News

News

Reminder - Call for 2023 SRS events deadline is 30th September

01/09/2021
Les Diablerets, Switzerland

img_news_1The call for 2023 events is open until September 30, 2021. Those interested in organizing an event for 2023 at the SwissMAP Research Station can apply by completing the proposal form available on the SwissMAP Research Station website. Evaluations of the proposals will be carried out by the Scientific Council. More »


Peter Hintz and Corinna Ulcigrai will be speakers at ICM 2022

17/09/2021
Russia

img_news_1Our members Peter Hintz (ETH Zurich) and Corinna Ulcigrai (UZH) will be speakers at ICM 2022 (Saint Petersburg, 6-14th July). Peter Hintz will be an invited speaker in Section 5. Geometry, Section 10. Corinna Ulcigrai will be a speaker in Section 9. Dynamics. More »


Almost impossible E8 and Leech lattices

16/09/2021
Lausanne, Switzerland

img_news_1EMS Magazine article by our member Maryna Viazovska (EPFL) : Almost impossible E_8 and Leech lattices. "We start this short note by introducing two remarkable mathematical objects: the E_8 root lattice Λ_8 in 8-dimensional Euclidean space and the Leech lattice Λ_24 in 24-dimensional space. These two lattices stand out among their lattice sisters for several reasons." More »


SwissMAP Research Station (SRS) Inauguration Ceremony

15/09/2021
Les Diablerets, Switzerland

img_news_1We are glad to announce that the official SwissMAP Research Station (SRS) Inauguration Ceremony successfully took place on Monday, during the first day of our SwissMAP Annual General Meeting in Les Diablerets. We would like to especially thank the speakers of the ceremony for making this inauguration possible. More »


ECM 2021 videos

15/09/2021
Slovenia

img_news_1Several NCCR SwissMAP members were present and gave talks at this year’s 8th European Congress of Mathematics (ECM, 20-26th June). Some of their talks are now available online. More »


SwissMAP Innovator Prize Ceremony

15/09/2021
Les Diablerets, Switzerland

img_news_1The SwissMAP Innovator Prize Ceremony took place on Monday 13th September during the SwissMAP Annual General Meeting in Les Diablerets. Both prize recipients, Arthur Jacot (EPFL, C. Hongler's group) and Maria Yakerson (ETHZ, R. Pandharipande's group) gave a talk after the prize Ceremony. More »


Alberto Cattaneo (UZH) is part of a Simons collaboration

14/09/2021
Zurich, Switzerland

img_news_1Our member Alberto Cattaneo (UZH) is part of a Simons collaboration since September 2021. The Simons Collaboration on Global Categorical Symmetries is a group of physicists and mathematicians, working across disciplinary boundaries, to unlock the power of symmetry in its broadest, most general form. More »


Alumna Yilin Wang: Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize

13/09/2021
Zurich, Switzerland

img_news_1Alumna Yilin Wang (ETH Zurich, W. Wener's Group), currently at MIT, has been awarded the 2022 Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize, for innovative and far-reaching work on the Loewner energy of planar curves. The prize is for women in mathematics who have completed their PhDs within the previous two years. More »


Postdoctoral Position (UNIGE, A. Grassi’s Group)

09/09/2021
Geneva, Switzerland

img_news_1Postdoctoral position in Mathematical Physics and String Theory at the Mathematics Department in A. Grassi’s Group at the University of Geneva. The successful candidate will join the group of Alba Grassi for two years, with the possibility of an extension for a third year. More »


ICTP Dirac Medal

08/09/2021
Trieste, Italy

img_news_1Our member Michele Maggiore (UNIGE) has informed us that his former PhD student Alessandra Buonanno was recently awarded the ICTP Dirac Medal, one of the most prestigious prizes in Theoretical Physics. Alessandra was a plenary speaker of the SwissMAP 100 years of General Relativity” colloquium. More »


2021 Rollo Davidson Prize

08/09/2021
Fribourg, Switzerland

img_news_1Congratulations to our member Ioan Manolescu (UniFR) who was recently awarded the 2021 Rollo Davidson Prize in recognition of his outstanding work on critical physical systems in two dimensions, particularly the random cluster and Potts models. More »


Forum to mark SNSF Agora’s 10th anniversary

31/08/2021
Fribourg, Switzerland

img_news_1To celebrate its 10th anniversary Agora, the funding instrument of the SNSF dedicated to science communication, is organizing a one-day forum for scientists. It will take place in Fribourg on 3rd September 2021 and will be dedicated to the best practices for successful Agora grant writing. More »


Mathematics without borders: The Centennial of the International Mathematical Union

31/08/2021
Strasbourg, France

img_news_1Our Director Stanislav Smirnov (UNIGE) is amongst the invited speakers of “Mathematics without borders: The Centennial of the International Mathematical Union” at the Palais Universitaire in Strasbourg. More »


First ever 3D fractal construction in Switzerland finished!

30/08/2021
Geneva, Switzerland

img_news_1The exhibition "Dive into the infinite world of fractals" in Geneva, invited young and old to discover fractals and to participate in the construction of a level 3 Menger sponge. Created from scratch by Sandie Moody and Elise Raphael, the exhibition, which attracted more than 2,200 visitors was originally inspired by a similar project in England. A week before the exhibition ended, we interviewed Sandie Moody. More »


Mathematicians Prove Symmetry of Phase Transitions

24/08/2021
Press Coverage

img_news_1A team of five mathematicians, including SwissMAP members: Hugo Duminil-Copin (UNIGE), Dmitry Krachun (UNIGE) and Ioan Manolescu (UNIFR) have shown that at critical moments, a symmetry called rotational invariance is a universal property across many physical systems. More »


The ICMP 2021 exhibitions

04/08/2021
Geneva, Switzerland

img_news_1On the occasion of ICMP 2021, we have reassembled our two exhibitions in order to present them to the congress participants. Both exhibitions are also available online. More »


IUPAP Young Scientist Prize winners

03/08/2021
Geneva, Switzerland

img_news_1Congratulations to Stefanos Aretakis (University of Toronto) and SwissMAP members Chiara Saffirio (UniBas) and Vincent Tassion (ETH Zurich), recipients of the IUPAP Young Scientist Prize announced at the ICMP 2021 opening ceremony. More »


ICMP Human Rights Session videos - Outreach

03/08/2021
Online

img_news_1This is the first of a series of three videos which will be used during the ICMP Human Rights Panel Discussions on Friday 6th August which this year is dedicated to Equal Opportunities and the Promotion of Women in Science.More »


ICMP Human Rights Session videos - Women dedicated events & Travelling with young children

03/08/2021
Online

img_news_1Second of a series of three videos which will be used during the ICMP Human Rights Panel Discussions on Friday 6th August which this year is dedicated to Equal Opportunities and the Promotion of Women in Science. More »


ICMP Human Rights Session videos - Mentoring program

03/08/2021
Online

img_news_1Third of a series of three videos which will be used during the ICMP Human Rights Panel Discussions on Friday 6th August which this year is dedicated to Equal Opportunities and the Promotion of Women in Science. More »


ICMP Human Rights Session

28/07/2021
Geneva, Switzerland

img_news_1The traditional ICMP Human Rights session aims to provide a forum to discuss human rights issues. This year the session will be dedicated to Equal Opportunities and the Advancement of Women. More »


On eternal imbalance

27/07/2021
Zurich, Switzerland

img_news_1ETHZ News article on the recently published work from our member Nicolo Defenu (ETHZ, GM. Graf's group).More »


SwissMAP Innovator Prize 2021

22/07/2021
Les Diablerets, Switzerland

img_news_1Congratulations to our members Arthur Jacot (EPFL, C. Hongler's group) and Maria Yakerson (ETHZ, R. Pandharipande's group) who have been awarded the 2021 SwissMAP Innovator Prize! More »


André Lichnerowicz Prizes for Poisson Geometry 2020/2021

19/07/2021
Geneva, Switzerland

img_news_1We are glad to announce that the André Lichnerowicz Prizes for Poisson Geometry 2020/2021 were awarded at the Global Poisson webinar on the 27th of May 2021. The laureates of the 2020/2021 edition are Pavel Safronov (University of Edinburgh) and Xiaomeng Xu (Peking University), both SwissMAP alumni. More »

Events

Events

Summer School on Quantum Thermodynamics

22/08/2021 to 27/08/2021
Les Diablerets - Switzerland

img_events_10 The Summer School on Quantum Thermodynamics will be taking place in Les Diablerets. More »


SwissMAP Annual General Meeting

12/09/2021 to 15/09/2021
Les Diablerets - Switzerland

img_events_10 The next SwissMAP Annual General Meeting will take place in Les Diablerets from 12-15 September 2021. More information will be available nearer the date More »


Conference in honor of J.-P. Eckmann (UniGE)

07/06/2022 - 10/06/2022
Geneva - Switzerland

img_events_10The conference has been postponed to 2022, (previous dates: 22-25 June 2020 and 7-10 June 2021). This conference will bring together students and close collaborators of Jean-Pierre Eckmann on the occasion of his 50 years at the University of Geneva. More »

Welcome

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Peter Hintz

Professor

Location: ETH, Zurich

Projects: Field Theory; Geometry, Topology and Physics

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Aleksandr Logunov

Professor

Location: UNIGE

Projects: Statistical Mechanics

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Hiring

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Ramon Miravitllas

Postdoc
UNIGE

Workgroup: M. Mariño

Projects: String Theory; Geometry, Topology and Physics

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Anton Nedelin

Senior researcher
UNIGE

Workgroup: A. Grassi

Projects: String Theory; Field Theory; Geometry, Topology and Physics

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Sébastien Ott

Postdoc
UNIFR

Workgroup: I. Manolescu

Projects: Statistical Mechanics

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Pietro Pelliconi

PhD Student
UNIGE

Workgroup: J. Sonner

Projects: String Theory

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Vito Pellizzani

PhD Student
UniBE

Workgroup: S. Reffert

Projects: String Theory

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Scholars

The SwissMAP Scholar program highlights eminent women researchers in mathematics and theoretical physics visiting the SwissMAP groups.


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Lisa Piccirillo

MIT

Visit:June to July, 2021
Les Diablerets

Projects: Geometry, Topology and Physics

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Aissa Wade

Penn State

Visit:May to July, 2021
Geneva

Projects: Geometry, Topology and Physics

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Events

Online Events

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September 2021
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Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems Seminar

Hosted by: University of Zurich

27.09.2021 - Speaker: Mikhael Lyubich (Stony Brook University)
Title: tba

04.10.2021 - Speaker: Davide Ravotti - Emilio Corso (University of Vienna - ETH Zurich)
Title: tba

11.10.2021 - Speaker: Michael Bersudsky (Technion)
Title: tba


Global Poisson Webinar series

Hosted by: University of Geneva

16/09/2021 - Speaker: Stefan Waldmann (Würzburg)
Title: KMS Functionals in Poisson Geometry

23/09/2021 - Speaker: Theodore Voronov (Manchester)
Title: TBA

30/09/2021 - Speaker: Yong-Geun Oh (IBS Center for Geometry and Physic)
Title: TBA

07/10/2021 - Speaker: Hiro Tanaka (Texas State University)
Title: TBA


[K-OS] Knot Online Seminar

Hosted by: University of Geneva

16/09/2021 - Speaker: Daniel Cristofaro-Gardiner (University of Maryland)
Title: The Simplicity Conjecture

23/09/2021 - Speaker: Maggie Miller (Stanford University)
Title: Exotic Brunnian surfaces

30/09/2021 - Speaker: Benjamin Ruppick (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics)
Title: Handlebodies, Trivial tangles and Group Trisections for Knotted surfaces

07/10/2021 - Speaker: Patrick Orson (ETH Zürich)
Title: TBA


QFT, Strings and Beyond

Hosted by: ETH Zurich

22/09/2021 - Speaker: Nana Cabo Bizet
Title: The geometry of gauged linear sigma models and T-duality

28/09/2021 - Speaker: Marius Gerbershagen
Title: Generalized entanglement measures in AdS3/CFT2

Publications

Publications

07/09/2021

The completely delocalized region of the Erdős-Rényi graph

Johannes Alt, Raphael Ducatez, Antti Knowles

arXiv:2109.03227 More »


03/09/2021

Indeterminism in Physics and Intuitionistic Mathematics

Nicolas Gisin

Synthese (2021) More »


01/09/2021

Strong-coupling results for mathcal{N}=2 superconformal quivers and holography

M. Billo, M. Frau, F. Galvagno, A. Lerda, A. Pini

arXiv:2109.00559 More »


01/09/2021

Mating of trees for critical Liouville quantum gravity

Juhan Aru, Nina Holden, Ellen Powell, Xin Sun

arXiv:2109.00275 More »


28/08/2021

Knot homologies and generalized quiver partition functions

Tobias Ekholm, Piotr Kucharski, Pietro Longhi

arXiv:2108.12645 More »


25/08/2021

Global well-posedness of Vlasov-Poisson-type systems in bounded domains

Ludovic Cesbron, Mikaela Iacobelli

arXiv:2108.11209 More »


25/08/2021

Bogoliubov Theory for Trapped Bosons in the Gross-Pitaevskii Regime

Christian Brennecke, Benjamin Schlein, Severin Schraven

arXiv:2108.11129 More »


18/08/2021

Existence of an unbounded nodal hypersurface for smooth Gaussian fields in dimension d \ge 3

Hugo Duminil-Copin, Alejandro Rivera, Pierre-François Rodriguez, Hugo Vanneuville

arXiv:2108.08008 More »


17/08/2021

The descendant colored Jones polynomials

Stavros Garoufalidis, Rinat Kashaev

arXiv:2108.07553 More »


16/08/2021

On the single-event-based identification of primordial black hole mergers at cosmological distances

Ken K. Y. Ng, Shiqi Chen, Boris Goncharov, Ulyana Dupletsa, Ssohrab Borhanian, Marica Branchesi, Jan Harms, Michele Maggiore, B.S. Sathyaprakash, Salvatore Vitale

arXiv:2108.07276 More »


13/08/2021

The CMB bispectrum from bouncing cosmologies

Paola C. M. Delgado, Ruth Durrer, Nelson Pinto-Neto

arXiv:2108.06175 More »


09/08/2021

Modified gravitational wave propagation and the binary neutron star mass function

Andreas Finke, Stefano Foffa, Francesco Iacovelli, Michele Maggiore, Michele Mancarella

arXiv:2108.04065 More »


05/08/2021

Resurgence and 1/N Expansion in Integrable Field Theories

Lorenzo Di Pietro, Marcos Mariño, Giacomo Sberveglieri, Marco Serone

arXiv:2108.02647 More »


04/08/2021

Reversion Porisms in Conics

Lorenz Halbeisen, Norbert Hungerbühler, Marco Schiltknecht

arXiv:2108.07213 More »


02/08/2021

Quiver symmetries and wall-crossing invariance

Fabrizio Del Monte, Pietro Longhi

arXiv:2107.14255 More »


29/07/2021

Towards the non-perturbative cosmological bootstrap

Matthijs Hogervorst, João Penedones, Kamran Salehi Vaziri

arXiv:2107.13871 More »


27/07/2021

Rigorous Bounds on Light-by-Light Scattering

Johan Henriksson, Brian McPeak, Francesco Russo, Alessandro Vichi

arXiv:2107.13009 More »


27/07/2021

Conformal invariance of double random currents and the XOR-Ising model II: tightness and properties in the discrete

Hugo Duminil-Copin, Marcin Lis, Wei Qian

arXiv:2107.12880 More »


27/07/2021

Conformal invariance of double random currents and the XOR-Ising model I: identification of the limit

Hugo Duminil-Copin, Marcin Lis, Wei Qian

arXiv:2107.12985 More »


22/07/2021

Semi-device-independent Certification of Causal Nonseparability with Trusted Quantum Inputs

Hippolyte Dourdent, Alastair A. Abbott, Nicolas Brunner, Ivan Šupić, Cyril Branciard

arXiv:2107.10877 More »


13/07/2021

Supercritical percolation on graphs of polynomial growth

Daniel Contreras, Sébastien Martineau, Vincent Tassion

arXiv:2107.06326 More »


11/07/2021

Probing modified gravitational wave propagation with strongly lensed coalescing binaries

Andreas Finke, Stefano Foffa, Francesco Iacovelli, Michele Maggiore, Michele Mancarella

arXiv:2107.05046 More »


20/05/2021

Failure of Ornstein--Zernike asymptotics for the pair correlation function at high temperature and small density

Y. Aoun, D. Ioffe, S. Ott, Y. Velenik

Phys. Rev. E 103, L050104 More »