During the 2025–26 academic year, the CMSA will be hosting a seminar on Geometry and Quantum Theory, organized by Dan Freed and Vasily Krylov. The seminar will meet on Tuesdays from 4:15–6:30 pm (Eastern Time).
The seminar will take place in Science Center 507, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge MA.
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Bowen Yang, Harvard CMSA Title: Topological Invariants of gapped states through cosheaves Abstract: We provide a proper mathematical framework for the constructions of topological […]
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Sunghyuk Park, Harvard CMSA Title: Skein traces and curve counting Abstract: Skein modules are vector space-valued invariants of 3-manifolds describing the space of line […]
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Mayuko Yamashita, Kyoto University Title: Topological Modular Forms, its equivariant refinements and relation with supersymmetric quantum field theories Abstract: This talk is about the […]
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Thibault Décoppet, Harvard University Title: Fusion 2-Categories and their Classification Abstract: Categorifying the classical notion of fusion (1-)category, fusion 2-categories were recently introduced. These objects […]
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Ben Gammage, Harvard University Title: Boundaries and duality for 3d gauge theories Abstract: 3d N=4 supersymmetric gauge theory has a pair of topological twists, […]
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Dan Freed, Harvard University Title: Introduction to Factorization algebras
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speakers: Mayuko Yamashita, Kyoto University Title: Factorization algebras in TQFT Abstract: This is the first in the series of our working seminars on factorization algebras/homologies. […]
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Ahsan Khan Title: Perturbative Factorization Algebras Abstract: In physics the starting point in studying a QFT is to write down an appropriate action functional. […]
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speakers: Sunghyuk Park and Vasily Krylov, Harvard CMSA Title: Factorization Homology
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Keyou Zeng, Harvard CMSA Title: Review of the excision property in factorization homology
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Sunghyuk Park, Harvard CMSA Title: Blob homology
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Ben Gammage, Harvard University Title: Discussion of Integrating quantum groups over surfaces https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.04652