Workshop on the Clifford commutant and its applications

1 - 3 July 2025

University of Cologne

GENERAL INFORMATION

The workshop takes place from 1 to 3 July 2025 at the University of Cologne, and is organized by Markus Heinrich, Xhek Turkeshi, and David Gross.

Please note that the workshop venue is not at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, but in another building (see below)!

PROGRAM

Time	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
09:30	arrival and coffee	discussions	discussions
11:00	Talk (45 min) TBA	FU Berlin A complete theory of the Clifford commutant	Talk (45 min) TBA
12:30	lunch	lunch	lunch
13:30	discussions	discussions	discussions
15:00	Talk (45 min) TBA	Talk (45 min) TBA
16:30	discussions	discussions
19:00		dinner

PARTICIPANTS

Michael Walter (RU Bochum)
Lorenzo Leone (FU Berlin)
Lennart Bittel (FU Berlin)
Antonio Anna Mele (FU Berlin)
Salvatore F.E. Oliviero (SNS Pisa)
Zongbo Bao (QuSoft/CWI Amsterdam)
Lorenzo Grevink (QuSoft/CWI Amsterdam)
David Gross (U Cologne)
Xhek Turkeshi (U Cologne)
Markus Heinrich (U Cologne)
Neil Dowling (U Cologne)
Beatrice Magni (U Cologne)

Please write an email to Markus Heinrich if you want to participate.

TRAVEL INFORMATION / DIRECTIONS

Cologne is easilable reachable by train from major destinations in Germany, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands (by the German ICE and Thalys/Eurostar). Cologne airport has direct connections to many cities in Europe. Further connections are added by Düsseldorf and Franfurt airport which are less than one hour away by direct train.

For accommodation, we recommend the hotel Flandrischer Hof.

The workshop will take in the offices of David Gross's group (address: Pohligstr. 3, 50969 Cologne). The venue can be easily reached from Flandrischer Hof by line 12 from Rudolfplatz (U) in direction of Zollstock, stop "Pohligstraße". Please consult this guide for further directions to the entrance of the building. Note that the venue is located roughly 1.5km from the Institute for Theoretical Physics (address: Zülpicher Straße 77a).