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: Anadil Saeed Rao, Northeastern University Title: Instantons on Taub-NUT space and Bow Construction Abstract: In this talk I will discuss Yang-Mills Instantons in a very special […]
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speakers: Bryan Wang Peng Jun (Harvard) and Bowen Yang (CMSA) Title: Classifying Space for Phases of Matrix Product States Abstract: In this talk we will […]
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speakers: Anadil Saeed Rao (Northeastern) and Vasily Krylov (CMSA/Harvard) Title: Algebraic approach to the bow construction Abstract: Anadil will finish his part of the talk. Vasily will […]
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Saman Habibi Esfahani, Harvard CMSA Title: Fukaya category and gauge theory Abstract: After setting up some background, I will discuss the Fukaya $A_\ infty$-category […]
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Lorenzo Riva Title: Higher categories of cobordisms Abstract: I will give a brief introduction to topological field theories from a higher categorical perspective. After […]
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker 1: Max Hubner, CMSA Title: On Topological Structures in String Theory Abstract: Geometric engineering constructions in string theory often realize QFTs relative to an […]
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speakers: Daniel Spiegel, Harvard Math Title: A Classifying Space for Phases of Matrix Product States Abstract: Alexei Kitaev has conjectured that there should be a […]
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Dylan Galt, Harvard (60 minute talk) Title: What is a "nonlinear" near-symplectic form? Abstract: In this talk, I will explain how one might understand this question […]
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speakers: (1) Elliott Gesteau, CMSA (60 min) and (2) Sanjay Raman, Harvard (30 min) (1) Title: Holography for closed universes Abstract: Recent advances in holography and […]
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Dan Freed Title: A fully local extension of Chern-Simons theory Abstract: The Reshetikhin-Turaev-Witten invariants of 3-manifolds fit into a 3-dimensional topological field theory that […]
Geometry and Quantum Theory Seminar Speaker: Sunghyuk Park, CMSA Title: Khovanov homology from KLRW algebras Abstract: This is the first in a four-part series, organized together with Vasily Krylov, Sebastian Haney, and […]