Events

The FiRST Spring Meeting will take place in Vierumäki 5-6.3.2026. The meeting is targeted at members of the research groups of FiRST, and will include progress reports on all of the work packages, a poster session as well as social activities.

The Finnish Centre of Excellence in Randomness and Structures (FiRST) is organizing a workshop in hybrid format for its young researchers 12.-13.3. at Aalto University, and we invite everyone interested to attend the talks. The speakers represent the different research groups in the CoE and their talks therefore span a wide variety of topics. The schedule and the confirmed speakers can be found below, and the finalised programme along with the Zoom link will be updated soon.

Thursday 12.3

13:00-18:00 (5 Speakers) - Room M237 in Undergraduate Centre (Otakaari 1)

Friday 13.3

10:00-13:00 (3 Speakers) - Room M233 in Undergraduate Centre (Otakaari 1)
14:30-18:00 (3 Speakers) - Room M234 in Undergraduate Centre (Otakaari 1)

Confirmed speakers

Aapo Laukkarinen, Aalto University
Heikki Lohi, University of Helsinki
Jesse Jääsaari, University of Turku
Jonathan Pim, University of Helsinki
Joonas Vättö, Aalto University
Milla Laurikkala, Aalto University
Onni Hinkkanen, University of Jyväskylä
Riddhi Mishra, University of Jyväskylä
Sami Vihko, University of Helsinki
Sakari Pirnes, University of Helsinki

The Geometric and Probabilistic Aspects in Conformal Field Theory Programme, chaired by Associate Professor Eveliina Peltola, takes place at the Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques (CIRM) in Marseille, France from July to December of 2026. More information about the programme can be found .

Research School - Loop Models, Conformal Field Theory, and Geometry

, taking place from the 24th to the 28th of August 2026, aims to introduce young researchers to the field of Loop Models, Conformal Field Theory and Geometry, and to enable established researchers to expand their scope and to interact with others having slightly different backgrounds but working on related problems.

Conference - Geometric and Probabilistic Aspects in Quantum Field Theory

More information on the conference, running from the 31st of August to the 5th of September 2026, can be accessed .

Workshop - Logarithmic CFT, Loop Models, and Random Geometry

In the Logarithmic CFT, Loop Models, and Random Geometry Workshop, taking place 7-11.12.2026, the plan is to bring together experts with complementary expertise on these topics, for collaborating towards the rigorous foundations of CFT and especially their logarithmic aspects, and how they arise as scaling limits of lattice models. Read more about the workshop .

Please follow the link to see the record of our past activities.