Seventh Annual Yip Lecture | L. Mahadevan, Harvard
2027-03-03 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Sixth Annual Yip Lecture
Date: Wednesday, March 3, 2027
Time: 4:00–5:00 pm
Location: Harvard Science Center Hall D & via Zoom Webinar
Speaker: L. Mahadevan, Harvard

The Yip Lecture takes place thanks to the support of Dr. Shing-Yiu Yip.

2027 Ding Shum Lecture: Avi Wigderson, IAS
2027-03-31 16:00 - 17:00 | Harvard Science Center, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138
2027 Ding Shum Lecture
Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2027
Time: 4:00 pm
Location: Harvard Science Center Hall D & via Zoom Webinar

Speaker: Avi Wigderson, IAS

A reception will follow the talk in the Mathematics Department Austine & Chilton McDonnell Common Room, 4th floor, Science Center.

This event is made possible by the generous funding of Ding Lei and Harry Shum.

The Conformal Bootstrap and Mathematics
2027-04-05 - 2027-04-09 | CMSA 20 Garden Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 United States
The Conformal Bootstrap and Mathematics
The conformal bootstrap is a method originating in physics that seeks to define and study conformal quantum field theories in two and higher dimensions. In recent years, surprising connections have emerged between the conformal bootstrap and several areas of mathematics, including the spectral theory of automorphic forms, the sphere packing problem, and related questions in geometry, analysis, and number theory. These developments suggest both that the conformal bootstrap “knows” a remarkable amount of mathematics, and that these mathematical structures can offer new ways of understanding quantum field theory.
This workshop will bring together experts from conformal field theory, number theory, spectral geometry, discrete geometry, and related fields to explore these emerging connections. One goal is to investigate how ideas and techniques from the conformal bootstrap can lead to new advances in mathematics. A complementary goal is to use insights from these mathematical disciplines to sharpen our understanding of conformal field theory and quantum field theory more broadly.
Organizers: James Bonifacio, University of Mississippi; Henry Cohn, MIT; Dalimil Mazáč, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Saclay; and Peter Sarnak, IAS

Stable Homotopy Theory and Arithmetic Geometry Workshop II
2027-05-03 09:00 - 2027-05-07 17:00 | CMSA Room G10, CMSA, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Stable Homotopy Theory and Arithmetic Geometry Workshop II
Dates: May 3–7, 2027
