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SUMMARY:New advancements on defects and their applications
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Dongsheng Ge (Osaka university)\n\nYITP Workshop: Ne
 w advancements on defects and their applicationsDate: July 14 - 18\, 2025P
 lace: Panasonic Auditorium\, Yukawa Hall\, YITP\, Kyoto University\, Kyoto
 \, Japan OverviewBoundaries and defects are intrinsic to physical systems
 \, influencing their dynamics in profound ways. From the protected edge mo
 des of topological insulators to the role of D-branes in string theory\, d
 efects offer a unique lens into fundamental physics. Recent advances sugge
 st that they play distinguished roles in understanding generalized symmetr
 ies\, transcending their role as mere physical objects. This raises fundam
 ental questions: What exactly is a defect\, and what new scenarios and pos
 sibilities might emerge from this expanded understanding?Technical advance
 ments are likely to yield powerful tools to search for or identify the eme
 rging landscape of defects. While quantum field theory remains the central
  framework for studying defect systems\, recent decades have seen the rise
  of several key methods. These include the conformal bootstrap\, integrabi
 lity\, duality\, entanglement entropy\, and brane-world holography. Many o
 f these techniques are still under active development\, with further refin
 ement anticipated in the coming years.This workshop aims to explore defect
 s from three key perspectives: (1) the expanding theoretical landscape of 
 defects and their novel roles\, (2) recent technical advancements such as 
 the conformal bootstrap\, integrability\, and entanglement entropy\, and (
 3) cutting-edge applications\, including the resolution of the black hole 
 information paradox via brane-world models.By bringing together experts in
  high-energy theory\, condensed matter physics\, and quantum information s
 cience\, this workshop will provide a rare opportunity for interdisciplina
 ry exchange. Through discussions and collaborations\, we aim to chart the 
 future directions of defect research and uncover the most pressing open qu
 estions in this rapidly evolving field.Invited speakersJohn Estes (SUNY Ol
 d Westbury)Valentina Forini (Humboldt University\, Berlin)Janet Ling-Yan H
 ung (YMSC\, Tsinghua University)Jesper Jacobsen (Ecole Normale Superieure 
 de Paris)Charlotte Kristjansen (Niels Bohr Institute)Yuya Kusuki (Kyushu U
 niversity IAS)Sungjay Lee (KIAS\, Seoul)Yu Nakayama (YITP\, Kyoto Universi
 ty)Giuseppe Policastro (Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris)Bowen Shi (Unive
 rsity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)Tzu-Chieh Wei (YITP\, Stony Brook Unive
 rsity)Xi Yin (Harvard University) OrganizersDongsheng Ge (University of O
 saka)Tatsuma Nishioka (University of Osaka)Tadashi Takayanagi (YITP\, Kyot
 o University)SponsorsExU Collaboration\, YITP Kyoto University\, JSPS Kake
 nhi\n\nhttps://indico.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/event/63/
LOCATION:Panasonic Auditorium\, Yukawa Hall (Yukawa Institute for Theoreti
 cal Physics\, Kyoto University)
URL:https://indico.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/event/63/
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