IPM String School & Workshop
20 April - 2 May 2002
Shiraz, IRAN

                                                      Deadline for Applications: February 15, 2002

Scientific Organizing Committee

·         F. Ardalan, 

      IPM & SUT

·         H. Arfaei, 

      IPM & SUT

·         A. Chamseddine, CAMS

·         F. Mansouri, 

      U. Cincinnati

·         K. S. Narain, ICTP

·         S. Randjbar-Daemi, 

      ICTP

·         C. Vafa, Harvard 

·         S. Wadia, TATA

Local Organizing
Committee

·         M. Alishahiha

·         F. Ardalan

·         H. Arfaei

·         M. R. Garousi

Sponsors

·         ICTP

·         ISMO

Lecturers:

·         M. Alishahiha, IPM

·         I. Antoniadis, CERN

·         A. Chamseddine, CAMS

·         A. Dhar, TATA

·         M. R. Garousi, IPM &Ferdowsi U.

·         R. Gopakumar, Harish-Chandra 

·         S. F. Hassan, U. Helsinki

·        T. Jayaraman, IMSc

·         F. Mansouri, U. Cincinnati

·         S. Minwalla, Harvard 

·         K. S. Narain, IC

·         S. Wadia, TATA 

Topics:

·         String field theory and tachyon condensation

·         Non-commutative field theory

·         Gauge theory / Gravity duality

·         String phenomenology

·         Geometric engineering