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  1. Introductory Workshop: Representation Theory Under the Influence of Quantum Field Theory & Motivic Homotopy Theory

    Organizers: David Ben-Zvi (University of Texas, Austin), Elden Elmanto (University of Toronto, Scarborough), Iva Halacheva (Northeastern University), LEAD Pavel Safronov (University of Edinburgh), Anand Sawant (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research), Peng Shan (Tsinghua University), Craig Westerland (University of Minnesota), Maria Yakerson (Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu)
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    Under the light of suspended spheres, the QFT wizard dangles groups and their duals over a boiling cauldron of motives. (Drawn by Rok Gregoric)

    The goal of this introductory workshop is to showcase some of the recent developments in motives and quantum field theory, with a focus on giving a high-level, but "outsider-friendly" introduction to both subjects. It will feature lectures introducing the modern formalism of sheaf theories, supersymmetric gauge theories, geometric representation theory and motivic spectra.

    Updated on Aug 19, 2026 09:32 AM PDT