School on Singularities in Algebraic Geometry & String Theory

<body bgcolor="#339999"> <center> <a name="top"></a> <img src="cim.gif"> </center> <pre> </pre> <center> <h1> School on Singularities in Algebraic Geometry <br>&<br> String Theory<br> </h1> <p> <h2> July 8-17, 1999 </h2> </center> <p> <pre> </pre> <a name="school"><h3>THE SCHOOL</h3></a> <pre> </pre> The School on "SINGULARITIES IN ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY & STRING THEORY" is an activity of the <a href="http://www.cs.math.ist.utl.pt/cim.www/cimpage.html" target=_top">International Center of Mathematics </a>, and will be held in <a href="http://alf1.cii.fc.ul.pt/">Complexo Interdisciplinar of Universidade de Lisboa,</a> Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 2, P-1699 Lisboa Codex, Portugal. Our aim is to have a 10 days long School on the fascinating interface between singularity theory (in complex algebraic geometry) and superstring theory. We will have 6 courses by leading experts on both mathematical and physical aspects of singularity theory (see <a href="#courses"> courses</a> below). <pre> </pre> <img src="hreyes.gif"> <pre> </pre> <a name="courses"><h3>PLANNED COURSES</h3></a> <pre> </pre> <table border=0 width=100%> <tr> <td width=7% VALIGN=center ALIGN=left> <img src="i_p070.gif"> </td> <td width=18% VALIGN=center ALIGN=left> <b> P. Aspinwall </b></a> </td> <td width=30% VALIGN=center ALIGN=left> (Duke University): </td> <td width=45% VALIGN=center ALIGN=left> <em> The Role of Singularities in String Theory </em> </td> </tr> <td width=7% VALIGN=center ALIGN=left> <img src="i_p070.gif"> </td> <td width=18% VALIGN=center ALIGN=left> <b> V. Batyrev </b></a> </td> <td width=30% VALIGN=center ALIGN=left> (University of Tuebingen): </td> <td width=45% VALIGN=center ALIGN=left> <em>Introduction to Toric Varieties and Mirror Symmetry </em> </td> </tr> <p> <tr> <td width=7% VALIGN=center ALIGN=left> <img src="i_p070.gif"> </td> <td width=18% VALIGN=center ALIGN=left> <b> Ph. Candelas </b></a> </td> <td width=30% VALIGN=center ALIGN=left> (University of Texas): </td> <td width=45% VALIGN=center ALIGN=left> <em> The Role of Singularities in String Theory </em> </td> </tr> <p><pre> </pre> <tr> <td width=7% VALIGN=center ALIGN=left> <img src="i_p070.gif"> </td> <td width=18% VALIGN=center ALIGN=left> <b> Le Dung-Trang </b></a> </td> <td width=30% VALIGN=center ALIGN=left> (Université de Provence): </td> <td width=45% VALIGN=center ALIGN=left> <em><a href="courses.html" target="_top"> Introductory Course on Singularities and their Resolution</a> </em> </td> </tr> <p> <tr> <td width=7% VALIGN=center ALIGN=left> <img src="i_p070.gif"> </td> <td width=18% VALIGN=center ALIGN=left> <b> M.S. Narasimhan </b></a> </td> <td width=30% VALIGN=center ALIGN=left> (International Center for Theoretical Physics): </td> <td width=45% VALIGN=center ALIGN=left> <em> <a href="courses.html" target="_top"> Moduli Spaces of Vector and G-bundles over Riemann Surfaces </a> </em> </td> </tr> <p> <tr> <td width=7% VALIGN=center ALIGN=left> <img src="i_p070.gif"> </td> <td width=18% VALIGN=center ALIGN=left> <b> M. Reid </b></a> </td> <td width=30% VALIGN=center ALIGN=left> (University of Warwick): </td> <td width=45% VALIGN=center ALIGN=left> <em> Lectures on 3-folds and Classification of Varieties </em> </td> </tr> </table> <p> <pre> </pre> <pre> </pre> <img src="hreyes.gif"> <pre> </pre> <a name="geninfo"><h3> GENERAL INFORMATION</h3></a> <p> Information on participation and hotels will be available later. <p> There will be a fee of 15000 PTE (100 PTE app. equal 1 DM) to be payed upon arrival. <p> <p> See<a href="http://home.sol.no/~nancys/portugal/lisboa/" target="_top"> page </a> for touristic information about Lisbon. <p> <center> <img src="castelo.jpg"> </center> <pre> </pre> <img src="hreyes.gif"> <pre> </pre> <a name="local"><h3> The SITE</h3></a> <p> The School will be held at <a href="http://alf1.cii.fc.ul.pt/">Complexo Interdisciplinar of Universidade de Lisboa,</a> Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 2, P-1699 Lisboa Codex, Portugal. <pre> </pre> <img src="hrmocho.gif"> <pre> </pre> <a name="OC"><h3> ORGANIZING COMMITTEE</h3></a> <p> <a href="mailto:cfloren@sisdin9.math.ist.utl.pt">Carlos Florentino</a> (Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico) <br> <a href="mailto:mmlopes@ptmat.lmc.fc.ul.pt">Margarida Mendes Lopes</a> (Lisbon, Faculdade de Ciências) <br> <a href="mailto:jmourao@ualg.pt">Jos&eacute Mourão </a> (Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico) <br> <a href="mailto:orlando@ptmat.lmc.fc.ul.pt"> Orlando Neto </a> (Lisbon, Faculdade de Ciências) <br> <a href="mailto:jpnunes@math.ist.utl.pt">João Pimentel Nunes </a> (Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico) <br> <p> Home page address: http://www.fisica.ist.utl.pt/~jmourao/cim/main.html <br> email: <a href="mailto:jmourao@ualg.pt"> jmourao@ualg.pt</a>. <pre> </pre> <img src="hreyes.gif"> <pre> </pre> <h3> <a name="FS"> FINANCIAL SUPPORT </a> </h3> <p> Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia<br> Centro de Álgebra da Universidade do Lisboa<br> Centro de Análise Matemática, Geometria e Sistemas Dinâmicos, Instituto Superior Técnico <br> Centro de Matemática e Aplicações Fundamentais da Universidade do Lisboa<br> Centro Interdisciplinar de Astrofísica, Instituto Superior Técnico <br> Caixa Geral de Depósitos<br> Project "Física Matemática" <br> Project TMR ERCFMRXCT980040 "Singularities of Differential Equations and Foliations" <br> <p> </body>