BSM
3 January 2012 to 29 June 2012
M-theory is an 11-dimensional quantum theory of gravity which, in addition to gravitons and other particle-like excitations, includes extended objects known as membranes and five- branes. Though a complete definition of M-theory is not yet known, it is proposed as a nonperturbative formulation of superstring theory and as such is a compelling candidate for a unified theory of the fundamental particles and forces in Nature. Much has been learned about M-theory through its symmetries and its relation to supergravity and string theory and this has in turn led to important results in superstring theory and quantum gauge theory.
The nature and interactions of branes are key topics in string- and M-theory. Recently, quantum field theories to describe interacting membranes in M-theory have been proposed based on three-algebras and have led to exciting progress. On the phenomenological side, many particle physics models have been constructed using branes. However, key problems in the mathematics of multiple membranes and five-branes, as well as in the use of branes to model the real world, remain unresolved.
The basic themes addressed during the workshop will include:
International Advisory Committee: Prof. J Harvey (Chicago), Prof. C Hull (Imperial), Prof. D Luest (Munich) and Prof. A Sen (Harish-Chandra)
Click here to download the programme's final scientific report
Title | Year | Programme | |
---|---|---|---|
A ${\it R}^4$ non-renormalisation theorem in $\mathcal{N} = 4$ supergravityAuthors: P Tourkine, Pierre Vanhove |
2011 | BSM | 21 October 2016 |
BSM/GCA redux: towards flatspace holography from non-relativistic symmetriesAuthors: Arjun Bagchi, R Fareghbal |
2011 | BSM | 21 October 2016 |
Solitons and Yukawa couplings in nearly Kähler flux compactificationsAuthors: BP Dolan, Richard Szabo |
2011 | BSM | 21 October 2016 |
11 January 2012 to 13 January 2012
2 April 2012 to 4 April 2012
16 April 2012 to 20 April 2012
28 May 2012 to 1 June 2012
25 June 2012 to 29 June 2012
Wednesday 18th January 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
16:00 to 17:00 |
Stefan Vandoren Universiteit Utrecht |
Room 1 | |
Thursday 19th January 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
12:00 to 13:00 |
Nadav Drukker Imperial College London |
Room 1 | |
14:00 to 15:00 |
Jens Hoppe KTH - Royal Institute of Technology |
Room 1 | |
Friday 20th January 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
12:00 to 13:00 |
Jan Manschot Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Bonn |
Room 1 | |
Wednesday 25th January 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
16:00 to 17:00 |
Borun Chowdhury Universiteit van Amsterdam |
Room 1 |
Thursday 26th January 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
12:00 to 13:00 |
Jihye Seo McGill University |
Room 1 | |
14:00 to 15:00 |
Jeff Harvey University of Chicago |
Room 1 | |
Friday 27th January 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
12:00 to 13:00 |
Jeff Harvey University of Chicago |
Room 1 | |
14:00 to 15:00 |
Jeff Harvey University of Chicago |
Room 2 | |
Tuesday 31st January 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
14:00 to 15:00 |
Shuichi Yokoyama Tata Institute of Fundamental Research |
Room 2 | |
Wednesday 1st February 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
16:00 to 17:00 |
Douglas Smith University of Durham |
Room 2 | |
Thursday 2nd February 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Seok Kim Seoul National University |
Room 2 | |
14:00 to 15:00 |
Kimyeong Lee Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) |
Room 2 | |
Tuesday 7th February 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
12:00 to 13:00 |
Stephen Miller Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
Room 1 | |
14:00 to 15:00 |
Bernard Julia ENS - Paris |
Room 1 | |
Wednesday 8th February 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
16:00 to 17:00 |
Jan Gutowski King's College London |
Room 1 | |
Thursday 9th February 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Paul Cook King's College London |
Room 1 | |
Wednesday 15th February 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
16:00 to 17:00 |
Eoin O Colgain Universidad de Oviedo |
Room 1 | |
Thursday 16th February 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:15 |
Jeong-Hyuck Park Sogang University |
Room 1 | |
14:00 to 14:45 |
Hadi Godazgar University of Cambridge |
Room 1 | |
15:00 to 15:45 | Room 1 | |
|
16:00 to 17:00 | Discussion Room |
Friday 17th February 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
14:00 to 15:00 |
Ling Bao Chalmers University of Technology |
Room 1 | |
Tuesday 21st February 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Masahito Yamazaki Princeton University |
Room 1 | |
14:00 to 15:00 |
Sara Pasquetti Queen Mary University of London |
Room 1 | |
Wednesday 22nd February 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
16:00 to 17:00 |
Pierre Vanhove IHES |
Room 1 | |
Thursday 23rd February 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Andreas Ronnie Gustafsson Seoul National University |
Room 1 | |
14:00 to 15:00 |
Christian Saemann Heriot-Watt University |
Room 1 | |
Wednesday 29th February 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
16:00 to 17:00 |
Neil Barclay Copland Sogang University |
Room 1 | |
Thursday 1st March 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Costis Papageorgakis Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
Room 1 | |
14:00 to 15:00 | Room 1 | |
Friday 2nd March 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Richard Szabo Heriot-Watt University |
Room 1 | |
15:00 to 16:00 |
Alessandro Tomasiello University of Milan - Bicocca |
Room 1 | |
Tuesday 6th March 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Yutaka Matsuo University of Tokyo |
Room 1 | |
14:00 to 15:00 |
Vijay Balasubramanian University of Pennsylvania |
Room 1 | |
Wednesday 7th March 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
16:00 to 17:00 |
Olaf Hohm Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
Room 1 | |
Thursday 8th March 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Costas Bachas Laboratoire de Physique Théorique ENS |
Room 1 | |
14:30 to 15:30 |
Martin Cederwall Chalmers University of Technology |
Room 1 | |
Tuesday 13th March 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 | Room 1 | |
|
14:00 to 15:00 |
Axel Kleinschmidt Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Potsdam |
Room 1 | |
Wednesday 14th March 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
14:00 to 15:00 |
Bernard de Wit Universiteit Utrecht |
Room 1 | |
18:30 to 19:30 | Room 1 | |
Thursday 15th March 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Filippo Passerini Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
Room 1 |
Tuesday 20th March 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Daniel Louis Jafferis Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton |
Room 1 | |
14:00 to 15:00 |
Shiroman Prakash Tata Institute of Fundamental Research |
Room 1 | |
Wednesday 21st March 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
16:00 to 17:00 |
Michael Gutperle University of California, Los Angeles |
Room 1 | |
Thursday 22nd March 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
James Sparks University of Oxford |
Room 1 | |
14:00 to 15:00 |
Eric Bergshoeff University of Groningen |
Room 1 | |
Tuesday 27th March 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Fabio Riccioni INFN, Roma La Sapienza |
Room 2 | |
14:00 to 15:00 |
Anirban Basu Harish-Chandra Research Institute |
Room 2 | |
Wednesday 28th March 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
16:00 to 17:00 |
Francesco Benini Stony Brook University |
Room 1 | |
Thursday 29th March 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 | Room 2 | |
|
14:00 to 15:00 |
Douglas Lundholm Københavns Universitet (University of Copenhagen) |
Room 2 | |
Friday 30th March 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
16:00 to 17:00 |
Chong-Sun Chu Durham University |
Room 1 | |
Thursday 5th April 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Tomohisa Takimi Tata Institute of Fundamental Research |
Room 2 | |
16:00 to 17:00 |
Superstring perturbation theory revisited - a special Teleconference seminar |
Room 1 | |
Tuesday 10th April 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
14:00 to 15:00 |
Måns Henningson Chalmers University of Technology |
Room 2 | |
16:00 to 17:00 |
Stefano Bolognesi Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Room 2 |
Wednesday 11th April 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 | Room 2 |
Thursday 12th April 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
14:00 to 15:00 |
Harvendra Singh Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics |
Room 2 | |
16:00 to 17:00 |
Martin Wolf University of Surrey |
Room 2 |
Friday 13th April 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
09:30 to 10:15 |
Paul Heslop University of Durham |
Admin Office [UNAVAILABLE] | |
10:15 to 11:00 | Admin Office [UNAVAILABLE] | ||
11:30 to 12:15 | Admin Office [UNAVAILABLE] | ||
12:15 to 13:00 |
Conformal Regge theory. (Talk to be held in Potter Room, Pavilion B, CMS) |
Admin Office [UNAVAILABLE] | |
14:00 to 14:45 |
Bootstrapping the N=2 superconformal index. (Talk to be held in Potter Room, Pavilion B, CMS) |
Admin Office [UNAVAILABLE] | |
14:45 to 15:30 |
Massimo Bianchi Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata |
Admin Office [UNAVAILABLE] | |
16:00 to 16:45 | Admin Office [UNAVAILABLE] | ||
16:45 to 17:30 |
Conformal partial waves. (Talk to be held in Potter Room, Pavilion B, CMS) |
Admin Office [UNAVAILABLE] |
Tuesday 24th April 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Finn Larsen University of Michigan |
Room 1 | |
Wednesday 25th April 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Koji Hashimoto RIKEN |
Room 1 | |
16:00 to 17:00 |
Sav Sethi University of Chicago |
Room 1 | |
Thursday 26th April 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Dmitri Sorokin Università degli Studi di Padova |
Room 1 | |
14:00 to 15:00 |
Chris Hull Imperial College London |
Room 1 | |
Monday 30th April 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Kimyeong Lee Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) |
Room 1 | |
14:00 to 15:00 |
Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya University of Tokyo |
Room 1 | |
Tuesday 1st May 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Diego Hofman Harvard University |
Room 1 | |
Wednesday 2nd May 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
José Figueroa-O'Farrill University of Edinburgh |
Room 1 | |
Thursday 3rd May 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
13:00 to 14:00 |
Andrew Strominger Harvard University |
Room 1 | |
Tuesday 8th May 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Rajesh Gopakumar Harish-Chandra Research Institute |
Room 1 | |
Wednesday 9th May 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 | Room 1 | |
|
16:00 to 17:00 |
Mukund Rangamani Durham University |
Room 1 | |
Monday 14th May 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
14:00 to 15:00 |
Spenta Wadia Tata Institute of Fundamental Research |
Room 1 | |
Tuesday 15th May 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Jerome Gauntlett Imperial College London |
Room 1 | |
Wednesday 16th May 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Counting and construction of D-brane quantum states in AdS/CFT |
Room 1 | |
Thursday 17th May 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
14:00 to 15:00 |
Cusp anomalous dimension in N=4 super Yang-Mills from integrability |
Room 1 | |
Tuesday 22nd May 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:00 to 12:00 |
Ergin Sezgin Texas A&M University |
Room 1 | |
Wednesday 23rd May 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
David Tong University of Cambridge |
Room 1 | |
Thursday 24th May 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Veronika Hubeny Durham University |
Room 1 | |
14:00 to 15:00 |
Michela Petrini Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris |
Room 1 | |
Friday 25th May 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Chrisopher Pope University of Cambridge |
Room 1 | |
Wednesday 6th June 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Marcus Berg Karlstad University |
Room 1 | |
Thursday 7th June 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Radu Tatar University of Liverpool |
Room 1 | |
Tuesday 12th June 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Arthur Hebecker Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg |
Room 1 | |
Wednesday 13th June 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Clifford Burgess Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics |
Room 1 | |
Thursday 14th June 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Gordon Kane University of Michigan |
Room 1 | |
Wednesday 20th June 2012 | |||
---|---|---|---|
11:30 to 12:30 |
Joseph Conlon University of Oxford |
Room 1 | |
Subscribe for the latest updates on events and news
Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, 20 Clarkson Road, Cambridge CB3 0EH United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1223 335999 Email: reception@newton.ac.uk
© 2023 Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy
INI is a creative collaborative space which is occupied by up to fifty-five mathematical scientists at any one time (and many more when there is a workshop). Some of them may not have met before and others may not realise the relevance of other research to their own work.
INI is especially important as a forum where early-career researchers meet senior colleagues and form networks that last a lifetime.
Here you can learn about all activities past, present and future, watch live seminars and submit your own proposals for research programmes.
Within this section of the website you should find all the information required to arrange and plan your visit to the Institute. If you have any further questions, or are unable to find the information you require, please get in touch with the relevant staff member or our Reception team via our contact pages.
INI and its programme participants produce a range of publications to communicate information about activities and events, publish research outcomes, and document case studies which are written for a non-technical audience. You will find access to them all in this section.
The Isaac Newton Institute aims to maximise the benefit of its scientific programmes to the UK mathematical science community in a variety of ways.
Whether spreading research opportunities through its network of correspondents, offering summer schools to early career researchers, or hosting public-facing lectures through events such as the Cambridge Festival, there is always a great deal of activity to catch up on.
Find out about all of these endeavours in this section of the site.
There are various ways to keep up-to-date with current events and happenings at the Isaac Newton Institute. As detailed via the menu links within this section, our output covers social media streams, news articles, a regular podcast series, an online newsletter, and more detailed documents produced throughout the year.
“A world famous place for research in the mathematical sciences with a reputation for efficient management and a warm welcome for visitors”
The Isaac Newton Institute is a national and international visitor research institute. It runs research programmes on selected themes in mathematics and the mathematical sciences with applications over a wide range of science and technology. It attracts leading mathematical scientists from the UK and overseas to interact in research over an extended period.
INI has a vital national role, building on many strengths that already exist in UK universities, aiming to generate a new vitality through stimulating and nurturing research throughout the country.During each scientific programme new collaborations are made and ideas and expertise are exchanged and catalysed through lectures, seminars and informal interaction, which the INI building has been designed specifically to encourage.
For INI’s knowledge exchange arm, please see the Newton Gateway to Mathematics.
The Institute depends upon donations, as well as research grants, to support the world class research undertaken by participants in its programmes.
Fundraising activities are supported by a Development Board comprising leading figures in academia, industry and commerce.
Visit this section to learn more about how you could play a part in supporting INI’s groundbreaking research.
In this section you can find contact information, staff lists, maps and details of how to find INI’s main building in Cambridge.
Our administrative staff can help you with any queries regarding a prospective or planned visit. If you would like to discuss a proposed a research programme or other event, our senior management team will be happy to help.