• 65: Max-Planck Institute Conference, Geometry, integrability and Moduli, July 29 - August 2, 2019, in Bonn, Germany.
  Conference Slide Show
  Conference Volume edited by Gaëtan Borot, Olivia Dumitrescu, Steven Rayan, and Don Zagier
• 60: AIM Workshop, Quantum curves, Hitchin systems, and the Eynard-Orantin theory, September 28 - October 3, 2014, in Palo Alto, California.
  Conference Photo by Laura Schaposnik

Conferences/Workshops Invited (2011-):

• NSF-FRG Workshop and School: "Complex Lagrangians, Integrable Systems, and Quantization," June 5 - 9, 2023, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
• The 13th MSJ-SI: "Differential Geometry and Integrable Systems," March 3 - 13, 2023, Osaka Central Advanced Mathematical Institute, Osaka Metropolitan University
• Andrejewski Tage 2022: "Quivers, Representation Theory and Physics," September 7 - 9, 2022, Universitä zu Köln, Germany
• Boston College Workshop: "Moduli on Chestnut Hill," March 5 - 7, 2020, Boston College
• Spring Emphasis Semester 2020: "Workshop on Topological and Geometric Recursion," February 3 - 7, 2020, Institute of the Mathematical Sciences of the Americas, University of Miami
• GRK 1670 Workshop: "BPS states, topological recursion, exact WKB and abelianisation," November 25 - 28, 2019, Universität Hamburg, Germany
• GEOQUANT: "International School and Conference on Geometry and Quantization," September 2 - 13, 2019, National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Taipei, Taiwan
• Max-Planck Institute Conference: "Geometry, integrability and Moduli," July 29 - August 2, 2019, in Bonn, Germany
• Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences International Conference: "Moduli Spaces, Representation Theory and Quantization," June 24 - 28, 2019, in Kyoto, Japan
• Conference: "Current trends in Hitchin systems," December 17 - 21, 2018, in La Plata and Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences Conference: "D-modules, quantum geometry, and related topics," December 3 - 7, 2018, in Kyoto, Japan
• Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research: "The Eighth Advanced Seminar in Symplectic Geometry and Topological Field Theory," October 8 - 12, 2018, in Beijing, China
• University of Warsaw Conference: "Quantum fields, knots, and strings," September 24 - 28, 2018, in Warsaw, Poland
• Banff International Research Station 5-Day Workshop: "Geometry and Physics of Quantum Curves (18w5078)," September 9 - 14, 2018, in Banff, Canada
• Summer School of the TRR 195 and the Graduiertenkolleg Experimental and constructive algebra: "Topological Recursion," August 27 - 31, 2018, in Tübingen, Germany
• MoSCATR VI: "6th Workshop on Combinatorics of Moduli Spaces, Cluster Algebras, and Topological Recursion," June 4 - 9, 2018, Moscow, Russia
• 2018 Les Diablerets Winter School in Mathematical Physics: "Quantum Curves," January 7 - 12, 2018, in Les Diablerets, Switzwrland
• Institute for Basic Science Center for Geometry and Physics Intensive Lecture Series: "Topological Recursion and Quantum Curves," September 4 - 8, 2017, in Pohang, Korea
• IHÉS Conference: "ALGEBRAIC ANALYSIS, in honor of Masaki Kashiwara's 70th birthday," June 6 - 9, 2017, at Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Bures-sur-Yvette, France
• Laboratoire J.A. Dieudonné Conference: "Higgs bundles and related topics," May 29 - June 2, 2017, at Laboratoire J.A. Dieudonné, Nice, France
• IHP Workshop: "Enumerative Geometry and Combinatorics of Moduli Spaces," March 13 - 17, 2017, at Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris, France
• QUANTMOD: "Quantization and Moduli Spaces," January 9 - 13, 2017, at Université du Luxembourg
• MATRIX@Melbourne Workshop: "Topological Recursion and Modularity," December 19 - 23, 2016, at MATRIX@Melbourne, Australia
• MATRIX@Melbourne Workshop: "Quantum Invariants and Low-Dimensional Topology," December 14 - 17, 2016, at MATRIX@Melbourne, Australia
• Kobe Workshop: "Algebraic Geometry and Integrable Systems, Kobe 2016," December 5 - 9, 2016, Kobe University, Japan
• The 15th Oka Symposium, December 3 - 4, 2016, Oka Mathematical Institute, Nara, Japan
• Banff International Research Station 5-Day Workshop: "Painleve Equations and Discrete Dynamics (16w5027)," October 2 - 7, 2016, in Banff, Canada
• RIMS Workshop: "Studies on Integrable Systems: State of the Art and Perspective for Future" September 5 - 7, 2016, at Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan
• OCAMI Meeting: "Integrable Systems, Moduli Spaces and Non-linear PDE," September 3 - 4, 2016, at Osaka City University Advanced Mathematical Institute, Osaka, Japan
• Infinite Analysis 16 Summer School: "Integrable Hierarchies and Beyond," August 29 - September 1, 2016, at Graduate School of Mathematics, Nagoya University, Japan
• 2016 AMS von Neumann Symposium: "Topological Recursion and its Influence in Analysis, Geometry, and Topology," July 4 - 8, 2016, at Hilton Charlotte University Place, Charlotte, NC
• SCGP Workshop: "New perspectives on Higgs bundles, branes and quantization," June 13 - 17, 2016, at the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook, New York
• ICTS Conference: "Higgs Bundles," March 21 - April 1, 2016, at the International Center for Theoretical Sciences, Bangalore, India
• MFO Workshop: "Topological Recursion and TQFTs," February 14 - 20, 2016, at Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, Germany
• CRM Workshop: "Moduli spaces, integrable systems, and topological recursions," January 9 - 13, 2016, at Centre de Recherches Mathématiques, Montréal, Canada
• Warsaw Advanced School: "Topological Quantum Field Theory," December 7 - 9, 2015, at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Poland
• OCU Workshop: "Quantization of Spectral Curves," November 2 - 6, 2015, at the Osaka City University Advanced Mathematical Institute, Osaka, Japan
• AIM Workshop: "Spectral data for Higgs bundles," September 28 - October 2, 2015, in Palo Alto, California
• GEOQUANT 2015: "School and International Conference on Geometry and Quantization," September 7 - September 18, 2015, at Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas (ICMAT), Madrid, Spain
• Mathematische Arbeitstagung 2015: "Counting problems on moduli spaces," June 26 - July 3, 2015, at Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Bonn, Germany
• Lorentz Center Workshop: "Geometric Invariants and Spectral Curves," June 1 - 5, 2015, at Lorentz Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
• WAGS Spring 2015: "Western Algebraic Geometry Symposium," February 28 - March 1, 2015, at University of California, Davis
• MPIM Workshop: "Geometric quantization and topological recursion," November 24 - 28, 2014, at Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Bonn, Germany
• EIMI International Conference: "Embedded Graphs," October 27 - 31, 2014, at Euler International Mathematical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
• AIM Workshop: "Quantum curves, Hitchin systems, and the Eynard-Orantin theory," September 28 - October 3, 2014, in Palo Alto, California
• Advanced Summer School: "Modern Trends in Gromov-Witten Theory," September 8 - 12, 2014, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
• Kobe Summer School: "A Mathematical Theory of Quantum Curves," July 22 - August 8, 2014, at Kobe University, Japan
• IMS Summer Research Institute: "The Geometry, Topology and Physics of Moduli Spaces of Higgs Bundles," July 6 - 19, 2014, at the Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore
• Banff International Research Station 5-Day Workshop: "Quantum Curves and Quantum Knot Invariants," June 15 - June 20, 2014, in Banff, Canada
• Conference: "The Mathematics of Quantum Theory in Honor of Professor Albert Schwarz at his 80th Birthday," May 23 - 27, 2014, in Davis, California
• MPI Seminar: "Seminar on Algebra, Geometry and Physics," May 13, 2014, at Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Bonn, Germany
• University of Oxford: "Geometry and Analysis Seminar," May 5, 2014, at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
• Conference: "Mirror Symmetry and Spin Curves," April 28 - 30, 2014, at Palazzone di Cortona, Italy
• Conference: "Quantization of Moduli Spaces," April 22 - 25, 2014, at the University of Geneva, Switzerland
• Workshop: "Moduli of curves and mathematical physics," January 23, 2014, at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
• SISSA Workshop: "Hamiltonian PDEs, Frobenius Manifolds, and Deligne-Mumford Moduli Spaces," September 16 - 20 September, 2013, at La Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste, Italy
• Banff International Research Station 5-Day Workshop: "Integrable Systems and Moduli Spaces," August 25 - August 30, 2013, in Banff, Canada
• AIM Workshop: "Gromov-Witten invariants and number theory," April 1 - April 5, 2013, in Palo Alto, California
• 5th IST Lecture Series in Algebraic Geometry & Physics, February 4 - February 8, 2013, in Lisbon, Portugal
• QGM Conference: "Topological Recursion and Quantum Algebraic Geometry," January 28 - February 1, 2013, at the Center for Quantum Geometry of Moduli Spaces, Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
• Banff International Research Station 5-Day Workshop: "Integrable systems, growth processes and KPZ universality," September 23 - August 28, 2012, in Banff, Canada
• AIM-SQuaRE: "The Geometry and physics of the new topological recursion," August 26 - September 1, 2012, at the American Institute of Mathematics, Palo Alto, California
• "String-Math 2012," July 16 - June 21, 2012, at the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, Bonn
• "XXXI Workshop on Geometric Methods in Physics," June 24 - June 30, 2012, in Białowieża, Poland
• "Conference on Symplectic Geometry and Mathematical Physics," June 4 - June 8, 2012, Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research
• Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics Workshop: "Integrability in topological field theory," April 16 - April 20, 2012, in Bonn, Germany
• Special Lecture Series and Workshop: "Workshop on integrable systems and mirror symmetry," February 20 - February 23, 2012, at Kobe University, Japan
• Banff International Research Station 5-Day Workshop: "New Recursion Formulae and Integrablity for Calabi-Yau Spaces," October 16 - October 21, 2011, in Banff, Canada
• Institute Fourier Summer School 2011: "MODULI OF CURVES AND GROMOV-WITTEN THEORY," June 20 - July 8, 2011, in Grenoble, France
• Banff International Research Station 5-Day Workshop: "Number Theory and Physics at the Crossroads," May 8 - May 13, 2011, in Banff, Canada

Talk Slides:

• "On the Horizon of a Surface," Talk given at the UC Davis COSMOS Program, and also at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, aimed at high school students and college freshman, July 2010 (4.6MB)
• "The Eynard-Orantin Theory in Geometry -- A Mystery from Physics," Talk given at the V Ibero-American Congress on Geometry, aimed at general mathematics audience, Pucón, Chile, December 2010 (3.8MB)
• "The Eynard-Orantin Recursion and Quantum Invariants in Geometry," Talk given at the Banff International Research Station, September 2012 (730 KB)
• More recent talk videos are available at BIRS, IHES, and SCGP.

Research Seminars:

• Every year I organize graduate research seminars. Current topics (2021-2022) include "The Language of Categories and Stacks," "Enumerative Problems and Topological Recursion," and "New Quantization of Dolbeault and de Rham Moduli Spaces."
• Past topics include "Algebraic K-theory, K2 Lagrangians, and Geometric Langlands," "Variation of Hodge Structures, WKB analysis, and quantization," "Quantum Curves," "Gromov-Witten Theory," "The Laplace Transform and Mirror Symmetry," and "Hurwitz Numbers and Moduli Theory."

Courses Taught (since 2011):

• Winter 2024: MAT 280-002, Topics = Moduli Spaces: Let's Feel, Touch, and Build Them!
• Winter 2023: MAT 115B Number Theory.
• Winter 2023: MAT 205A Graduate Complex Analysis.
• Spring 2022: MAT 22A Linear Algebra.
• Spring 2022: MAT 290 (CRN 48812) "The Language of Categories and Stacks"
• Winter 2022: MAT 248B Graduate Algebraic Geometry (schemes).
• Fall 2021: MAT 21A Calculus.
• Winter 2021: MAT 21B Calculus.
• Winter 2021: MAT 150A Modern Algebra.
• Fall 2020: MAT 21A Calculus.
• Winter 2020: MAT 150B Modern Algebra.
• Winter 2020: MAT 248B Graduate Algebraic Geometry (sheaves and their cohomologies).
• Fall 2019: MAT 21B Calculus.
• Winter 2019: MAT 21B Calculus.
• Spring 2019: MAT 150C Modern Algebra.
• Spring 2018: MAT 150C Modern Algebra.
• Spring 2017: MAT 21C Calculus.
• Spring 2017: MAT 205B Graduate Complex Analysis.
• Spring 2016: MAT 16A Short Calculus.
• Spring 2016: MAT 145 Combinatorics.
• Fall 2014: MAT 21CH Honors Calculus.
• Winter 2015: MAT 21DH Honors Calculus.
• Winter 2014: MAT 21B Calculus, Early Transcendentals (Sections F01 - F06).
• Winter 2014: MAT 67 Modern Linear Algebra (Section A01 - A02).
• Spring 2013: MAT 21C Calculus, Early Transcendentals (Sections B01 - B06).
• Spring 2013: MAT 185B Complex Variables (Section 001).
• Winter 2012: MAT 21C Calculus, Early Transcendentals (Sections A01 - A06).
• Spring 2012: MAT 141 Euclidean Geometry (Sections A01 - A02).
• Spring 2012: MAT 146 Algebraic Combinatorics.
• Fall 2010: MAT 21A Calculus, Early Transcendentals (Sections B01 - B05)
• Fall 2010: MAT 125A Real Analysis. In the academic year 2010-2011, we launch a new syllabus for the MAT 125AB sequence.
• Winter 2011: MAT 125B Real Analysis
• Winter 2011: MAT 298 (CRN #30246) "Graduate Seminars on Gromov-Witten Theory"

Biographical Information:

• Doctor of Science (Degree awarded by submission of a thesis, without any course work requirement): 1985, Kyoto University. Thesis Committee: Mikio Sato, Chair, and Masaki Kashiwara.

• Master of Science in Mathematics: 1980, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University. Advisors: Mikio Sato and Heisuke Hironaka.

• Bachelor of Science in Mathematics: 1978, The University of Tokyo. Advisors: Hikosaburo Komatsu and Kazuhiko Aomoto.

• Post-Graduate Advisors: Isadore M. Singer, MSRI and UC Berkeley (1982-84); Veeravalli S. Varadarajan, UCLA (1985-88).

• Positions Held: Research Assistant Professor, Nagoya University, 1980-82; Member, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, 1982-84; Visiting Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University, New York, 1984-85; E. R. Hedrick Assistant Professor, UCLA, 1985-88; Member, The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 1988-89; Associate Professor, University of California, Davis, 1989-91; Professor, University of California, Davis, 1991-current; Visiting Senior Scientist, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, the University of Tokyo, 2013-current; Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Davis, 2019-current.

• Short-Term Visiting Appointments: Kyoto University, 1993, 1994, 1995; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2009; Nagoya University, 2003, 2005; Korea Institute for Advanced Study, 2008; University of Salamanca, Spain, 2008, 2009, 2011; Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 2010; Tsinghua University, Beijing, 2010; Kobe University, Japan, 2012, 2014; Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, University of Tokyo, 2012; Center for Quantum Geometry of Moduli Spaces, Aarhus University, 2013; Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, 2013; University of Melbourne, 2013, 2016; The Korteweg-de Vries Institute, University of Amsterdam, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2015; Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, 2015; Osaka City University Advanced Mathematical Institute, 2015, 2016; Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris, 2016, 2017; Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Université Paris VI), 2015, 2017; Institute for Basic Science, Center for Geometry, Pohang, Korea, 2017; Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research, Peking University, 2018; National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 2019; University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 2020 (cancelled); Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022; Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Bonn, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020 (cancelled), 2022.

• Administrative Appointments: Vice-Chairperson of the Department for Undergraduate Affairs, 1995-1997; Department Chair, 1998-2001, 2004-2007; Acting Chair of the Graduate Group in Applied Mathematics, Spring 2001; Associate Dean of the Faculty for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 2017-2019.

• Service as Department Chair: During the six-year tenure as Department Chair, I successfully nominated three UC Davis Chancellor's Fellows, three Alfred P. Sloan Fellows, an MAA Tepper Haimo Award winner, an ONR Young Investigator Award winner, and two AMS Norbert Wiener Prize winners. I also negotiated and assisted the creation of four endowment funds within the Department: Henry L. Alder Fund, Arthur J. Krener Fund, G. Thomas Sallee Fund, and Evelyn M. Silvia Fund. These funds help undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars in their study, research, and teaching mathematics.

• Selected Committee Appointments: MSRI Committee of Academic Sponsors, 2004-07; Academic Senate Faculty Privilege and Academic Personnel Adviser, 2008-10, 2011-12; Faculty Advisory Committee to the MPS Dean, 2009-12; Chair, Faculty Personnel Committee of the Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 2010-13; MPS Steering Committee, 2012-13; Chair, Academic Senate Step Plus Implementation Advisory Committee (advises the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs), 2014-15.

• Awards and Honors: Hironaka Foundation JMS Fellowship, Harvard University, 1982-83; Member, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, 1982-83, 1983-84; Member, The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 1988-89; Member, Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Bonn, Germany, 1991-92; Presidential Faculty Fellow Nominee, 1993; UC Davis Faculty Development Awards, 1996-97, 2001-02; RIMS International Project Research Visiting Professorship, Kyoto University, 2007-08; Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award for Undergraduate Teaching, 2009; Member, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Bures-sur-Yvette, France, 2013; Guest Membership, Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Bonn, Germany, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022; Simons Visiting Professor, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, Germany, February 2016; Visiting Researcher, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, and Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris, 2017; UC Davis Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, 2019-.

Graduate Students:

• Jennifer Brown: Ph.D. 2022; National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2022--2024), Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Edinburgh (2023--). Research Publication
• Jon Erickson: Ph.D. Program in Mathematics. Research Publication
• Joseph Good: Ph.D. 1996; Senior Developer, information technology industry
• Andrew R. Hodge: Ph.D. 2008; Permanent Research Mathematician, Department of Defense, Fort Meade, MD. Joint Research Paper
• Cooper Jacob: Ph.D. 2022; Lecturer of Mathematics, UC Davis. Research Publication
• Masato Kimura: Ph.D. 1996; Staff Scientist at National Institute of Health; Former Professor of Mathematics at Hood Collage, Maryland. Joint Research Paper
• Priya Kshirsagar: M.A. 2019.
• Michael Penkava† (1953-2020): Ph.D. 1995; Former Professor of Mathematics at University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. Joint Research Paper
• Andrew Port: M.S. 2012; Computer vision and machine learning engineer; Former Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at Sacramento City College. Research Paper
• Axel Sáenz: Ph.D. 2016; Assistant Professor, Oregon State University. Dissertation
• Brad Safnuk, Ph.D. 2006; Senior Analytics Scientist at Ford Motor Company; Former Professor of Mathematics at Central Michigan University. Joint Research Paper
• Adam Sorkin: M.A. 2013, Staff Security Engineer at Stripe. Joint Research Paper
• Eiko N. Tyler: Ph.D. 2001; Mathematics Instructor, Retired

Undergraduate Students Supervised through Research:

• Laura M. Adint: B.A. and B.S. with Highest Honors 1996; Vice President, Sales Operations and Sales Development, Drift
• Kevin M. Chapman: B.S. with Highest Honors 2011. Joint Research Paper
• Ruian Chen: B.S. with Highest Honors 2015; Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Michigan; Consultant at the Actuarial Practice of Oliver Wyman
• Alfonso Garcia: B.S. 1999; Mathematics Teacher, Westmont High School, Campbell, CA
• Miguel A. Garcia: B.S. 1998; High School Physics Teacher
• Genna Gliner: B.S. 2011; Princeton University Ph.D. 2018; Senior Product Manager at Mindbody
• Amanda Pan: B.S. with Honors 2017; Graduate Student, Ohio State University
• Christina L. Soderlund: B.S. with Honors 1999; Former Assistant Professor of Mathematics, California Lutheran University
• Josephine T. Yu: B.S. with Highest Honors 2003; Professor of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology. Joint Research Paper
• Mincheng Zhou: B.S. with Highest Honors 2013

Krener Assistant Professors/Visiting Research Assistant Professors at UC Davis Supervised through Research:

• Pol Vanhaecke: 1993-96; Professor of Mathematics, University of Poitiers, France
• Ruifang Song: 2014-17; Machine Learning Engineer at Houzz

International Degree Evaluation Committees Served:

• Petr Dunin-Barkowski: University of Amsterdam, Ph.D. 2015; Associate Professor, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow. Joint Research Paper
• Ines Quandt: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Ph.D. 1997; German insurance industry. Dissertation
• Nick Scott: University of Melbourne, Ph.D. 2014; Econometrician at the Burnet Institute, Melbourne
• Loek Spitz: University of Amsterdam, Ph.D. 2014; Staff Instructor, University of Amsterdam. Joint Research Paper
• Dimitri Zvonkine: Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie (Paris VI), Habilitation 2015; Professor, Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu-Paris.

Conferences Organized:

• CCCNLS Conference on Integrable Systems, UC Davis, 1991.
• Special Session on Dynamical Systems and Mathematical Physics, 934th AMS Western Section Meeting, UC Davis, April 1998.
• UC Davis -- MSRI Conference on Mathematical Physics, May 2004.
• IPMU Mini Workshop "A New Recursion from Random Matrices and Topological String Theory," Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, Kashiwa, Japan, December 2008.
• The 16th Osaka City University International Academic Symposium "Riemann Surfaces, Harmonic Maps and Visualization," Osaka, Japan, December 2008.
• AIM Workshop "Recursion structures in topological string theory and enumerative geometry," American Institute of Mathematics, Palo Alto, California, June 2009.
• UC Davis -- MSRI Conference "Algebra and Topology in Interaction," September 2009 (Supported by NSF).
• AIM SQuaRE "Geometry and Physics of the New Topological Recursion," American Institute of Mathematics, Palo Alto, California, May 3 - 7, 2010.
• Banff International Research Station Workshop: "New Recursion Formulae and Integrablity for Calabi-Yau Spaces" October 16 - October 21, 2011, in Banff, Canada.
• Banff International Research Station Workshop: "Quantum Curves and Quantum Knot Invariants" June 15 - June 20, 2014, in Banff, Canada.
• AIM Workshop: "Quantum curves, Hitchin systems, and new developments in the Eynard-Orantin theory," September 28 - October 3, 2014, in Palo Alto, California.
• OCU Workshop: "Quantization of Spectral Curves," November 2 - 6, 2015, at the Osaka City University Advanced Mathematical Institute, Osaka, Japan.
• 2016 AMS von Neumann Symposium: "Topological Recursion and its Influence in Analysis, Geometry, and Topology," July 4 - 8, 2016, at Hilton Charlotte University Place, Charlotte, NC (Supported by NSF).
• 2016 MATRIX Program: "Interactions between topological recursion, modularity, quantum invariants and low-dimensional topology," November 28 - December 23, 2016, at MATRIX, Creswick, Australia (Partially supported by NSF).
• Banff International Research Station Workshop: "Geometry and Physics of Quantum Curves (18w5078)" September 9 - September 14, 2018, in Banff, Canada.
• Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach Mini-Workshop: "Quantization of Complex Symplectic Varieties (2240b)" October 2 - 8, 2022, in Oberwolfach, Germany.
• Banff International Research Station Workshop: "Complex Lagrangians, Mirror Symmetry, and Quantization (23w5068)" October 15 - 20, 2023, in Banff, Canada.

Photo and Animation Gallery:

• In 1982
• Geometry Related to Integrable Systems - Kyoto, 2007
• ICM2006 - Madrid, Spain
• LMS Symposium 2006 - Durham, England
• Reception for the Albert Schwarz Conference, May 2004 - Davis, California
• Department Parties and Receptions, 2001-2005
• QuickTime Movies of KdV and KP Solitons