Opening Symposium: Max Planck-IAS-NTU Center

1 Sept 2025, 09:00 → 3 Sept 2025, 17:00 Asia/Taipei

This symposium celebrates the opening of the Max Planck-IAS-NTU Center for Particle Physics, Cosmology and Geometry -- a collaborative research initiative between the Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP) in Garching (Germany), the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton (USA), and National Taiwan University (NTU) in Taipei (Taiwan). The event involves an opening ceremony on Monday morning, followed by a three-day scientific conference.

Speakers:

• Nima Arkani-Hamed
• Ruth Britto
• Sergei Gukov
• Masashi Hazumi
• Johannes Henn
• Eiichiro Komatsu
• Samaya Nissanke
• Hirosi Ooguri
• Andrea Puhm
• Matias Zaldarriaga

 

Organizers:

• Daniel Baumann
• Miranda Cheng
• Yu-tin Huang
• Ue-Li Pen
• Chia-Hsien Shen

 

Monday 1 September

13:15 Registration

1 Welcome

Speaker: Daniel Baumann

Welcome-Symposium.pdf

2 Gravity Is Different

Speaker: Hirosi Ooguri

Ooguri.pdf

3 AI and Mathematics

Speaker: Sergei Gukov

Gukov.pdf

16:00 Group Photo

16:30 Reception

Tuesday 2 September

10:00 Coffee

4 Scattering Amplitudes and Positive Geometry

Speaker: Johannes Henn (Max Planck Institute for Physics)

Henn.pdf

5 Amplitudes and Algebra

Speaker: Ruth Britto

Britto.pdf

12:00 Lunch

14:00 Coffee

6 Experimental Cosmology with the Cosmic Microwave Background

Speaker: Masashi Hazumi (KEK)

Hazumi.pdf

7 A tantalizing hint of cosmological parity violation in the polarized light of the cosmic microwave background

Speaker: Eiichiro Komatsu

Komatsu.pdf

Wednesday 3 September

10:00 Coffee

8 Fundamental Physics and Positive Geometries at Infinity

Speaker: Nima Arkani-Hamed (IAS)

ArkaniHamed.pdf

9 Infrared Surprises in Quantum Gravity

Speaker: Andrea Puhm

Puhm.pdf

12:00 Lunch

14:00 Coffeee

10 The Era of Gravitational Wave Astrophysics and Cosmology

Speaker: Matias Zaldarriaga

Zaldarriaga.pdf

11 New Perspectives Onto the Universe in the Multi-Messenger Astronomy

Speaker: Samaya Nissanke (University of Amsterdam and Nikhef)

Nissanke.pdf