Geometry, Algebra and Physics at KIAS

Korea Institute for Advanced Study

Seoul, South Korea

January 5-9, 2026

Research topics include as quantum topology, quantum geometry, representation theory of quantum algebras, geometric representation theory, and homological mirror symmetry.

Speakers.

Scott Baldridge  (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA)

Stavros Garoufalidis  (Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China and Max-Planck-Institute for Mathematics, Bonn, Germany)

Kazuhiro Hikami  (Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan)

Mee Seong Im  (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA)

Rinat Kashaev  (University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland)

Mikhail Khovanov  (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA)

Myungho Kim  (Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea)

Peter Koroteev  (Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications, Beijing, China)

Andrew Kricker  (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Jae-Hoon Kwon  (Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea)

Alexei Oblomkov  (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA)

Yong-Geun Oh*  (Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea)

Lev Rozansky  (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA)

Dani Tubbenhauer*  (University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia)

Anton Zeitlin  (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA)

The names of more speakers will be posted at a later date.

* denotes to be confirmed.

Organizers.

Mee Seong Im  (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD)

Mikhail Khovanov  (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD)

Hyun Kyu Kim  (Korea Institute for Advanced Study)

This conference is supported by Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) and June E Huh Center for Mathematical Challenges (HCMC) at KIAS.