Conference on Current Progress in Mathematical Physics

该奖项用于资助参加将于2018年12月10日至17日在马萨诸塞州波士顿的哈佛大学举行的为期四天的“数学物理学当前进展”会议。会议将集中讨论分析领域的最新发展，特别是在数学物理和量子信息科学领域。会议的目标是将广泛的数学家、物理学家和信息科学家聚集在一起，相互促进正在进行的研究，鼓励新的合作，并讨论长期研究目标。这个跨学科的结构旨在让学生和研究人员对潜在的新方法感兴趣，并提出跨越数学、物理和量子信息边界的想法。会议将由数学物理和量子信息科学领域的领先研究人员发表演讲。一个话题焦点是最近发现的表象理论和黎曼几何之间的一致性，以及它在发展既体现量子理论又体现相对论的一致数学理论方面的潜在用途。会议强调的其他主题包括量子信息理论中的几何概念和拓扑量子场论中解析观点的发展。这一奖项为早期职业研究人员、代表性不足群体的成员以及没有其他支持来源的研究人员提供了出席和参与这次会议的机会。更多信息将在会议网页上提供：http://www.arthurjaffe.com/Assets/pdf/HarvardWorkshop.pdfThis奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award provides funding for participation in the conference "Current Progress in Mathematical Physics" to be held at Harvard University in Boston, MA over the course of four days during the week of December 10--17, 2018. The conference will focus on recent developments in analysis, especially in the field of mathematical physics and quantum information science. The goal of the meeting is to bring together a broad spectrum of mathematicians, physicists, and information scientists to cross-fertilize ongoing research, stimulate new collaborations, and discuss long-range research goals. The interdisciplinary structure aims to interest students and researchers in potential new methods and to advance ideas that cross the boundaries of mathematics, physics, and quantum information.The conference will feature presentations by leading researchers in mathematical physics and quantum information science. One topical focus is a recently-discovered coincidence between representation theory and Riemannian geometry and its potential use in development of a consistent mathematical theory that embodies both quantum theory and relativity. Other topics emphasized in the conference include geometrical concepts in quantum information theory and the development of an analytic point of view in topological quantum field theory. This award gives early career researchers, members of underrepresented groups, and researchers without other sources of support an opportunity to attend and participate in this conference. More information will be made available at the conference webpage: http://www.arthurjaffe.com/Assets/pdf/HarvardWorkshop.pdfThis award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.