Rak-Kyeong Seong

We had a wonderful colloquium today by Prof Piljin Yi (KIAS) here at #UNIST

We will have a special colloquium in March by Professor Piljin Yi from KIAS #UNIST

[UNIST 공식 홍보영상] 세상을 바꾸는 혁신 플랫폼 YouTube video by UNIST

새로운 #UNIST 홍보 영상
youtu.be/HBvufo3ruqw

A real tour de force with my student Minsung Kho and collaborator Norton Lee, finally published in JHEP!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New preprint on a really exciting discovery with the wonderfully talented Seong-Jin Lee and my student Minsung Kho!
arxiv.org/abs/2601.20936

My research group at #UNIST will have its first annual research workshop next week, with all of my students and postdocs giving talks on their published or ongoing work. Everyone is invited!
rakkyeongseong.github.io/groupworksho...

Great news, my paper with Adrian Padellaro and Sanjaye Ramgoolam is finally published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical!
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

We had a fantastic special session on "Quantum Geometry and Applied Algebraic Geometry" at #KSIAM in Gyeongju, yesterday. Thanks to the speakers!

Special lecture series here at #UNIST by Prof Amihay Hanany from #ImperialCollegeLondon!

At UC Santa Barbara and the KITP

KSIAM (Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) is the Korean analogue to the SIAM in the United States. For its annual meeting next week in Gyeongju, I am organizing a special session "Quantum Geometry and Applied Algebraic Geometry"!
ksiam.org/Conference/C...

Wonderful final day here at Münster, with an evening event with the German Physical Society and the Physical Society of Japan

Finished my talk in Münster!

Transferring to the express train in Germany. The new ICE 4 :)

Auf dem Weg nach Deutschland 🙂

We are organizing a conference on "Quivers in String Theory and Mathematics" at the IBS-CGP in Pohang in December. Please register if you are interested to attend!
cgp.ibs.re.kr/conferences/...

We wrapped up our workshop with fantastic talks! Talks are recorded and will become available on the workshop website:
rakkyeongseong.github.io/cycrystalsbp...

Fantastic news! Our paper on "Futaki invariants and reflexive polygons" with my student Eugene Choi, and wonderful collaborators Jiakang Bao, Yang-Hui He and Professor Shing-Tung Yau has been published at the Journal of Mathematical Physics today!
doi.org/10.1063/5.02...

Dinner photo from the first day of our workshop at #UNIST!
rakkyeongseong.github.io/cycrystalsbp...

Group photo from the first day of our workshop at #UNIST!
rakkyeongseong.github.io/cycrystalsbp...

Yesterday's special session on "The Mathematics of Quantum Fields and Strings" at the KMS Fall Meeting was again a great success, with many interesting questions from the audience and cross-disciplinary discussions! This was the fourth time we were organizing this event!

Countdown until our workshop next week at UNIST!
rakkyeongseong.github.io/cycrystalsbp...

A real tour de force with my wonderful collaborators Norton Lee and Minsung Kho! New paper out today!
arxiv.org/abs/2510.12290

New paper out today!
arxiv.org/abs/2510.05517

I received a faculty award today from the College of Natural Sciences at #UNIST. I am very grateful.

Countdown until our international workshop later this month here at UNIST!
rakkyeongseong.github.io/cycrystalsbp...

A month to go for our workshop!
rakkyeongseong.github.io/cycrystalsbp...

Our "UNIST International Workshop on Machine Learning for Quantum Fields and Geometry" earlier this month was a complete success! Thanks to the speakers and participants!
Talk recordings and photos are available on the workshop website:
rakkyeongseong.github.io/mlquantumgeo...
#UNIST

UNIST International Workshop on
Calabi-Yau Crystals and BPS Counting
October 30 - November 1, 2025
rakkyeongseong.github.io/cycrystalsbp...

Please register!
(registration for in person attendance deadline: September 29, 2025)

Special seminar this Thursday, anyone who wants to attend via zoom, please let me know!