Research at Uppsala University
History of human antibiotic use written in the oral bacteria of wild brown bears
25 August 2021. An international team of researchers used historical museum collections to study the effects of huma ...
How research can encourage us to cycle instead
19 August 2021. How do you get to work in the mornings? Transport currently accounts for 25 per cent of GHG emission ...
Philippine ethnic group has most Denisovan DNA
13 August 2021. The Philippine ethnic group Ayta Magbukon has the highest proportion of genes from our extinct relat ...
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Here you will find all research projects at Uppsala University funded by the main Swedish funding bodies. The search feature is based on the SweCRIS database.
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Dynamical and spectral problems on homogeneous spaces, with applications in number theory and mathematical physics
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Research project from 2012-01-01 to 2015-12-31
The proposed research is a multifaceted investigation centering on problems in homogeneous dynamics and fundamental questions about lattices. We will focus in particular on problems which hold the promise ...
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Contact and symplectic topology with applications in physics inspired knot theory
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Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2020-12-31
The research program studies contact and symplectic topology and its relations to other geometric fields, in particular to physics inspired low-dimensional topology and knot theory. The main tool is theories ...
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Exploring the Structure of Stable String Vacua
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Research project from 2021-01-01 to 2024-12-31
The framework of string compactifications is of undisputed importance to connect string theory to the physics of our world, and has promoted progress in fields ranging from quantum gravity and cosmology ...
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The Fukaya category for conical singularities
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Research project from 2021-01-01 to 2024-12-31
The Fukaya category is a powerful invariant of exact symplectic manifolds in the form of an A-infinity category, the objects of which consist of (a suitable class of) its Lagrangian submanifolds, while ...
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Geometric Inverse Problems in PDE
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Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2016-12-31
This project studies the mathematical models arising from a variety of imaging techniques. These problems are formulated mathematically as "inverse problems" where one deduces information about the differential ...
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Geometric foliations and conserved quantities in mathematical general relativity
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Research project from 2017-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Conserved quantities are important in various areas of physics, as in many cases they provide an essential characterization of a physical system. However, to define the mass, center of mass, angular and ...
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Geometrical aspects of string theory
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Research project from 2012-01-01 to 2014-12-31
This project is in the area of Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. The main emphasis is on the development of new geometrical ideas and concepts originating from the modern string theory and ...
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Geometrical aspects of string theory
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Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2018-12-31
This project is in the area of Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. The main emphasis is on the development of new geometrical ideas and concepts originating from the modern string theory and the quantum ...
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Geometrical structures and new solutions in theoretical high energy physics
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Research project from 2014-01-01 to 2016-12-31
During the past decade there has been an important development of the mathematical tools available for high-energy physics. I have participated in and contributed to this development of Generalized Complex ...
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Higher dimensional Auslander-Reiten theory
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Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2018-12-31
This research project aims to study several related topics in higher dimensional Auslander-Reiten theory. Classical Auslander-Reiten theory is an important tool in representation theory of associative ...
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Superspace and Quantum GravityUppsala 16-18 maj 2013
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Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2013-12-31
More than thirty years ago a result derived in the context of superspace supergravity indicated that even the most promising supergravity candidate had problems when viewed as a model for quantum gravity ...
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Lagrangian submanifolds, Algebraic K-theory, and Quantum Physics
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Research project from 2018-12-01 to 2021-12-31
The main purpose of this project is to further the understanding of exact Lagrangian manifolds in symplectic manifolds, and understand the relations to quantum physics. We propose the following specific ...
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Precise image-based measurement through irregular sampling
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Research project from 2015-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Mathematical morphology (MM) is a widely-used framework for efficient processing and analysis of images. Linear filters, according to the Nyquist-Shannon sampling theory, are not affected by the sampling ...
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Symplectic geometry and differential topology
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Research project from 2013-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Symplectic and contact geometry has its roots in the mathematical description of mechanics. Its modern development was initiated in the early 1980´s with conjectures by Arnold and then shaped by Gromov ...
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Symplectic geometry, topological string theory, and low-dimensional topology
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Research project from 2020-12-01 to 2024-11-30
Over the last 35 years, the study of the role of geometric and topological aspects of fundamental physics in gauge theory and strings has been a central theme in both theoretical physics and in geometry ...
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Research spotlight: The coronavirus
New method for discovery of antiviral drugs
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Helpline important for older people during the pandemic
8 July 2021. For many older individuals, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the loss of daily anonymous contac ...
The national COVID-19 Data Portal turns one year old
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Lectures
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