KMPB School 2025: D-branes in Physics & Mathematics

22 Sept 2025, 08:45 → 26 Sept 2025, 13:00 Europe/Berlin

1.201 - Christian Gerthsen-Hörsaal (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

The KMPB School 2025: D-branes in Physics & Mathematics is a one-week program which will offer introductory courses covering topics underlying the modern understanding of D-branes in string theory and their incarnations in mathematics.

The school is organised by PhD students at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin with the support of the KMPB (Kolleg Mathematik Physik Berlin), an interdisciplinary centre at HU whose community of research groups shares a mutual interest in mathematics and physics.

In the spirit of the KMPB, the school aims at generating synergies between mathematicians and physicists and welcomes early career researchers (PhDs/PostDocs) and advanced Master's students in both fields.

The program consists of the following six-hour mini-courses:

• Swampland Program by Matilda Delgado (MPP & Harvard) 

• Homological Mirror Symmetry by Ailsa Keating (Cambridge)

• Topological Strings by Albrecht Klemm (Bonn & Sheffield)

• D-branes in String Compactifications by Johannes Walcher (Heidelberg)

 

We are not working with any travel agencies; instead, we will contact you directly using HU based adresses or the conference email. Please be cautious about scams!

The decisions on the financial support are made. If you applied for funding and did not receive an email, we regret to inform you that we are unable to fund you.

Poster_KMPB25.pdf

Monday 22 September

08:45 → 09:15 Registration

09:15 → 10:45 D-branes in String Compactifications: Lecture 1

10:45 → 11:15 Coffee Break

11:15 → 12:45 Topological Strings: Lecture 1

12:45 → 14:15 Lunch Break

14:15 → 15:45 Swampland Program: Lecture 1

15:45 → 16:15 Coffee Break

16:15 → 17:45 Homological Mirror Symmetry: Lecture 1

17:45 → 20:00 Poster Session

Tuesday 23 September

09:15 → 10:45 Topological Strings: Lecture 2

10:45 → 11:15 Coffee Break

11:15 → 12:45 D-branes in String Compactifications: Lecture 2

12:45 → 14:15 Lunch Break

14:15 → 15:45 Homological Mirror Symmetry: Lecture 2

15:45 → 16:15 Coffee Break

16:15 → 17:45 Swampland Program: Lecture 2

Wednesday 24 September

09:15 → 10:45 D-branes in String Compactifications: Lecture 3

10:45 → 11:15 Coffee Break

11:15 → 12:45 Homological Mirror Symmetry: Lecture 3

Thursday 25 September

09:15 → 10:45 Homological Mirror Symmetry: Lecture 4

10:45 → 11:15 Coffee Break

11:15 → 12:45 D-branes in String Compactifications: Lecture 4

12:45 → 14:15 Lunch Break

14:15 → 15:45 Topological Strings: Lecture 3

15:45 → 16:15 Coffee break

16:15 → 17:45 Swampland Program: Lecture 3

20:00 → 22:00 School Dinner

Friday 26 September

09:15 → 10:45 Topological Strings: Lecture 4

10:45 → 11:15 Coffee Break

11:15 → 12:45 Swampland Program: Lecture 4