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 Abstract:
        Topological string theory is currently a very active field of research 
        for both mathematicians and physicists --- in mathematics, it leads to 
        new relations between symplectic topology, algebraic geometry and combinatorics, 
        and in physics, it is a laboratory for the study of basic features of 
        string theory, such as background independence, open/closed string duality, 
        non-perturbative completion, as well as an effective framework for computing 
        spectra and interactions in full-fledged string compactifications. 
         
        This workshop will bring together a range of experts on different aspects 
        of topological string theory from both the mathematics and physics communities. 
         Guest Speakers:  
        
          -  Mina Aganagic, UC Berkeley 
 
          -  Jim Bryan, University of British Columbia
 
          -  Cheol-Hyun Cho, Northwestern University 
 
          - Costello, Kevin J, Imperial College London
 
          - Robbert Dijkgraaf, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Amsterdam
 
          - Duiliu Emanuel Diaconescu, Rutgers University
 
          - Alexander Givental, University of California at Berkeley 
            
 
          -  Eleny-Nicoleta Ionel, Stanford University
 
          -  Bumsig Kim, Korea Institute for Advanced Study
 
          - Yon Seo Kim, UCLA
 
          -  Albrecht Klemm, University of Wisconsin at Madison
 
          -  Yuan-Pin Lee, University of Utah 
 
          -  Jun Li, Stanford University 
 
          -  Andrei Losev, ITEP, Moskow 
 
          - Yong-Geun Oh, University of Wisconsin at Madison
 
          -  Andrei Okounkov, Princeton University
 
          - Takuya Okuda, California Institute of Technology
 
          -  Hirosi Ooguri, California Institute of Technology
 
          - Pan Peng, UCLA
 
          -  Nicolai Reshetikhin, UC Berkeley 
 
          - Lev Rozansky,  University of North Carolina
 
          -  Richard Thomas, Imperial College 
 
          - Cumrun Vafa, Harvard University
 
           
         
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