| Time |
Speaker |
Title |
| 1/08, 2:00 p.m. |
Prof. Gary Horowitz
UCSB & KITP |
Introduction to Singularity Resolution[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 1/09, 2:00 p.m. |
Dr. Beverly Berger
NSF & KITP |
Generic Singularities in Cosmological Spacetimes[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 1/10, 12:30 p.m. |
Prof. David Garfinkle
Oakland University & KITP |
Numerical Simulations of General Gravitational Singularities[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 1/11, 2:00 p.m. |
Prof. Steve Shenker
Stanford & KITP |
Struggling with Spacelike Singularities in String Theory[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 1/12, 2:00 p.m. |
Prof. Abhay Ashtekar
Penn State & KITP |
Quantum Physics Beyond Classical Singularities: Cosmological Models[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 1/15, 2:00 p.m. |
Prof. Robert Brandenberger
McGill University & KITP |
Resolution of Cosmological Singularities and Structure Formation[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 1/16, 12:00 p.m. |
Discussion |
Do Baby Universes Emerge From Black Holes?[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 1/16, 2:00 p.m. |
Prof. Eva Silverstein
Stanford University & KITP |
Winding Strings and Spacelike Singularities[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 1/17, 12:30 p.m. |
Dr. Thomas Thiemann
Albert Einstein Institute and Perimeter & KITP |
UV and Curvature Singularities in Background Independent QFT's[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 1/17, 15:30 p.m. |
Discussion |
Everything You Have Wanted to Know about Loop Quantum Gravity[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 1/18, 2:00 p.m. |
Dr. Thomas Hertog
CERN & KITP |
To Bounce or Not to Bounce[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 1/19, 12:00 p.m. |
Dr. Thomas Thiemann
Albert Einstein Institute and Perimeter & KITP |
UV and Curvature Singularities in Background Independent QFT's, contd.[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 1/19, 2:00 p.m. |
Prof. Jorge Pullin
Louisiana State University & KITP |
Loop Quantization of Spherically Symmetric Spacetimes[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 1/22, 2:00 p.m. |
Hermann Nicolai
Albert Einstein Institute & KITP |
Singularities, Symmetries and Higher Order Curvature Terms[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 1/23, 2:00 p.m. |
Hong Liu
MIT & KITP |
Black Hole Singularities and AdS/CFT[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 1/24, 12:30 p.m. |
Martin Bojowald
Penn State & KITP |
Non-singular Behavior in Loop Quantum Gravity[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 1/24, 3:30 p.m. |
James Hartle
(UCSB)
Joe Polchinski
(KITP) |
Discussion: No Boundary Proposal and Alpha Parameters[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 1/25, 12:00 p.m. |
Steve Giddings
UCSB |
Observables in Quantum Gravity[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 1/25, 2:00 p.m. |
Erik Verlinde
University of Amsterdam & KITP |
Matrix Big Bang and Emergent Spacetime[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 1/26, 12:00 p.m. |
David Lowe
Brown & KITP |
Local Bulk Operators in AdS/CFT and Black Hole Interiors[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 1/26, 2:00 p.m. |
Concluding Discussion |
Quantum Nature of Spacetime Singularities[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
