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Saturday, September 7 |
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08:00 - 22:00 |
Arrival and Registration |
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Sunday, September 8 |
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Chair: Domenec Espriu |
10:45 - 11:00 |
Welcome |
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11:00 - 12:00 |
Renate Loll
(Utrecht University) |
Spacetime from nothing
(Abstract) |
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12:00 - 12:15 |
Coffee Break |
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12:15 - 13:15 |
Klaus Fredenhagen
(DESY) |
1:Quantum fields on noncommutative spacetimes: unitarity, renormalizability,
and the infrared problem
(Abstract) |
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13:15 - 16:00 |
Lunch Break |
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Chair: Bergfinnur Durhuus |
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16:00 - 17:00 |
Jorge Pullin
(Louisiana State University) |
1:Consistent lattice formulation of Lorentzian general relativity
(Abstract) |
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17:00 - 17:30 |
Thordur Jonsson
(University of Iceland) |
Nonexistence of multisolitons on the Moyal plane
(Abstract) |
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17:30 - 18:00 |
Peter Austing
(University of Iceland) |
Solitons on the fuzzy sphere
(Abstract) |
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18:00 - 18:15 |
Coffee Break  |
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18:15 - 19:00 |
Zdzislaw Burda
(Jagiellonian University) |
Wealth Condensation in Pareto Macro-Economies
(Abstract) |
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Monday, September 9 |
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Chair: Jan Ambjorn |
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10:00 - 11:00 |
Klaus Fredenhagen
(DESY) |
2:Quantum fields on noncommutative spacetimes: unitarity, renormalizability,
and the infrared problem
(Abstract) |
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11:00 - 11:15 |
Coffee Break |
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11:15 - 12:15 |
Domenec Espriu
(Universitat de Barcelona) |
Slow dynamics in the 3d gonihedric model
(Abstract) |
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12:15 - 16:00 |
Lunch Break |
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Chair: Jerzy Jurkiewicz |
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16:00 - 17:00 |
Bergfinnur Durhuus
(University of Copenhagen) |
String bit models of 2D Gravity
(Abstract) |
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17:00 - 17-45 |
Noboru Kawamoto
(Hokkaido University) |
Twisted superspace and Dirac-Kaehler fermion from generalized gauge theory
(Abstract) |
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17:45 |
Coffee |
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20:00 |
Cretan Evening
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Tuesday, September 10 |
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Chair: Des Johnston |
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10:00 - 11:00 |
Jan Ambjorn
(NBI) |
3d Lorentzian gravity from matrix models
(Abstract) |
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11:00 - 11:15 |
Coffee Break |
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11:15 - 12:15 |
Philippe Di Francesco
(Saclay) |
1:Geometrically constrained statistical models on fixed and random lattices:
from hard squares to meanders
(Abstract) |
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12:15 - 16:00 |
Lunch Break |
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Chair: Konstantinos Anagnostopoulos |
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16:00 - 17:00 |
Des Johnston
(Heriot-Watt University) |
Ising Retread(s)
(Abstract) |
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17:00 - 17:45 |
Mauro Carfora
(Univ. of Pavia) |
Regge Random Geometries, moduli spaces and holography
(Abstract) |
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17:45 - 18:00 |
Coffee Break |
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18:00 - 18:30 |
Janik Romuald
(Niels Bohr Institute) |
Interpolation between open and closed strings
(Abstract) |
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18:30 - 19:00 |
Aleix Prats
(Universitat de Barcelona) |
Cluster algorithm for two-dimensional spin model with plaquette interactions
(Abstract) |
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Wednesday, September 11 |
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Chair: John Wheater |
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10:00 - 11:00 |
Philippe Di Francesco
(Saclay) |
2:Geometrically constrained statistical models on fixed and random lattices:
from hard squares to meanders
(Abstract) |
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11:00 - 11:15 |
Coffee Break |
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11:15 - 12:15 |
George Savvidy
(Nat.Rec.Cen.Demokritos) |
Conformal invariant superstring with extrinsic curvature action in 6-dimensions
(Abstract) |
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12:15 - 16:00 |
Lunch Break |
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Chair: Charlotte Kristjansen |
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16:00 - 17:00 |
Richard Szabo
(Heriot-Watt University) |
1:Exact Solutions of Noncommutative Field Theory in Two Dimensions
(Abstract) |
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17:00 - 17:45 |
Emmanuel Floratos
(Nat.Rec.Cen.Demokritos) |
Scaling violations from AdS5 strings
(Abstract) |
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17:45 - 18:00 |
Coffee Break |
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18:00 - 18:30 |
Wolfgang Bietenholz
(Humboldt Univ. Berlin) |
Numeric Simulations for Non-Commuative Field Theory
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Thursday, September 12 |
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Chair: Renate Loll |
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10:00 - 11:00 |
Richard Szabo
(Heriot-Watt University) |
2:Exact Solutions of Noncommutative Field Theory in Two Dimensions
(Abstract) |
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11:00 - 11:15 |
Coffee Break |
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11:15 - 12:15 |
Matt Visser
(Victoria University) |
1:The quantum physics of chronology protection.
(Abstract) |
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12:15 - 16:00 |
Lunch Break |
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Chair: Emmanuel Floratos |
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16:00 - 17:00 |
Jerzy Jurkiewicz
(Jagellonian University) |
Matrix model of 3d simplicial gravity
(Abstract) |
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17:00 - 17:45 |
Gernot Akemann
(Saclay) |
New results on random matrix models with complex eigenvalues
(Abstract) |
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17:45 - 18:00 |
Coffee Break |
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18:00 - 18:30 |
Graziano Vernizzi
(Oxford University) |
A new class of multicritical matrix models
(Abstract) |
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18:30 - 19:00 |
Karim Noui
(CNRS France) |
Quantum gravity and quantum groups
(Abstract) |
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Friday, September 13 |
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Chair: Thordur Jonsson |
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10:00 - 11:00 |
Charlotte Kristjansen
(NBI) |
A New Double-Scaling Limit of N=4 Super Yang-Mills Theory and PP-Wave Strings
(Abstract) |
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11:00 - 11:15 |
Coffee Break |
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11:15 - 12:15 |
Matt Visser
(Victoria University) |
2: Wormholes and nontrivial topology.
(Abstract) |
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12:15 - 15:00 |
Lunch Break |
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Chair: Bengt Petersson |
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16:00 - 17:00 |
John Wheater
(Oxford University) |
TBA
(Abstract) |
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17:00 - 17:45 |
Alexander Nichols
(Oxford University) |
Logarithmic Conformal Field Theory
(Abstract) |
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17:45 - 18:00 |
Coffee Break |
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18:00 - 18:30 |
Ruben Costa-Santos
(Utrecht University) |
The Critical Ising Model and Discrete Riemann Surfaces
(Abstract) |
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18:30 - 19:00 |
Zoltan Kadar
(Utrecht University) |
The `t Hooft polygon representation of 2+1 gravity
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Saturday, September 14 |
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Chair: Zdzislaw Burda |
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10:00 - 11:00 |
Jun Nishimura
(Nagoya University) |
Convergent Gaussian expansion method and its applications to matrix models
(Abstract) |
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11:00 - 11:15 |
Coffee Break |
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11:15 - 12:15 |
Konstantinos
Anagnostopoulos
(Univ. Crete) |
Dynamical Generation of Space-Time Dimensions in String Theory Using a Computer:
Status and Future Prospects
(Abstract) |
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12:15 - 15:00 |
Lunch Break |
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Chair: Charlotte Kristjansen |
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15:00 - 15:20 |
Luisa Doplicher
(University of Rome) |
IR/UV connection and phenomenology in canonical noncommutative spacetime
(Abstract) |
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15:20 - 15:40 |
Raffaele Fazio
(Nat.Rec.Cen.Demokritos) |
Yang-Mills theories in the maximal abelian gauge
(Abstract) |
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15:40 |
Last Coffee Break !? |
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End of the Meeting |
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Sunday, September 15 |
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Departure |