The main topics to be discussed in this edition of ST4 meeting are

D-brane in String Theory by Subhroneel Chakrabarti (IMSc)

Fluid-Gravity Correspondence by Debangshu Mukherjee (IISER Bhopal)

Matrix Models by Arghya Chattopadhyay (IISER Bhopal)

QFT in Curved Spacetime by Pratik Roy (CMI)

Stability of Spacetimes in General Relativity by Prashant Kocherlakota (TIFR)

All lectures shall be blackboard lectures. Though a scheduled time period of three hours is dedicated to every lecture, there is no hard cutoff. The atmosphere of these lectures will be an informal one keeping in tradition with the previous ST4 meets, so that there can be extensive discussions, cross-questioning and people walking up to the board to pose questions or to make their points and so on.

Discussion sessions:

This year we are providing a two hour slot for open discussions after the lunch hours.