is conceived as an invitation targeted primarily at graduate students and non-specialists in the field. The meeting will feature in particular four introductory survey lectures by world-leading experts, as well as more advanced research talks. We also aim to provide ample opportunity of collaboration and discussion in a workshop-style setting, usually with no more than 4 hours of talks each day.

The aim of the topical workshop is to bring together particle physicists, string theorists and mathematicians working on elliptic functions, with the grand goal of advancing our understanding of elliptic functions required to make precise predictions for future particle physics experiments.

A conference series "Mathematical Results in Quantum Theory" brings together people interested in quantum part of mathematical physics.

Spectral Theory, Quantum Information, Many-body Quantum Physics, Semiclassical Approximation and Dynamical Systems, New Topics in Mathematical Physics, Quantum Field Theory

Spectral geometry, calculus of variations, and elliptic PDEs are a central part of modern analysis and geometric analysis. At the same time, these have important applications in other sciences, in particular mathematical physics. This workshop aims to bring together leading experts in these fields to discuss the main developments and open questions. The main research themes of the workshop include shape optimisation and sharp functional inequalities, Robin boundary value problems, Steklov eigenvalue problems, and properties of eigenfunctions and solutions to elliptic PDEs.

Geometry and Topology,    Analysis

The Simons SCGP-Workshops---21_webCenter for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook University

Over the past ten years tremendous progress has been achieved in quantum field theory thanks to the realization that symmetries can be interpreted in terms of the action of topological defects on the space of operators. This gives a generalization of the notion of symmetries, explicitly realized in many instances exploiting Lagrangian field theory techniques, uncovering a rich and unexpected landscape of physical effects. The product rules for symmetry defects are organized by higher structures, and moreover examples of non-invertible symmetry defects have been found, indicating that global symmetries are categorical. Thanks to geometric field theory methods in string theory, an understanding of generalized global symmetries for field theories without a conventional Lagrangian formulation is at reach in terms of appropriate defect groups, determined exploiting the dynamics of membranes in the string theory realization.

High Energy Physics, Particles and Fields,    Geometry and Topology

Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (MFO, Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics)

Courses and Events for Math Students and Early Career Researchers,    Numerical Analysis and Computational Mathematics

American Institute of Mathematics (AIM)

This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, will be devoted to exploring and solidifying connections between the mathematical study of higher categories and the exotic physics of topologically ordered systems.

The Fields Institute

The synthetic approach towards understanding Ricci curvature in the Riemannian setting has lead to groundbreaking results over the past quarter century. Recent advances towards developing a synthetic version of sectional and Ricci curvature in the Lorentzian setting and of Scalar curvature in the Riemannian setting is highly promising and should lead to deeper understanding of Einstein's theory of gravity. Identifying the relevant notions of convergence for spacetimes is another topic of current interest encompassed by this workshop.

Banff International Research Station (BIRS) for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery

Casa Matemática Oaxaca (CMO)

Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MRSI)

This workshop will bring together researchers working on new four-dimensional gauge theories from the perspectives of differential geometry, algebraic geometry, and physics. Over the last 25 years, physicists have made tantalizing conjectures relating the Vafa–Witten equation to modular forms and the Kapustin–Witten and Haydys–Witten equations to knot theory and the geometric Langlands programme. The analytical challenges in the way of establishing these predictions are now being pursued vigorously. More recently, algebraic geometers have had enormous success in confirming and refining Vafa–Witten's predictions for projective surfaces. The workshop will serve as a platform for reporting on recent progress and exchanging ideas in all of these areas, with the aim of strengthening existing and fostering new interactions.

Casa Matemática Oaxaca (CMO)

UC Santa Barbara, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP)

Progress achieved via field observations, laboratory experiments, numerical simulations and theoretical approaches has led to significant advances in our understanding of geophysical and environmental fluid flows involving bubbles, drops and particles. This conference intends to bring together researchers whose primary expertise lies in the physics of particle- and droplet-laden flows in the geosciences to discuss common approaches to understanding the multi-scale and multi-physics nature of the multiphase geophysical flows across problems ranging from the dynamics of clouds to the transport of granular material over complex and erodible surfaces.

UC Santa Barbara, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP)

The last several years have seen rapid development of a new language for conformal field theory(CFT), including insights from the conformal bootstrap program. This conference will bring to bear the modern arsenal of conformal field theory on the foundations of holography and quantum gravity. A theme of the conference will be the extent to which consistency conditions on quantum gravity are inherited from those of CFT, and whether they naturally lead to string/M-theory. By bringing together scientists on both sides of holographic duality, we hope to explore these issues in a broad way.Topics to be covered include large N bootstrap and the structure of holographic CFTs dual to general relativity; CFT sum rules and gravitational effective field theory; aspects of supersymmetry in holography; low-dimensional holography, modularity and quantum chaos; black holes from strongly-coupled finite temperature physics; symmetry constraints on gravitational path integrals and AdS vacua; S-matrices, their relation to CFT correlators, and holography away from AdS.

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology,    Algebra

UC Santa Barbara, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP)

Recent developments in several disparate areas make it a pressing and opportune time to confront the interplay between topology, symmetry and interactions. This conference will catalyze the discussion on this broad topic by highlighting a burst of recent advancements, both theoretical and experimental, along this direction. An important goal is to enhance cross-talk between the weakly and strongly correlated communities interested in topology that have not yet had adequate interactions with each other. The conference will bring participants up to speed in this rapidly growing field and sharpen the central questions that will be discussed in the remainder of the associated program.

Condensed Matter Physics and Materials,    Geometry and Topology

UC Santa Barbara, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP)

Nanoparticle assembly is a hierarchical approach to functional materials. It operates at the mesoscale where elementary building blocks still feel their atomic nature and can profit from quantum function but at the same time are flexible enough in shape and interaction to permit high structural complexity. The realization of nanoparticle assemblies requires the convergence of and communication among several scientific disciplines: chemistry for synthesis, materials science for characterization, chemical engineering for up-scaling, and physics for a theoretical description and quantum phenomena. The goal of the conference will be to provide a coherent view of the current state of the field, bringing together researchers with different expertise and background. It should catalyze the development of new methods, both theoretical, computational and experimental, and define the basic science in this field. A focus will be recent developments but also a look forward: What should be the focus for the next decade and beyond? What are they key physics concepts that need to be developed and from where will the new game-changing technological advances emerge?

Clusters, Nanomaterials, Graphene and Fullerenes,    Geometry and Topology