Mathematical Physics at HSE University Goes International
The HSE University International Laboratory for Mirror Symmetry and Automorphic Forms and the Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications (BIMSA) held a joint online conference on mathematical physics. The results of the laboratory research presented at the event will be published in leading academic journals.
The conference was held as part of the three-year joint research project ‘Geometry and Physics’ under the International Academic Cooperation of HSE University initiative.
Eleven reports were presented by renowned scientists in the field of mathematical physics and prospective mathematicians.
The following researchers presented reports at the conference:
- Andrey Marshakov, Professor, Head of the Joint Department with the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences at the HSE Faculty of Mathematics
- Alexey Litvinov, Head of the Scientific School named after I.M. Krichever, who worked closely with the laboratory during the megagrant period
- BIMSA Professor Hao Zheng
- BIMSA Associate Professors Xinxing Tang and Babak Haghighat
- Mikhail Alfimov, Senior Research Fellow at the International Laboratory for Mirror Symmetry and Automorphic Forms
Andrey Kurakin, Junior Research Fellow at the International Laboratory for Mirror Symmetry and Automorphic Forms, Pavel Osipov, Research Fellow at the laboratory; Maria Matushko, Research Fellow at the Steklov Mathematical Institute; and BIMSA postdocs Lingyan Hung and Xiaoyue Sun also participated in the event.
Valery Gritsenko
Valery Gritsenko, Head of the International Laboratory for Mirror Symmetry and Automorphic Forms, and academic director of the joint programme on the Russian part, emphasised the relevance of the delivered reports. The results of the latest research projects by laboratory staff presented at the conference will be published in three articles in academic journals indexed in the Nature Index used in the ShanghaiRanking.
Valery Gritsenko also noted that cooperation with the Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications of Tsinghua University allows laboratory staff to present their latest results on one of the world's best scientific platforms. The conference also helped deepen cooperation with Chinese colleagues Xinxing Tang and Babak Haghighat, who have already worked in Moscow in 2024 and 2025.
It's worth noting that Babak Haghighat, German mathematician of Iranian origin, Associate Professor at BIMSA, was a student of the famous German physicist Albrecht Klemm (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn), with whom Valery Gritsenko collaborated on international projects in France and Germany.
‘Our cooperation with the Beijing International Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications helps us not only find new research perspectives, but also develop active academic contacts with all international colleagues,’ summed up Valery Gritsenko.
The full conference programme can be found on the laboratory and BIMSA websites.
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