Singularities: Resolutions and Valuations, talk by Andrei Benguş-Lasnier
In this introductory talk, I will present some concepts surrounding singularities and why and how we look for their resolutions.
Vafa-Witten invariants on 4 and 3 dimensional manifolds, by Artan Sheshmani
I will talk about joint work with Shing-Tung Yau, Sergei Gukov, and earlier joint work with Gholampour and Yau on Mathematical definition of Vafa-Witten invariants on 4 and 3 dimensional manifolds.
Ernesto Lupercio – Self-organized Criticality and Artificial Life
In this series of talks, we will explore how the field of self-organized criticality is useful to inform the structure of artificial models of life. This is joint work with Kalinin, Tabares and Shkolnikov, and with Cruz, Muñoz and Viafara.
The International Center for Mathematical Sciences received a three-year grant from Simons Foundation
The good news was announced personally by Prof. Yuri Tschinkel, Director of Mathematics and Physical Sciences division of Simons Foundation, during his visit to Sofia. The Foundation funded a project of the International Center for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS-Sofia) at the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics for a period of three years. The funds will be used to organize international scientific forums with the participation of world-renowned and established mathematicians, to open new positions for researchers and to support scientists from Ukraine and other countries.
Conference on Geometry and Physics
The goal of this conference to consolidate and disseminate new developments in Geometry and Physics. The list of participants includes: Maxim Kontsevich, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, France, Phillip Griffiths, Institute for Advanced Study, Karim Adiprasito, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Vivek Shende, Centre for Quantum Mathematics, Syddansk Universitet, Denmark, Jørgen Ellegaard Andersen, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark, Oscar García-Prada, Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas (ICMAT), Spain, Kenji Fukaya, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook, USA, Mina Teicher, Bar-Ilan University, Israel, Robert Stephen Cantrell, University of Miami, USA, Yong-Geon Oh, IBS Center for Geometry and Physics, Korea, Ernesto Lupercio, Cinvestav-IPN, México, Tony Pantev, University of Pennsylvania, USA, Ludmil Katzarkov, University of Miami, USA and Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgaria, Meral Tosun, Galatasaray University, Turkey.
Workshop: New mathematical methods in solvable models and gauge/string dualities
This workshop will be devoted to discussing important and timely problems concerning the application of exact mathematical methods to conventional integrable systems and to the gauge/string models, e.g., to extend current methods for calculating finite-volume matrix elements of operators, to construct a finite version of the hexagon form factor expansion for short operators, to extend the methods of the thermodynamic Bethe Ansatz to world-sheets of higher topology and to all sorts of boundaries and defects, etc.
