Rocky Mountain Representation Theory Seminar

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The seminar (usually) meets on Thursdays at 2PM Mountain time. Occasionally, the time may change to accommodate speakers from different time zones. 

Please look at the schedule below for information about future talks. Videos and slides are available here for some past talks in the Fall 2020, here for some past talks in the Spring 2021, here for some talks in the Fall 2021, here for Spring 2022, here for Fall 2022, here for Spring 2023 and towards the bottom of this page for a few more recent talks.

Please email Flor (florencia DOT orosz AT colorado DOT edu) to be added to the seminar's mailing list.


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(credit: Flor Orosz Hunziker)

The seminar will resume in the Fall 2024.

Past talks Spring 2024: 

Chelsea Walton, Rice University, Reflective centers of module categories and quantum K-matrices. Abstract. Slides for this talk can be found here.


Thomas Creutzig, University of Alberta, A family of rational VOAs as type C cosets. Abstract. The video for this talk can be found here.

Shoma Sugimoto, Tsinghua University, Feigin-Tipunin algorithm. Abstract. 

Shigenori Nakatsuka, University of Alberta, On the structure of W-algebras in type A. Abstract. The video for this talk can be found here.


Ana Ros Camacho, Cardiff University, On the classification of rigid Frobenius algebras in Dijkgraaf-Witten categories. Abstract. The video for this talk can be found here.


Iván Angiono, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Contragredient Lie algebras in symmetric tensor categories. Abstract.  The video for this talk can be found here.


Philip Argyres, University of Cincinnati, The extended vertex algebra of 4-dimensional N=2 superconformal field theories. Abstract. The video for this talk can be found here.   

Anne Moreau, Université Paris-Saclay,  On a series of simple affine VOAs at non-admissible level arising from rank one 4D SCFTs. Abstract. The video for this talk can be found here.

Matthew Rupert, University of Saskatchewan, Constructing Quantum Vertex (Co)-Algebras associated to Yangians. Abstract. The video for this talk can be found here.


David Ridout, University of Melbourne, Inverse quantum hamiltonian reduction for beginners. Abstract.


Christopher Raymond, Université Laval, Zhu's algebras and related structures. Abstract. The video for this talk can be found here.


Simone Castellan, University of Glasgow, Chiralization of star products. Abstract.


Mamoru Ueda, University of Alberta, Affine Yangians and W-algebras. Abstract.