This conference aims to bring together physicists and mathematicians interested in low-dimensional examples of holographic dualities, the orbit method and their interplay via the quantization of coadjoint orbits of the Vi- rasoro group.

  Les Marmottes – Filles et Maths (SRS, 21-25 April 2025) Les Marmottes – Filles et Maths is an introductory one week-course in mathematical research (FR) in Les Diablerets that has been running since 2023, organised by Sandie Moody (teacher at Collège de Genève) and Elise Raphael (scientific assistant at UNIGE), both of whom hold […]

This summer school focuses on exciting recent developments at the intersection of geometric group theory and algebraic topology. The full force of the tools and ideas in the interplay between these two subjects have yet to be exploited. The aim of this school is to expose young researchers to the results and questions arising from […]

Despite their complexity, strongly correlated quantum and classical many-body systems have simpler effective descriptions when looking at behaviours that happen at long times or large distances. Intuitively, this is because of “thermalisation”, and related notions: the accumulation, over time and space, of a large number of complex interactions amongst local degrees of freedom, “washes out” […]

Most of theoretical biology is currently restricted to modeling and statistical analysis. However, mathematicians and theoretical physicists increasingly search for general principles underlying life, and several instances of mathematical insights about biological facts have appeared recently. For example, the proposers have studied the principles of mechanics and evolution of allosteric proteins (JPE, [1]) and the […]

Alps II The ALPS (Advanced Lectures in Physics in Switzerland) is a series of junior schools in theoretical physics taking place in the Swiss Mountains. Its principal aim is to lay the foundation for fruitful collaborations between young researchers with a variety of backgrounds. It is achieved by inspiring discussions between students and through lectures […]

The HAGS started in 2013, and has been a major cohesive activity in Algebraic Geometry in Switzerland ever since. The core of the workshop is 3-4 lecture series given by top experts in the eld, which are complemented by colloquium style talks and contributions from junior participants. The theme for 2025: New construction of cohomology […]

Algebraic K-theory is one of the central and ubiquitous objects of modern mathematics. It plays an important role in such diverse fields as number theory, geometry, and mathematical physics. One characteristic feature of it is that, more often than not, algebraic K-theory is immensely hard to describe explicitly. A variety of conjectures have been proposed […]

Quantum field theory (QFT) is the universal language of modern theoretical physics. Originally developed to describe the interaction of light and matter, QFT has since found spectacular applications in particle, condensed matter, and statistical physics, as well as in cosmology and string theory. Some of the most profound open problems about the physics of non-topological […]

The Swiss Federation of Mathematical Games (FSJM, https://fsjm.ch/en/home/) is a non profit association that promotes the study and practice of mathematics in Switzerland, through appropriate recreational means. The activities of the FSJM contribute to the promotion of MINT disciplines, in particular towards girls. One of such activities is the Championship of Mathematical and Logical Games, for […]

The amplituhedron is a remarkably elegant geometric object that was discovered in 2013 in the context of studying scattering amplitudes in theoretical particle physics (specifically, in planar N = 4 super Yang-Mills theory). It presents a radically different way to calculate fundamental quantities in quantum field theory, in which long-standing principles such as unitarity and […]

The Mathematical Physics Summer School for masters students is organized by SwissMAP and offers introductory lectures to different aspects of mathematical physics. Registration opens in March.

A two-dimensional conformal field theory (2D-CFT) is a quantum field theory on a Euclidean two-dimensional space, that is invariant under local conformal transformations. In contrast to other types of conformal field theories, 2D-CFTs have infinite-dimensional symmetry algebras. In some cases, this allows them to be solved exactly — at least in the physics sense. Mathematicians […]

Modular forms, and more generally automorphic forms, is a classical topic that has been studied since the 19th century. Over time, the subject has evolved into a large research area with unexpected and far-reaching connections to many different domains. Recently, there have been spectacular development and applications such as • applying non-classical modular forms to […]

The 12th SwissMAP Annual General Meeting will take place from 7-10 September 2025 at the SwissMAP Research Station (Les Diablerets). Programme and abstracts are at the bottom of the page. The programme features : – Colloquia speakers: TBC – Short talks by participants For more information please contact swissmap@unige.ch More information soon

This conference aims to bring together physicists and mathematicians interested in low-dimensional examples of holographic dualities, the orbit method and their interplay via the quantization of coadjoint orbits of the Vi- rasoro group.

This event would be jointly organized by the “Swiss Mathematical Society”and the “Société Mathématique de France”. The intertwining of research and outreach is a deeply federating topic for both mathematical societies, and will allow researchers from all fields to join. We propose a conference enabling researchers to create outreach content from their own research, and […]

Place: Maison des Congrès, Les Diablerets, Switzerland

The goal of this workshop is to bring together junior and senior researchers at the forefront of mathematical investigations into the dynamical behavior of fluid flow. Recent years have seen rapid progress on fundamental issues connecting to the theory of turbulence and mixing dynamics. For the classical fluid equations of Euler and Navier Stokes, key […]

Interaction with homological and quantum algebra, representation theory, geometry, and computation has led to great leaps in low-dimensional topology over recent years. Examples include the program aimed at disproving the smooth four-dimensional Poincare conjecture; the emergence of polynomial-time computable knot polynomials;  and topological approaches to problems in Lie theory. The synthesis of breakthrough ideas that […]

This event is the third instance of a series of conferences which we plan to organize at SwissMAP Research Station every second year. Our aim is to gather together both world experts and young researchers working on quantum topology to study the cutting edge problems in this field. Quantum topology was born in Geneva with […]

Quantum physics predicts a variety of phenomena challenging our understanding of the physical world. Among the most striking effects are quantum correlations. When distant observers perform local incompatible measurements on a shared entangled state, the resulting correlations are non-classical, in the sense of being incompatible with the predictions of classical physical. The aim of this […]

Workshop in Mathematical Physics is aimed at introducing graduate students and postdocs to current developments in the field. This is a recurring workshop, held in Les Diablerets every February since 2005. It covers current developments in mathematical physics and realted areas, rotating the subject over the years. The emphasis will be on hot topics, to […]

This conference will bring together researchers studying moduli spaces of curves and abelian varieties from different perspectives: enumerative, combinatorial, and geometric, and number theoretic.

The Junior Euler Society (JES) is the outreach program of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Zurich (UZH). The aim of JES is to provide interested young people of all school levels the opportunity to deal with mathematics beyond the school program.

Alps III: Exploring phases of matter through symmetries and tensor networks The ALPS (Advanced Lectures in Physics in Switzerland) is a series of junior schools in theoretical physics taking place in the Swiss Mountains. Its principal aim is to lay the foundation for fruitful collaborations between young researchers with a variety of backgrounds. It is […]

In recent years, optimal transport (OT) theory has emerged as a immensely popular intersection of mathematics, statistics, and computer science, overlapping with topics including partial differential equations (PDEs), optimization, image processing, inverse problems, sampling and machine learning. The deep theoretical foundations of optimal transport have led to its critical role in addressing both classical and […]

The moduli space of metric graphs MGg is a key object in geometric group theory, algebraic geometry and quantum field theory. In particular, the cohomology of various graph complexes may be understood geometrically as sheaf cohomology on MGg. Recent advances have furthermore uncovered deep connections between MGg and objects of central interest in neighboring areas […]

Shuffle algebras have long provided important tools in the study of quantum groups. We plan to cover an exciting development of this construction, in which Feigin-Odesskii type shuffle algebras are used to study quantum loop groups, which has already had numerous applications to the theory of integrable systems, geometric representation theory, Macdonald polynomial theory, algebraic […]

The workshop will discuss latest developments of the interactions between (geometric) group theory and theory of operator algebras. This is a lively topic which has long been known to be of importance for the study of dynamical systems and ergodic theory, but in recent years has also exhibited unexpected connections for example to quantum information […]

Conformal field theories (CFTs) are a powerful tool for describing critical phenomena. While CFTs are highly constrained by symmetry, only in very special cases are exact solutions available. A relatively new tool for describing many-body systems near criticality is the large-charge expansion. This tool allows a systematic computation of the CFT data that is necessary […]

Euler students are 12- to 18-year-old students coming from all French speaking cantons in Switzerland. They take advanced mathematics courses on the EPFL campus on Wednesday afternoons, but do not have many opportunities to work together during the school year due to their diverse geographical origins. The summer camp is a unique occasion to meet […]

This conference aims to bring together physicists and mathematicians interested in low-dimensional examples of holographic dualities, the orbit method and their interplay via the quantization of coadjoint orbits of the Vi- rasoro group.

The Mathematical Physics Summer School for masters students is organized by SwissMAP and offers introductory lectures to different aspects of mathematical physics.  

Quantum key distribution (QKD) offers unconditional security based (in principle) solely on the laws of physics. This level of security is unprecedented – classical cryptography always relies on assumptions about the computational hardness of certain problems, leaving open the possibility that encryption might be broken. This research field is currently in an exciting transition phase, […]

Many moduli spaces of interest in mathematics and theoretical physics carry rich geometric structures, including symplectic or Poisson structures and their relatives. Quantization of these moduli spaces links to several different areas of mathematics and theoretical physics, giving rise to far-reaching implications. The conference will showcase recent advances in the following areas, and provide opportunities […]

Scattering amplitudes in physics, which predict particle interactions, are calculated by evaluating complicated multidimensional “Feynman integrals”. Expressing Feynman integrals in terms of known special functions is deeply rewarding: on the one hand, it gives access to alternative representations of the integrals, which may dramatically accelerate numerical computations. On the other hand, algebraic and differential relations […]

Originating in classical mechanics, Hamiltonian geometry is currently an active and flourishing area of symplectic geometry with many connections to other fields, both within and outside mathematics. Loosely speaking, the main objects of study are spaces on which the most basic measurement that can be made is area, with symmetries that have a conserved quantity. […]

Complex networks naturally arise in contexts as diverse as data science, ecology, engineering, and sociology. They concern a significant portion of the scientific community and society, especially when modeling various aspects of reality. From a mathematical standpoint, complex networks intersect graph theory, topology, and geometry. In recent decades, innovative techniques from these mathematical fields have […]