String Theory being the most promising candidate theory for quantum gravity and Grand Unification has been a research frontier in theoretical physics in the past decade. Whereas there are a significant number of Chinese string theorists abroad there is also a growing community of string theorists inside China. Time is ripe to establish a stable platform, in the winter break, bringing together domestic and oversea researchers to discuss the latest evelopments of the field, and foster collaborations. it also provides a venue for younger researchers to learn of research opportunities in China.

The idea of the workshop is to encourage discussion and interactions and therefore informal in format. The themes of discussion are based on the interest of the pariticipants. In each session there is a volunteer who will introduce some background on the subject, explain why it's interesting, and then he will become a moderator in the ensuing discussion. There are only two sessions per day to allow for a lot of discussion and eventually some collaborations can be formed during the workshop and carried on afterwards.

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研讨班将于 12 月 27 日至 31 日在浙江大学数学中心举行。请于 12 月 15 日 前在 Registration 一栏注册信息 , 并请随时关注本网站。

This winter school will be held from Dec. 27 to Dec 31, 2005 and the workshop will be held at Dec. 31 at the Center of Mathematical Sciences , Zhejiang University .

Please register before Dec. 15, 2005 at: Registration. Please pay attention to our web.