Title: Proving 5D AGT conjecture and Duality under Changing Preferred Directions Speaker: Masayuki Fukuda (University of Tokyo) Abstract: We give a proof for the factorization property of the arbitrary matrix elements of the multi-valent intertwining operator (or refined… Read More

Title: Noncommutative algebraic structures Speaker: Natalia Iyudu (University of Edinburgh) Abstract: I will talk on one particular structure called pre-Calabi-Yau algebra. It was introduced around 2005 in attempt to describe a TQFT in case of open strings. This… Read More

Title: Surface Operators in 4d/2d Duality on TQFT picture of 4d N=2 Argyres-Douglas Theories Speaker: Ruidong Zhu (DIAS) Abstract: In this talk, I will first give a brief review on the TQFT picture of 4d N=2 supersymmetric gauge… Read More

Title: Microscopic description of Schwarzschild black hole from quantum field theory Speaker: Dr. Masanori Hanada (University of Southampton/Keio University) Abstract: The gauge/gravity duality relates black hole and QFT. In particular, the ‘small black hole’ in AdS5*S5, which is essentially… Read More

Title: Torsion and spin in holographic Lovelock Chern-Simons gravity Speaker: Gallegos Pazos (University of Utrecht) Abstract: The use of holography in the study of strongly coupled systems with a non-trivial spin current will be discussed. The incorporation of… Read More

Title: Edge modes in the Sierpinski Harper Hofstadter Butterfly Fractal Speaker: Mikael Fremling (University of Utrecht) Abstract: We study the edge modes of the Sierpinski carpet at finite magnetic fields and characterise the transition from a Hofstadter spectrum… Read More