Mathematics Session – Insights into Mathematics

13:30-13:35  Introduction by the Convener 

- Xuhua He, Chair Professor and New Corner Stone Investigator, Department of Mathematics, The University of Hong Kong; Member, Program Committee of the Future Science Prize Week 2024

13:35-14:00  Keynote Speech 1: A Glimpse at Statistical Physics from Percolation

- Jian Ding, Chair Professor, Peking University; Laureate of the 2023 Loève Prize in Probability

13:55-14:20  Keynote Speech 2: From natural numbers to infinity categories

- Yifeng Liu, Chair Professor, Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics, Zhejiang University; SASTRA Ramanujan Prize Laureate 2018

14:20-14:50  Keynote Speech 3: 3d Quantum Field Theories and Langlands Duality

- Hiraku Nakajima, Professor, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU), The University of Tokyo; President, International Mathematical Union (IMU)

14:50-15:15  Keynote Speech 4: Evariste Galois and Communication Technology

- Efim Zelmanov, Director, Shenzhen International Center for Mathematics, Southern University of Science and Technology; Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences; Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Fields Medal Laureate 1994

15:15-15:35   Panel Discussion and Q&A 

Moderator: 

- Xuhua He

Panelists: (Alphabetized by last name)

- Jian Ding

- Yifeng Liu

- Hiraku Nakajima

- Efim Zelmanov