Conference on Gromov-Witten Invariants and Integrable Systems

(December 8-13,2001)

Gromov-Witten Invariants and Integrable Systems Conference

The conference begins Saturday, December 8, 2001 at 1:30pm. There will be a dinner on Wednesday, December 12. (Advanced reservation required no later than December 5, 2001. If you are interested in learning more about the dinner please contact Michelle Huguenin at 609-734-8115 or e-mail at huguenin@ias.edu)

Alexander Givental will deliver the Marston Morse lectures on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 2:00pm. The title for the lecture series is:
"Quantum Riemann-Roch and Lefschetz"


Preliminary Schedule of Talks

All talks are held in room S-101

Saturday, Dec. 8

12:00-1:30
Lunch in IAS Dining Hall
1:30-3:00
B. Dubrovin (IAS)
GW Invariants and Classification of Integrable PDE's
3:00-4:00
Coffee in Mathematics Common Room (Simonyi Hall)
 
4:00-5:30
X. Liu (Notre Dame)
Solving Universal Equations of Gromov-Witten Invariants
 

Sunday, Dec. 9

9:00-10:30
Coffee in Mathematics Common Room (Simonyi Hall)
10:30-12:00
P. Seidel (IAS)
Fukaya Categories and Deformation Theory
12:00-1:30
Lunch
1:30-3:00
C. Hertling (MPIM-Bonn)
Frobenius Manifolds and tt* Equations for Singularities
3:00-4:00
Coffee in Mathematics Common Room (Simonyi Hall)
4:00-5:30
R. Kaufmann (University of Southern California)
Orbifold Frobenius Algebras

Monday, Dec. 10

9:00-10:30
Breakfast available in IAS Dining Hall
10:30-12:00
R. Pandharipande (Princeton)
Gromov-Witten Theory and Completed Cycles
12:00-1:30
Lunch in IAS Dining Hall
1:30-3:00
A. Okounkov (Berkeley)
Gromov-Witten Theory of P1
3:00-4:00
Tea in Fuld Hall Common Room
4:00-5:30
J.S. Song (Berkeley)
Simple Hurwitz Numbers and Hodge Integrals

Tuesday, Dec. 11

9:00-10:30
Breakfast available in IAS Dining Hall
10:30-12:00
E. Getzler (Northwestern)
Jet Spaces of Frobenius Manifolds and Higher Genus Gromov-Witten Invariants
12:00-2:00
Lunch in IAS Dining Hall
2:00-3:00
A. Givental (Berkeley)
Quantum Riemann-Roch and Lefschetz I
3:00-3:30
Tea in Fuld Hall Common Room
3:30-4:30
R. Donagi (Univ Pennsylvania)
          Gerbes in Integrable Systems (This is a joint session with the Alebraic Geometry Seminar
of the Mathematics Department of Princeton University.)

Wednesday, Dec. 12

9:00-10:30
Breakfast available in IAS Dining Hall
10:30-12:00
R. Dijkgraaf (Amsterdam)
String Theory and Gromov-Witten Invariants
12:00-2:00
Lunch in IAS Dining Hall
2:00-3:00
A. Givental (Berkeley)
Quantum Riemann-Roch and Lefschetz II
3:00-4:00
Tea in Fuld Hall Common Room
4:00-5:30
E. Ionel (IAS)
Relations between Tautological Classes

Thursday, Dec. 13

9:00-10:30
Breakfast available in IAS Dining Hall
10:30-12:00
J. Bryan (University of British Columbia)
Multiple Cover Formulas in Gromov-Witten Theory and Topological Quantum Field Theory
12:00-2:00
Lunch in IAS Dining Hall
2:00-3:00
A. Givental (Berkeley)
Quantum Riemann-Roch and Lefschetz III
3:00-4:00
Tea in Fuld Hall Common Room

Quick Reference of Speakers


  10:30-12:00 1:30-3:00 4:00-5:30
Saturday (No Talk Scheduled) B. Dubrovin X. Liu
Sunday P. Seidel C. Hertling R. Kaufmann
Monday R. Pandharipande A. Okounkov J.S. Song
Tuesday E. Getzler A. Givental (2:00-3:00) R. Donagi (3:30-4:30)
Wednesday R. Dijkgraaf A. Givental (2:00-3:00) E. Ionel
Thursday J. Bryan A. Givental (2:00-3:00) (No Talk Scheduled)

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