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Symplectic Geometry, Noncommutative Geometry and Physics
May 10, 2010 to May 14, 2010

Organizer(s)

Robbert Dijkgraaf (Amsterdam),
Tohru Eguchi (Kyoto),
Yakov Eliashberg* (Stanford),
Kenji Fukaya (Kyoto),
Yoshiaki Maeda* (Yokohama),
Dusa McDuff (Stony Brook),
Paul Seidel (Cambridge, MA),
Alan Weinstein* (Berkeley).
To apply for funding, you must register by Fri, May 14 2010.
Sponsor: Hayashibara Foundation

Symplectic geometry originated as a mathematical language for Hamiltonian mechanics, but during the last 3 decades it witnessed both, spectacuar development of the mathematical theory and discovery of new connections and applications to physics. Meanwhile, non-commutative geometry naturally entered into this picture.

The workshop aims to highlight some of these connections and further boost interactions between mathematicians and physicists working in related areas. It will consists of 3 minicourses given by Denis Auroux, Yan Soibelman and Katrin Wehrheim, as well as lectures given by physicists and mathematicians.

Organizers
Yakov Eliashberg* (Stanford University)
Alan Weinstein* (Berkeley)
Dusa McDuff (New York)
Robbert Dijkgraaf (Amsterdam)
Paul Seidel (Masachussets)
Kenji Fukaya (Kyoto)
Tohru Eguchi (Kyoto)
Yoshiaki Maeda* (Keio University)
(* lead/contact organizers)

Mini Course Lectures
Denis Auroux (Masachussets)
Yan Soibelman (Kansas)
Katrin Wehrheim (Masachussets)

Plenary Speakers
Mina Aganagic (Berkeley)
Manabu Akaho (Tokyo)
Tohru Eguchi (Kyoto)
Bertrand Eynard (Saclay)
Hiroshige Kajiura (Chiba)
Anton Kapustin (Pasadena)
Yong-Geun Oh (Wisconsin)
Hiroshi Ooguri (Tokyo)
Yongbin Ruan (Michigan)
James Simons (Stony Brook)
Dmitry Tamarkin (Chicago)
Bruno Vallette (Nice)






Please be aware that there is no funding provided by MSRI for this workshop, although you can register with a funding request!



Accomodations:

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Rose Garden Inn. Reservations may be made by calling 1-800-992-9005 OR directly on their website. Click on Corporate at the bottom of the screen and when prompted enter code MATH (this code is not case sensitive). By using this code a new calendar will appear and will show MSRI rate on all room types available.
The cut-off date for reservations is April 23, 2010.

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hotel Durant. Please mention the workshop name and reference the following code when making reservations via phone, fax or e-mail: MSRISYMPLECTICGEO. If you are making your reservations on line, please go to Hotel Durant website, choose your dates of stay and enter the "123MSRI" promo code in the box. The cut-off date for reservations is April 13, 2010. The rate is $110 per night plus tax.

New, completely renovated Hotel Shattuck Plaza has rooms available for you!
MSRI’s preferred rate is $131. Guests can either call the hotel’s main line, 510-845-7300, and ask for the MSRI rate or go to http://www.hotelshattuckplaza.com, click on "Corporate Rates" in the reservation screen and type the code msri10.

Funding

To apply for funding, you must register by Fri, May 14 2010. Click to Register
Students, recent Ph.D.'s, women, and members of underrepresented minorities are particularly encouraged to apply. Funding awards are made typically 6 weeks before the workshop begins. Requests received after the funding deadline are considered only if additional funds become available.
Schedule
Monday, May 10, 2010
11:00AM - 12:00PM Yan Soibelman Motivic Donaldson-Thomas invariants and wall-crossing formulas (1) [Video available]
1:30PM - 2:30PM James Simons Remarks on Differential Cohomology [Video available]
2:35PM - 3:35PM Katrin Wehrheim Lagrangian correspondences and holomorphic quilts [Video available]
4:15PM - 5:15PM Yong-Geun Oh Lagrangian Floer theory of toric manifolds and mirror symmetry [Video available]
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
9:30AM - 10:30AM Manabu Akaho Towards singular Lagrangian Floer theory [Video available]
11:00AM - 12:00PM Yan Soibelman Motivic Donaldson-Thomas invariants and wall-crossing formulas (2) [Video available]
1:30PM - 2:30PM Anton Kapustin Topological field theory and complex symplectic geometry [Video available]
2:35PM - 3:35PM Katrin Wehrheim A symplectic category - chain level version and symplectic applications [Video available]
4:15PM - 5:15PM Denis Auroux Special Lagrangian torus fi [Video available]
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
9:00AM - 10:00AM Hiroshige Kajiura On some deformation of Fukaya category [Video available]
10:30AM - 11:30AM Yan Soibelman Motivic Donaldson-Thomas invariants and wall-crossing formulas (3) [Video available]
11:40AM - 12:40PM Katrin Wehrheim Topological quantum fi [Video available]
Thursday, May 13, 2010
9:30AM - 10:30AM Hirosi Ooguri Wall Crossing as Seen by M Theory and Matrix Models [Video available]
11:00AM - 12:00PM Denis Auroux Special Lagrangian torus fibrations and mirror symmetry (2) [Video available]
1:30PM - 2:30PM Dmitry Tamarkin Microlocal category for a symplectic manifold [Video available]
2:35PM - 3:35PM Bertrand Eynard Matrix model techniques in enumerative geometry [Video available]
4:15PM - 5:15PM Yongbin Ruan Landau-Ginzburg/Calabi-Yau Correspondence [Video available]
Friday, May 14, 2010
9:30AM - 10:30AM Bruno Vallette Homotopy algebra with operads [Video available]
11:00AM - 12:00PM Denis Auroux Special Lagrangian torus fi [Video available]
1:30PM - 2:30PM Mina Aganagic Wall Crossing, Quivers and Dimers [Video available]
3:00PM - 4:00PM Tohru Eguchi Entropy of manifolds with reduced holonomy [Video available]
Parent Program(s):
Symplectic and Contact Geometry and Topology


Questions about this workshop should be sent either by email to
or by regular mail to:
Symplectic Geometry, Noncommutative Geometry and Physics
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
17 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA
94720-5070.
USA

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