Name: CERN Winter School on Supergravity, Strings and Gauge Theory 2026
Start: 2026-02-02T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-02-06T13:00:00+01:00
Location: CERN

CERN Winter School on Supergravity, Strings and Gauge Theory 2026

from Monday, 2 February 2026 (09:00) to Friday, 6 February 2026 (13:00)

Monday, 2 February 2026
09:25 Welcome - Monica Maria Guica (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))
Welcome
- Monica Maria Guica (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))
09:25 - 09:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
09:30 Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates - Yiming Chen (Stanford University)
Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates
- Yiming Chen (Stanford University)
09:30 - 10:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Applications of String Field Theory - Ashoke Sen (ICTS India)
Applications of String Field Theory
- Ashoke Sen (ICTS India)
11:00 - 13:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
14:30 Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes - Chris Akers (University of Colorado Boulder - US)
Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes
- Chris Akers (University of Colorado Boulder - US)
14:30 - 16:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
16:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00

17:00 Discussion (Mon 2nd Feb, h17:00)
Discussion (Mon 2nd Feb, h17:00)
17:00 - 18:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

18:00 Reception and Poster session
Reception and Poster session
18:00 - 20:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Tuesday, 3 February 2026
09:30 Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates - Yiming Chen (Stanford University)
Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates
- Yiming Chen (Stanford University)
09:30 - 10:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Applications of String Field Theory - Ashoke Sen (ICTS India)
Applications of String Field Theory
- Ashoke Sen (ICTS India)
11:00 - 12:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
12:00 Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes - Chris Akers (University of Colorado Boulder)
Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes
- Chris Akers (University of Colorado Boulder)
12:00 - 13:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
14:30 Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes - Alejandra Castro (DAMTP - UK)
Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes
- Alejandra Castro (DAMTP - UK)
14:30 - 16:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
16:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00

17:00 Discussion (Tue 3rd Feb, h17:00)
Discussion (Tue 3rd Feb, h17:00)
17:00 - 18:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

19:00 School Dinner
School Dinner
19:00 - 22:00
Wednesday, 4 February 2026
09:30 Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes - Alejandra Castro (DAMTP - UK)
Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes
- Alejandra Castro (DAMTP - UK)
09:30 - 10:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Aspects of Symmetry and Gauge Dynamics - Thomas Dumitrescu (UCLA)
Aspects of Symmetry and Gauge Dynamics
- Thomas Dumitrescu (UCLA)
11:00 - 13:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
16:30 CERN Colloquium - Centaur Science: Adventures in AI+Physics - Jesse Thaler (MIT)
CERN Colloquium - Centaur Science: Adventures in AI+Physics
- Jesse Thaler (MIT)
16:30 - 18:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium Please find more details and the connecting link on https://indico.cern.ch/event/1642790/
Thursday, 5 February 2026
09:30 Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes - Alejandra Castro (DAMTP - UK)
Quantum aspects of near-extremal black holes
- Alejandra Castro (DAMTP - UK)
09:30 - 10:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Aspects of Symmetry and Gauge Dynamics - Thomas Dumitrescu (UCLA)
Aspects of Symmetry and Gauge Dynamics
- Thomas Dumitrescu (UCLA)
11:00 - 13:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
14:30 Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates - Yiming Chen (Stanford University)
Fortuity and chaos of black hole microstates
- Yiming Chen (Stanford University)
14:30 - 16:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
16:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:30 - 17:00

17:00 Discussion (Thu 5th Feb, h17:00)
Discussion (Thu 5th Feb, h17:00)
17:00 - 18:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Friday, 6 February 2026
09:30 Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes - Chris Akers (University of Colorado Boulder)
Black hole interiors, closed universes, and quantum codes
- Chris Akers (University of Colorado Boulder)
09:30 - 10:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Applications of String Field Theory - Ashoke Sen (ICTS India)
Applications of String Field Theory
- Ashoke Sen (ICTS India)
11:00 - 12:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
12:00 Discussion (Fri 6th Feb, h12:00)
Discussion (Fri 6th Feb, h12:00)
12:00 - 13:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium