Probability & Quantum Field Theory

Peking Summer Program in Probability

June 1-19, 2026

Program Overview

Peking University will host a summer program on the interaction between probability and quantum field theory from June 1 to June 19, 2026. This program aims to bring together researchers from around the world to explore various perspectives of this emerging direction.

A majority of the team members from the Simons Collaboration: Probabilistic Paths to Quantum Field Theory will attend this event.

Conference group photo

Program Format

The program consists of four minicourses and research talks. The minicourses take place in the first two weeks, each of which is 6-hour long. The research talks will spread over the entire three weeks, with speakers and topics decided shortly before the program begins. There will be ample free discussion time to encourage deep exchanges among participants.

Minicourses

Liouville Conformal Field Theory

June 1-5
Rémi Rhodes, Colin Guillarmou, Antti Kupiainen

Yang-Mills Theory: Random Surface Approach

June 1-5
Sky Cao

Yang-Mills Theory: Dynamical Approach

June 8-12
Hao Shen

Renormalization Group: Hierarchical φ⁴₃ Model

June 8-12
Abdelmalek Abdesselam

Schedule

The following schedule is tentative and may be updated as the program approaches.

Week 1: June 1-5

  • Minicourses:
    • Liouville Conformal Field Theory
    • Yang-Mills Theory: Random Surface Approach
  • Talk Speakers:
    • Nikolay Barashkov
    • Guillaume Baverez
    • Denis Bernard
    • Jacopo Borga
    • Semyon Klevtsov
    • Nikita Nekrasov
    • Raoul Santachiara
    • Hao Wu
  • Other Activities:
    • Poster session
    • Banquet
View Week 1 Program

Week 2: June 8-12

  • Minicourses:
    • Yang-Mills Theory: Dynamical Approach
    • Renormalization Group: Hierarchical φ⁴₃ Model
  • Talk Speakers:
    • Bjoern Bringmann
    • Thierry Levy
    • Slava Rychkov
    • Scott Sheffield
    • Fredrik Viklund
    • Rongchan Zhu
  • Other Activities:
    • Short talks by students
View Week 2 Program

Venue

Week 1 and 2 takes place at DING Shisun Lecture Theater, the School of Mathematical Sciences. Registration and venue directions are available at the document.

Week 3 takes place at the Beijing International Center of Mathematical Research, more details will be available soon.

Food

Information about conference meals and nearby dining options is available below.

Catering Food

Food In and Outside Campus

Reimbursement

Reimbursement instruction for domestic participants

Reimbursement instruction for international participants

Organizers

Guillaume Baverez, Jian Ding, Xinyi Li, Xin Sun, Yilin Wang, Xiangchan Zhu

Contact: probability@math.pku.edu.cn

Note: Registration for this event is now closed. For inquiries about the program, please contact the organizers directly.

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