Summer School 2018: Supersymmetric Localization and Exact Results

The main lectures will cover the following topics: Week 1: Introduction to localization, Localization of instantons and Exact results on 4d N=2 theories Week 2: Topological strings and matrix models, M5 brane compactifications and Zamolodchikov metric and tt^* equation Advanced talks week 2: Chiral algebras, N=1 localization, Localization with boundaries, line operators, surface operators, relations to CFT and integrable systems

Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS)