updated : Aug. 23, 2025
Workshops / Conferences / Schools hosted
[Korean Mathematical Society, special sessions in Spring and Fall meetings]
(Fall 2025 KMS Annual Meeting) Physical Mathematics
venue :TBD, Seoul, Korea
date : (scheduled) TBD (during Oct 22-24, 2025)
co-organizes with : Philsang Yoo (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
[Physical Mathematics in Seoul (tentative)]
1st Conference
venue : Seoul Nat'l Univ., Seoul, Korea
date : (scheduled) June 15-19, 2026
co-organized with : Philsang Yoo (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Uhi Rinn Suh (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Mikhail Khovanov (Johns Hopkins Univ.), Mee Seong Im (Johns Hopkins Univ.)
[Quantum Structures in Mathematical Physics (tentative)]
1st Conference
venue : TBA (Seoul, Korea)
date : (scheduled) TBA (early January 2026)
co-organized with : Mikhail Khovanov (Johns Hopkins Univ.), Mee Seong Im (Johns Hopkins Univ.)
[Physical Mathematics and Beyond]
3rd Workshop (tentative)
venue : Room 8101, KIAS (HCMC), Seoul, Korea
date : (scheduled) Dec. 29-31, 2025
2nd Workshop
venue : Room 1503, KIAS, Seoul, Korea
date : June 17 - 19, 2024
1st Workshop
venue : Room 1503, KIAS, Seoul, Korea
date : Jan.29 - 31, 2024
co-organized with : Sin-Myung Lee (KIAS)
recorded lecture videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSgu8su7kN2_OPd-Wg5799ZCM3vsPycwC
(contact me to access Dylan Allegretti's lecture series)
venue : Room 1503, KIAS, Seoul, Korea
date (scheduled) : Nov.29-30, 2024
theme : Mathematical Physics
co-organized with : Kazuo Habiro (The Univ. of Tokyo), Philsang Yoo (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Myungho Kim (Kyung Hee Univ.), Kazushi Ueda (The Univ. of Tokyo), Hokuto Konno (The Univ. of. Tokyo)
[Summer School in Geometry And Physics]
venue : KIAS(June E Huh Center for Mathematical Challenges(HCMC), Soorim Art Center 2F), Korea
date : Jul.8-12, 2024
co-organized with : Dongwook Choa (KIAS), Sangjin Lee (KIAS), Seokbong Seol (KIAS), Yat-Hin Suen (KIAS)
[Sinchon Workshop on Algebraic Geometry] (SWAG) (while I was at Ewha Womans Univ.)
10th : online, Dec.10, 2021
(with Jinhyung Park (KAIST (then Sogang Univ.)), Jae-Hyouk Lee (Ewha Womans Univ.), Sung Rak Choi (Yonsei Univ.), Hansol Hong (Yonsei Univ.))
9th : online, Jul.1, 2021
(with Jinhyung Park (KAIST (then Sogang Univ.)), Jae-Hyouk Lee (Ewha Womans Univ.), Sung Rak Choi (Yonsei Univ.), Hansol Hong (Yonsei Univ.))
8th : online, Dec.4, 2020
(with Jinhyung Park (KAIST (then Sogang Univ.)), Jae-Hyouk Lee (Ewha Womans Univ.), Sung Rak Choi (Yonsei Univ.), Hansol Hong (Yonsei Univ.))
7th : Ewha Womans Univ., Seoul, Korea, Dec.13, 2019
(with Jinhyung Park (KAIST (then Sogang Univ.)), Jae-Hyouk Lee (Ewha Womans Univ.), Sung Rak Choi (Yonsei Univ.), Hansol Hong (Yonsei Univ.))
6th : Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea, Jun.21, 2019
(with Jinhyung Park (KAIST (then Sogang Univ.)), Jae-Hyouk Lee (Ewha Womans Univ.), Sung Rak Choi (Yonsei Univ.), Hansol Hong (Yonsei Univ.))
5th : Sogang Univ., Seoul, Korea, Dec.7, 2018
(with Jongsu Kim (Sogang Univ.), Jae-Hyouk Lee (Ewha Womans Univ.), Sung Rak Choi (Yonsei Univ.))
4th : Ewha Womans UNiv., Seoul., Apr.27, 2018
(with Jae-Hyouk Lee (Ewha Womans Univ.), Sung Rak Choi (Yonsei Univ.))
[Cluster Algebra and Related Topics] (while I was at Ewha Womans Univ.)
Zoom (SNU), Seoul, Korea (Jul.12-15, 2021) (with Jae-Hoon Kwon (SNU), Kyungyong Lee (The Univ. of Alabama), Kyu-Hwan Lee (Univ. of Connecticut))
[Seoul Seminar on Algebraic Geometry VII] (SSAG VII) (while I was at Ewha Womans Univ.)
Ewha Womans Univ., Seoul, Korea (Sep.7, 2018) (with Jae-Hyouk Lee (Ewha Womans Univ.), Sung Rak Choi (Yonsei Univ.))
Lecture series hosted
Dylan Allegretti (Yau Math. Sci. Center (then Yale Univ.)), on May. 12th, 13th, 14th, 2015, in Algebra Seminar at KIAS, Seoul, Korea
Title: The geometry of cluster varieties I, II, III
abstract: Over the past few years, objects called cluster varieties have appeared in several parts of mathematics and mathematical physics. In particular, Fock and Goncharov have shown that certain constructions from geometry, including versions of the Teichmuller space and the space of measured laminations on a surface, can be studied using cluster varieties. In this series of lectures, I will review the work of Fock and Goncharov. I will also discuss my recent work on a cluster variety called the symplectic double.
video for these lectures: Lecture I Lecture II Lecture III (go to these websites and download high-resolution files) (KIAS stopped the media service)
(* Unfortunately, the second and the third videos are a bit out of focus (I mean, the video shootings are, not the contents), so please consult the notes.)
notes taken by Hyun Kyu Kim: Lecture I Lecture II Lecture III
Yongchang Zhu (Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology), on May. 26th, 27th, 28th, 2015, in Algebra Seminar at KIAS, Seoul, Korea
Title: Introduction to vertex operator algebras I, II, III
abstract: The purpose of this series of expository talks is to give an introduction to the theory of vertex operator algebras. We will start from basic definitions and simple examples. Then we will go through important examples such as ones associated to affine Kac-Moody algebras, chiral De Rham complex on complex manifolds, and W-algebras. We will discuss various functors from the category of vertex operator algebras to classical categories such as Lie algebras, associative algebras, and Poisson algebras. The connection of vertex algebras with conformal field theory is built by introducing the concept of conformal blocks and correlation functions, which will be discussed at the later part of the series.
video for these lectures: Lecture I Lecture II Lecture III (go to these websites and download high-resolution files) (KIAS stopped the media service)
(* You may consult the handwritten notes, taken during the lectures.)
notes taken by Hyun Kyu Kim: Lecture I Lecture II Lecture III
Seminars organized
[Geometry, Algebra and Physics Seminar at KIAS] (currently running)
(since September 2022)
[Euler Seminar]
(2021-2022, with Youngju Kim (Konkuk Univ.), Gye-Seon Lee (SNU))
[Geometry and Physics Seminar] at KIAS
(2016, co-organized with Hojoo Lee (then) at KIAS)
[Algebra Seminar at KIAS]
(2015, with Seung-Jo Jung (Jeonbuk National Univ.), Myungho Kim (Kyunghee Univ.), Seungjin Lee (SNU) (mentor: Jinsung Park))
[Algebraic Combinatorics and Representation Theory Seminar at KIAS] (ACRT)
(in 2015, this became the Algebra seminar above ; with Myungho Kim (Kyunghee Univ.), Seungjin Lee (SNU))
[Representation Theory Seminar at KIAS]
(in 2014, this is merged to ACRT seminar above ; with Myungho Kim (Kyunghee Univ.), Yoonsuk Hyun (Inha Univ.))