Friday, 13 December
10 AM - 6 PM
Skylight Room, Graduate Center CUNY
The study of string compactification has led to a vibrant interplay between mathematics and the real world. On the one hand, mathematical advances have vastly expanded our understanding of semi-realistic F-theory and M-theory vacua. On the other hand, considerations from phenomenology and cosmology have led to a web of constraints that many single out preferred constructions of viable models. This symposium will bring together researchers from across these areas for a view of recent progress and future advances. Speakers will be Mijam Cvetic, University of Pennsylvania; Miguel Montero, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid; Gary Shiu, Madison; and Washington Taylor, MIT.
9:30 AM
Coffee and Bagels
10:00 - 11:30 AM
The String Genome Project
Gary Shiu
University of Wisconsin - Madison
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Coffee Break
12:00 - 1:30 PM
Refining the F-theory Particle Physics Landscape
Mirjam Cvetic
University of Pennsylvania
1:30 - 2:30 PM
Lunch
2:30 - 4:00 PM
Quantum corrections to DGKT and the Weak Gravity Conjecture
Miguel Montero
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
4:00 - 4:30 PM
Coffee Break
4:30 - 6:00 PM
Natural top-down realizations of the (supersymmetric) standard model in F-theory
Washington Taylor
MIT
ORGANIZERS
Vladimir Rosenhaus (GC-CUNY)
Sebastian Franco (CCNY, GC-CUNY)