Research Talks
Colloquia and Public Talks
10.2024
Yonsei University Mathematics Colloquium
“Machine Learning the Geometry of Quantum Fields and Strings”
Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
10.2024
Sogang University Physics Colloquium
“Machine Learning the Geometry of Quantum Fields and Strings”
Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea
08.2024
IBS Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials Colloquium
“The Mathematics and Physics of Counting Gauge Invariants”
UNIST IBS-CMCM, Ulsan, South Korea
06.2024
The 8th Workshop for Young Symplectic Geometers
Lecture Series
Lecture 1: “Representation Theoretic Foundation of String and M-Theory”
Lecture 2: “Enumerative Combinatorics in Brane Configurations”
Lecture 3: “Complex Geometry of Moduli Spaces of Quantum Fields and Strings”
QSMS Center for Quantum Structures in Modules and Spaces, South Korea
01.2024
Eastern Hemisphere Colloquium of Geometry and Physics
Colloquium
“Mapping the Phase Space of Supersymmetric Gauge Theories using Explainable Machine Learning”
IBS Center for Geometry and Physics, Pohang, South Korea
05.2023
UNIST Department of Mathematical Sciences Introduction Talk
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
011:
12.2022
UNIST Introduction to Modern Mathematics Course
“Counting Gauge Invariants – The Mathematical Origin of the Multiverse”
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
010:
11.2022
Pusan National University Physics Colloquium
“The Physics of Counting Gauge Invariants”
Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea
009:
11.2021
UNIST Department of Mathematical Sciences
Research Introduction Talk
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
008:
10.2021
UNIST Department of Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
“Calabi-Yau Geometries, Dimers and Supersymmetric Gauge Theories”
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
007:
05.2021
KIAS Colloquium
“The Mathematics and Physics of Explainable AI”
KIAS, Seoul, South Korea
006:
03.2021
Northeastern University Colloquium
“Interpretability and Explainability – How AI can lead us to new Physics”
Northeastern University, Boston, U.S.A.
005:
12.2017
YMSC Center Research Introduction Talk
“Research Introduction”
Yau Mathematical Sciences Center (YMSC), Tsinghua University, China
004:
03.2011
Lectures at Calabi-Yau Algebras School - Lectures
“Combinatorics of Brane Tilings”
Wuppertal University, Germany
003:
09.2016
Lectures at the KIAS School of Mathematical Sciences - Lectures
“Introduction to 4d N=1 and 2d (0,2) Quiver Gauge Theories”
KIAS, School of Mathematics, Seoul, South Korea
002:
12.2015
Lectures at the Department of Mathematics, Korea University - Lectures
“Introduction to Brane Tilings”
Korea University, Department of Mathematics, Seoul, South Korea
098:
02.2026
Cluster Structures in Algebra and Geometry Workshop
Invited Speaker
“From Brane Tilings to Brane Brick Models: An Overview”
Kyungpook National University Injewon, Pohang, South Korea
https://geometry.knu.ac.kr/conferences/Cluster/
097:
11.2025
Korea-Chile APCTP Workshop: Gravity, Fields, and Matter
Invited Speaker
“Generative AI for brane configurations and gauge theories”
APCTP, Pohang, South Korea
https://sites.google.com/view/apctp-chile-workshop
096:
11.2025
Quantum100 x AI Workshop
Invited Speaker
“Generative AI for brane configurations and gauge theory phases”
University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
https://indico.uni-muenster.de/event/3251/
095:
10.2025
Korean Physical Society Fall Meeting Field and String Theory Session
Speaker
“On Birational Transformations in Supersymmetric Gauge Theories”
Kim Dae-Jung Convention Center, Gwangju, South Korea
https://www.kps.or.kr/conference/event/content/program/search_result_session.php?id=2048
094:
09.2025
Strings in Seoul Conference
Invited Speaker
“Birational Transformations in Quiver Gauge Theories”
KIAS, Seoul, South Korea
http://events.kias.re.kr/h/sis2025/
093:
07.2025
International Congress of Basic Science
Invited Speaker
“Birational Transformations, Toric Calabi-Yau 4-folds and 2d (0,2) Quiver Gauge Theories”
Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications (BIMSA), Beijing, China
https://2025.icbs.cn/
092:
07.2025
Machine Learning and Mathematics
Invited Speaker
“Generative AI for Brane Configurations and Calabi-Yau Mirror Curves in String Theory”
KIAS, Seoul, South Korea
http://events.kias.re.kr/h/MLM2025/
091:
06.2025
Conference on Integrable Systems and Related Areas
Invited Speaker
“Birational Transformations on Dimer Integrable Systems”
IBS Center for Geometry and Physics, Pohang, South Korea
https://cgp.ibs.re.kr/conferences/2025CISRA/
090:
05.2025
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Physics Department Seminar
Invited Speaker
“The AI Revolution for Quantum Fields and Strings: A Case Study”
University of Rome – Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
https://agenda.infn.it/event/46793/
089:
04.2025
Korean Physical Society Spring Meeting Field and String Theory Session
Speaker
“Generative AI for Brane Engineering”
Daejeon Convention Center, Daejeon, South Korea
https://www.kps.or.kr/conference/event/content/program/search_result_session.php?id=1864
088:
03.2025
KAIST Physics Department, High-Energy Theory Seminar
Invited Speaker
“The AI Revolution for Quantum Fields and Strings: A Case Study”
Department of Physics, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea
https://het.kaist.ac.kr/seminar
087:
03.2025
Tsinghua University Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Invited Speaker
“Birational Transformations, Toric Fano 3-folds and 2d (0,2) Quiver Gauge Theories”
Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
https://ymsc.tsinghua.edu.cn/en/info/1053/2568.htm
086:
01.2025
High1 Workshop on Particle, String and Cosmology
Speaker
“Generative AI for Brane Configurations and Gauge Theories in String Theory”
High1, South Korea
http://events.kias.re.kr/h/HIGHONE2025/?pageNo=5804
085:
12.2024
APCTP Research Summary Workshop: Fields and Gravity
Invited Speaker
“Generative AI for Brane Configurations, Tropical Coamoeba and 4d N=1 Quiver Gauge Theories”
Nest Hotel, Incheon, South Korea
https://sites.google.com/view/rs2024
084:
12.2024
International String Data Conference 2024
Invited Plenary Speaker
“Generative AI for Brane Configurations, Tropical Coamoeba and 4d N=1 Quiver Gauge Theories”
Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Japan
https://mlphys.scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp/stringdata2024/
083:
11.2024
KIAS-APCTP Frontiers in Theoretical Physics 2024
Invited Speaker
“Generative AI for Brane Configurations, Tropical Coamoeba and 4d N=1 Quiver Gauge Theories”
Jeju Island, South Korea
https://physics.kias.re.kr/FTP2024/
082:
11.2024
Artificial Intelligence for Theoretical Sciences 2024
Invited Plenary Speaker
“Machine Learning the Geometry of Quantum Fields and Strings”
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences, UCAS, Beijing, China
https://aifortheoreticalsciences.github.io/
081:
11.2024
APCTP Workshop on Quantum Geometry and Duality: AI and Theoretical Physics
Invited Speaker
“Exploring Tropical Coamoeba, Brane Tilings and Seiberg Duality with Machine Learning”
Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea
https://www.apctp.org/theme/d/html/activities/activities01_read.php?id=2189&page=1
080:
07.2024
RIKEN iTHEMS Theoretical Physics Seminar
Invited Speaker
“Mapping the Phase Space of toric Calabi-Yau 3-folds using Machine Learning”
RIKEN iTHEMS, Tokyo, Japan
079:
07.2024
Kavli IPMU MS Seminar
Invited Speaker
“Mapping the Phase Space of toric Calabi-Yau 3-folds using Machine Learning”
Kavli IPMU, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
078:
05.2024
MATRIX-IBS Workshop on Symplectic and Low-Dimensional Topology
Invited Speaker
“Plumbed 3-Manifolds, BPS States and Machine Learning”
IBS-CGP, Pohang, South Korea
https://cgp.ibs.re.kr/activities/conferences/360
077:
04.2024
Korean Physical Society Spring Meeting Field and String Theory Session
Speaker
“Machine Learning Techniques for Exploring the Phase Space of 4d N=1 SUSY Gauge Theories”
Daejeon Convention Center, South Korea
076:
04.2024
Korean Mathematical Society Spring Meeting Mathematics of Quantum Fields and Strings
Speaker
“Dimers, Quivers and Toric Calabi-Yau 3-folds”
Daejeon Convention Center, South Korea
075:
04.2024
Current Developments in Mathematics and Physics 2024
Invited Plenary Speaker
“Mapping the Phase Space of Supersymmetric Gauge Theories using Explainable Machine Learning”
Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
https://ymsc.tsinghua.edu.cn/en/info/1060/2777.htm
074:
01.2024
Aspen Winter Conference 2024: Fields, Strings, and Deep Learning
Speaker
“Mapping the Phase Space of Supersymmetric Gauge Theories using Explainable Machine Learning”
Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen, U.S.A.
https://indico.global/event/1290/
073:
01.2024
BrainLink X-Lab Day: Shing-Tung Yau Conference 2024
Speaker
“From Calabi-Yau Manifolds to Machine Learning”
UNIST, South Korea
https://rakkyeongseong.github.io/yauconference2024/
072:
12.2023
Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields 2023
Invited Speaker
“Mapping the Phase Space of Supersymmetric Gauge Theories using Explainable Machine Learning”
Seoul National University, South Korea
https://indico.ibs.re.kr/event/624/
071:
12.2023
International String Data Conference 2023
Invited Plenary Speaker
“Tropical Coamoeba, Brane Tilings and Machine Learning”
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, U.S.A.
https://stringdata2023.caltech.edu
070:
11.2023
APCTP Research Summary Workshop: Fields and Gravity
Speaker
“Tropical Coamoeba, Brane Tilings and Machine Learning”
UNIST, South Korea
https://sites.google.com/view/rs2023fg/home
069:
11.2023
East Asia Joint Workshop on Fields and Strings 2023
Invited Speaker
“Tropical Coamoeba, Brane Tilings and Machine Learning”
Interdisciplinary Center for Theoretical Study, USTC, China
https://pcft.ustc.edu.cn/Home/list.htm
068:
11.2023
Quantum Geometry and Duality Workshop 2023
Invited Speaker
“Tropical Coamoeba, Brane Tilings and Machine Learning”
GIST, Gwangju, South Korea
067:
08.2023
Workshop on Dimers: Combinatorics, Representation Theory and Physics
Invited Speaker
“Brane Brick Models”
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center, New York, U.S.A.
https://itsatcuny.org/calendar/dimers2023
066:
07.2023
International String Phenomenology Conference 2023
Speaker
“Fano 3-Folds, Ypk Manifolds and Brane Brick Models”
IBS, Daejeon, South Korea
https://indico.cern.ch/event/1270020/
065:
04.2023
Korean Physical Society Spring Meeting Field and String Theory Session
Speaker
“Brane Brick Models and Ypk Manifolds”
Daejeon Convention Center, South Korea
064:
04.2023
Fields 23.4 Workshop
Invited Speaker
“Properties of Dimers”
Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
https://sites.google.com/view/fields234
063:
12.2022
International String Data Conference 2022
Invited Plenary Speaker
“Brane Brick Models for Fano 3-Folds and Ypk Manifolds”
University of Cambridge, U.K.
https://lims.ac.uk/string-data-2022/
062:
12.2022
Imperial College String Theory Seminar
Seminar Speaker
“Brane Brick Models for Fano 3-Folds and Ypk Manifolds”
Imperial College London, U.K.
061:
11.2022
KSIAM Fall Meeting 2022 “Mathematics of Data Science and its Applications”
Session Speaker
“Machine Learning Calabi-Yau Volumes”
Jeju Island, South Korea
060:
11.2022
KIAS East Asia Joint Workshop on Strings and Fields 2022
Invited Speaker
“Ypk Manifolds Revisited”
KIAS, Seoul, South Korea
http://events.kias.re.kr/h/eastasia/
059:
11.2022
Korean Statistical Physics Monthly Meeting
Invited Speaker
“The Physics of Counting Gauge Invariants”
APCTP, Pohang, South Korea
058:
06.2022
IBS-CCG Ensemble of Algebra and Geometry Seminar
Invited Speaker
“Fano 3-Folds, Reflexive Polytopes and Brane Brick Models”
IBS Center for Complex Geometry (IBS-CCG), South Korea
057:
05.2022
APCTP Workshop on Numerical Methods in Theoretical Physics
Invited Speaker
“Machine Learning Calabi-Yau Volumes”
APCTP, Pohang, South Korea
056:
02.2022
Plymouth Mathematics Seminar
Seminar Speaker
“From Dimer Models to Brane Brick Models – An Overview”
University of Plymouth, U.K.
055:
11.2021
APCTP Workshop on Physics and Machine Learning
Invited Speaker
“Machine Learning Calabi-Yau Geometries”
Jeju Island, South Korea
054:
11.2021
Korean Research Summary Workshop
Invited Speaker
“Dimers and Integrable Systems – A Review”
IBS, Daejeon, South Korea
https://sites.google.com/view/rs2021
053:
11.2021
Frontiers in Theoretical Physics Workshop
Invited Speaker
“Brane Brick Models – A Summary”
Jeju Island, South Korea
052:
08.2021
International Nankai Summer Symposium on Mathematical Dialogues
Invited Speaker
“From Brane Tilings to Brane Brick Models – An Overview”
Nankai University, Tianjin, China
https://sites.google.com/view/cim-dialogues/
051:
11.2019
International Deep Learning and Physics Conference
Invited Plenary Speaker
“AI at Samsung SDS”
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
http://www2.yukawa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~koji.hashimoto/workshop/DLAP2019/
050:
07.2018
Fudan University Seminar
Invited Speaker
“The Mirror and the Elliptic Genus of Brane Brick Models”
Fudan University, Shanghai, China
049:
04.2018
YMSC Geometry and Physics Seminar
Invited Speaker
“Calabi-Yau Volumes and Machine Learning”
Yau Mathematical Sciences Center (YMSC), Tsinghua University, China
048:
04.2018
Maurice Auslander International Conference
Invited Speaker
“An Introduction to Brane Brick Models”
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, MA, U.S.A.
047:
03.2018
International Workshop on Data Science and String Theory
Invited Speaker
“Machine Learning of Calabi-Yau Volumes”
LMU Munich, Germany
https://indico.mpp.mpg.de/event/5578/
046:
12.2017
International Workshop on Big Data in String Theory
Invited Speaker
“Machine Learning of Calabi-Yau Volumes”
Northeastern University, Boston, U.S.A.
045:
11.2017
Physics Department Seminar
Invited Speaker
“Brane Brick Models and 2d (0,2) Theories”
City University of New York, U.S.A.
044:
10.2017
International Workshop on Superconformal Field Theories
Invited Speaker
“Brane Brick Models in the Mirror”
Sichuan University and UESTC, Chengdu, China
043:
06.2017
Milano-Bicocca String Theory Seminar
Seminar Speaker
“Brane Brick Models in the Mirror”
Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
042:
06.2017
YMSC String Theory Seminar
Speaker
“Branes and 2d (0,2) Quiver Gauge Theories”
Yau Mathematical Sciences Center (YMSC), Tsinghua University, China
041:
03.2017
Harvard CMSA String Theory Seminar
Invited Speaker
“The Mirror and the Elliptic Genus of Brane Brick Models”
CMSA, Harvard University, Boston, U.S.A.
040:
03.2017
CERN Theory Group Seminar
Invited Speaker
“Branes and 2d (0,2) Quiver Gauge Theories”
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
039:
12.2016
KIAS String Theory Seminar
Invited Speaker
“2d (0,2) Triality and Mirror Symmetry”
KIAS, Seoul, South Korea
038:
12.2016
International Conference on Quivers, Clusters and Mathematical Physics
Invited Speaker
“Branes and 2d (0,2) Quiver Gauge Theories”
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong (China)
http://www.ims.cuhk.edu.hk/activities/conferences/poster/poster19-22dec2016.pdf
037:
09.2016
KIAS Autumn Symposium on String Theory
Invited Speaker
“Brane Brick Models and 2d (0,2) Triality”
KIAS, Seoul, South Korea
http://home.kias.re.kr/MKG/h/FWST2016/
036:
08.2016
International Strings Conference 2016
Gong Show Speaker
“Branes and 2d (0,2) Theories”
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
035:
07.2016
International Nankai Symposium on Physics, Geometry and Number Theory
Invited Speaker
“Branes and 2d (0,2) Theories”
Nankai University, Tianjin, China
034:
07.2016
Simons Summer Workshop 2016
Invited Workshop Speaker
“Branes, Bricks and 2d (0,2) Gauge Theories”
Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook University, U.S.A.
https://scgp.stonybrook.edu/video_portal/results.php?profile_id=522
033:
05.2016
Harvard CMSA String Theory Seminar
Invited Speaker
“Branes and 2d (0,2) Theories”
CMSA, Harvard University, Boston, U.S.A.
032:
02.2016
King’s College String Theory Seminar
Invited Speaker
“Brane Brick Models, Calabi-Yau 4-Fold and 2d (0,2) Quivers”
King’s College London, London, U.K.
031:
02.2016
KIAS Fields, Strings and Gravity Workshop
Invited Speaker
“Brane Brick Models and 2d (0,2) Triality”
KIAS, Seoul, South Korea
http://home.kias.re.kr/MKG/h/WFSG/
030:
12.2015
KIAS Physics Workshop
Invited Speaker
“Dimensional Reduction of 4d Brane Tilings to 2d”
Songdo, Incheon, South Korea
029:
11.2015
8th Taiwan String Workshop
Invited Speaker
“Brane Bricks, 2d (0,2) Theories and Toric Calabi-Yau 4-folds”
NTHU, Hsinchu, Taiwan
https://phys.ncts.ntu.edu.tw/en/act/actnews/8th-Taiwan-String-Workshop-30032770/home/
028:
09.2015
KIAS-YITP Joint Autumn Workshop
Invited Speaker
“Brane Bricks, 2d (0,2) Theories and Toric Calabi-Yau 4-folds”
KIAS, Seoul, South Korea
http://home.kias.re.kr/MKG/h/KIASYITP2015/
027:
08.2015
SIAM 2015 Minisymposium
Invited Speaker
“Hilbert Series and Moduli Spaces of SUSY Gauge Theories”
NIMS, Daejeon, South Korea
026:
01.2015
Joint Winter Conference on Particle Physics, Strings and Cosmology
Invited Speaker
“Hilbert Series and Moduli Spaces of SUSY Gauge Theories”
High1, South Korea
http://home.kias.re.kr/MKG/h/kias2015hi1/
025:
12.2014
Busan Particle Physics Workshop
Invited Speaker
“Mass-Deformed Brane Tilings”
Busan, South Korea
XXX:
11.2014
KIAS Physics Colloquium
“Picturing the Universe: Strings, Branes and Tilings”
Jeju Island, South Korea
024:
10.2014
Kyunghee University String Theory Seminar
Invited Speaker
“Mass-Deformed Brane Tilings”
Kyunghee University, Seoul, South Korea
023:
10.2014
IPMU MS Seminar
Invited Speaker
“Mass-Deformed Brane Tilings”
Kavli IPMU, Tokyo, Japan
022:
09.2014
KIAS Autumn Symposium on String and M-Theory
Invited Speaker
“Hilbert Series of k U(N) Vortices”
KIAS, Seoul, South Korea
021:
01.2014
KIAS Joint Winter Conference on Particle Physics, Strings and Cosmology
Invited Speaker
“Aharony Duality and 3d N=2 Theories”
High1, South Korea
020:
01.2014
3rd Bangkok Workshop on HEP-Theory
Invited Speaker
“Recent Progress on Brane Tilings”
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
019:
12.2013
SNU String Theory Seminar
Invited Speaker
“Hilbert Series of Instantons and Beyond”
Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul, South Korea
018:
11.2013
Brane Tilings Workshop 2013
Speaker
“Recent Progress on Brane Tilings”
Chicheley Hall, Royal Society, U.K.
017:
10.2013
Busan Particle Physics Workshop
Invited Speaker
“Hilbert Series for SQCD”
Busan, South Korea
016:
08.2013
SIAM Conference “Computational Algebraic Geometry”
Invited Speaker
“New Dualities, Brane Tilings and Bipartite Field Theories”
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, U.S.A.
015:
07.2013
International Strings Conference 2013
Gong Show Speaker
“New Dualities, Brane Tilings and Bipartite Field Theories”
Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea
014:
06.2013
String Theory Seminar
Invited Speaker
“New Dualities, Brane Tilings and Bipartite Field Theories”
KIAS, Seoul, South Korea
013:
10.2012
Theoretical Physics Seminar
Invited Speaker
“New Dualities, Brane Tilings and Bipartite Field Theories”
Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Canada
012:
10.2012
Theoretical Physics Seminar
Invited Speaker
“New Dualities, Brane Tilings and Bipartite Field Theories”
Physics Department, Princeton University, U.S.A.
011:
10.2012
Theoretical Physics Seminar
Invited Speaker
“New Dualities, Brane Tilings and Bipartite Field Theories”
ULB, Brussels, Belgium
010:
09.2012
String Theory Seminar
Invited Speaker
“Moduli Spaces of Instantons on C2/Zn and 4d N=2 Theories”
KIAS, Seoul, South Korea
009:
08.2012
IPMU MS Seminar
Invited Speaker
“New Dualities, Brane Tilings and Bipartite Field Theories”
Kavli IPMU, Tokyo, Japan
008:
08.2012
Theoretical Physics Seminar
Invited Speaker
“New Dualities, Brane Tilings and Bipartite Field Theories”
Nagoya University, Japan
007:
08.2012
String Theory Seminar
Invited Speaker
“New Dualities, Brane Tilings and Bipartite Field Theories”
Yukawa Institute of Theoretical Physics (YITP), Kyoto University, Japan
006:
07.2012
CQUEST EU-FP Autumn Workshop
Speaker
“New Dualities, Brane Tilings and Bipartite Field Theories”
Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea
005:
05.2011
String Theory Seminar
Invited Speaker
“Symmetries of Abelian Orbifolds, 4d N=1 and 3d N=2 Theories”
Yukawa Institute of Theoretical Physics (YITP), Kyoto University, Japan
004:
12.2010
String Theory Seminar
Invited Speaker
“Symmetries of Abelian Orbifolds, 4d N=1 and 3d N=2 Theories”
KIAS, Seoul, South Korea
003:
12.2010
UK Young Theorists’ Forum
Speaker
“Symmetries of Abelian Orbifolds, 4d N=1 and 3d N=2 Theories”
Durham University, U.K.
002:
11.2010
DAMTP String Theory Seminar
Invited Speaker
“Symmetries of Abelian Orbifolds, 4d N=1 and 3d N=2 Theories”
DAMTP, University of Cambridge, U.K.
001:
03.2010
Imperial String Theory Seminar
Invited Speaker
“Symmetries of Abelian Orbifolds, 4d N=1 and 3d N=2 Theories”
Imperial College London, U.K.