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Workshop - February 17th 2026

Mathematical and Physical underpinnings of Topological Quantum Computation at Leeds 2026

Organisers: Eric Rowell (Texas A&M and Leeds), Ben Morris (Leeds), Paul Martin (Leeds)

In February we will have a critical mass of visitors visiting Leeds to conduct research on the above topic. This workshop simply collects the informal talks of our visitors (and a few connecting locals) into a coherent day of research discussion. All those interested are welcome to attend. (All coordinates and details will be announced closer to the time.)

Provisional Schedule:

Time Speaker Title
10:00-11:00 Jie Ren (Leeds, quantum group), Quantum many-body mixed phase space revealed by hybrid feedback control
  joint with the MaPLe seminar  
11:00-11:30 Fiona Torzewska (Bristol) Comonoidal structures on 2-categories and tensor products of 2-representations
13:00-13:30 Peter Huston (Leeds, Maths) A primer on fusion 2-categories
14:00-14:30 Aatmun Baxi (Texas A&M) The condensed fibre product
15:00-16:00 Leandro Vendramin (VUB, Brussels), Fomin-Kirillov algebras
  joint with the algebra seminar  
16:00-16:30 Simon Lentner (Hamburg) New non-semisimple modular tensor categories

It may be useful to note that there will also be a sister-workshop on 18th-19th February. Some details of that series are: here.