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CERN Winter School on Supergravity, Strings and Gauge Theory 2026

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500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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Alba Grassi (CERN and Université de Genève), Alexander Zhiboedov (CERN), Irene Valenzuela Agui (CERN), Kyriakos Papadodimas (CERN), Monica Maria Guica (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH)), Shota Komatsu (CERN)
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The CERN Winter School on Supergravity, Strings and Gauge Theory is the continuation of the yearly training school of the former EC-RTN string network "Constituents, Fundamental Forces and Symmetries of the Universe".

The school is supported and organized by the CERN Theory Department.

Previous schools in this series can be found at the link to the previous editions in the left menu. 

Like its predecessors, this school is meant primarily for the training of doctoral students and young postdoctoral researchers in recent developments in theoretical high-energy physics and string theory.

The school will cover topics in the following areas: black holes, quantum field theory, string field theory.

The program of the school will consist of five series of pedagogical lectures, complemented by discussion sessions.

Invited speakers:

  • Chris Akers - Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes
  • Alejandra Castro - Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes
  • Yiming Chen - Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates
  • Thomas Dumitrescu - Aspects of Symmetry and Gauge Dynamics
  • Ashoke Sen - Applications of String Field Theory

 

Local organizers: Alba Grassi, Monica Guica, Kyriakos Papadodimas, Shota Komatsu, Irene Valenzuela, Sasha Zhiboedov

 

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  • Mon, February 2
    • 9:25 AM → 9:30 AM
      Welcome 5m 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      CERN

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      Speaker: Monica Maria Guica (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))
      Recording
    • 9:30 AM → 10:30 AM
      Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates 1h 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      CERN

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      Speaker: Yiming Chen (Stanford University)
      Recording
    • 10:30 AM → 11:00 AM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 11:00 AM → 1:00 PM
      Applications of String Field Theory 2h 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      CERN

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      Speaker: Ashoke Sen (ICTS India)
      Recording
    • 1:00 PM → 2:30 PM
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 2:30 PM → 4:30 PM
      Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes 2h 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      CERN

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      Speaker: Chris Akers (University of Colorado Boulder - US)
      Recording
    • 4:30 PM → 5:00 PM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 5:00 PM → 6:00 PM
      Discussion (Mon 2nd Feb, h17:00) 1h 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      CERN

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    • 6:00 PM → 8:00 PM
      Reception and Poster session 2h 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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  • Tue, February 3
    • 9:30 AM → 10:30 AM
      Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates 1h 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      CERN

      400
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      Speaker: Yiming Chen (Stanford University)
      Recording
    • 10:30 AM → 11:00 AM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 11:00 AM → 12:00 PM
      Applications of String Field Theory 1h 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      CERN

      400
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      Speaker: Ashoke Sen (ICTS India)
      Recording
    • 12:00 PM → 1:00 PM
      Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes 1h 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      CERN

      400
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      Speaker: Chris Akers (University of Colorado Boulder)
      Recording
    • 1:00 PM → 2:30 PM
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 2:30 PM → 4:30 PM
      Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes 2h 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      CERN

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      Speaker: Alejandra Castro (DAMTP - UK)
      Recording
    • 4:30 PM → 5:00 PM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 5:00 PM → 6:00 PM
      Discussion (Tue 3rd Feb, h17:00) 1h 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      CERN

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    • 7:00 PM → 10:00 PM
      School Dinner 3h
  • Wed, February 4
    • 9:30 AM → 10:30 AM
      Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes 1h 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      CERN

      400
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      Speaker: Alejandra Castro (DAMTP - UK)
      Recording
    • 10:30 AM → 11:00 AM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 11:00 AM → 1:00 PM
      Aspects of Symmetry and Gauge Dynamics 2h 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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      Speaker: Thomas Dumitrescu (UCLA)
      Recording
    • 4:30 PM → 6:00 PM
      CERN Colloquium - Centaur Science: Adventures in AI+Physics 1h 30m 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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      Please find more details and the connecting link on https://indico.cern.ch/event/1642790/

      Speaker: Jesse Thaler (MIT)
      Recording
  • Thu, February 5
    • 9:30 AM → 10:30 AM
      Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes 1h 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      CERN

      400
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      Speaker: Alejandra Castro (DAMTP - UK)
      Recording
    • 10:30 AM → 11:00 AM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 11:00 AM → 1:00 PM
      Aspects of Symmetry and Gauge Dynamics 2h 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      CERN

      400
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      Speaker: Thomas Dumitrescu (UCLA)
      Recording
    • 1:00 PM → 2:30 PM
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 2:30 PM → 4:30 PM
      Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates 2h 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      CERN

      400
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      Speaker: Yiming Chen (Stanford University)
      Recording
    • 4:30 PM → 5:00 PM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 5:00 PM → 6:00 PM
      Discussion (Thu 5th Feb, h17:00) 1h 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      CERN

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  • Fri, February 6
    • 9:30 AM → 10:30 AM
      Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes 1h 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      CERN

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      Speaker: Chris Akers (University of Colorado Boulder)
      Recording
    • 10:30 AM → 11:00 AM
      Coffee break 30m
    • 11:00 AM → 12:00 PM
      Applications of String Field Theory 1h 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      CERN

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      Speaker: Ashoke Sen (ICTS India)
      Recording
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    • 12:00 PM → 1:00 PM
      Discussion (Fri 6th Feb, h12:00) 1h 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

      CERN

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