Strings 2001

Noncommutative solitons I by R. Gopakumar, M. Headrick, and M. Spradlin Free energy and critical temperature in eleven dimensions by J. G. Russo On de Sitter entropy and string theory by P. Horava Strongly coupled gravity and conformal invariance by C. M. Hull Noncommutative solitons II by M. Aganagic, R. Gopakumar, S. Minwalla, and A. Strominger Fuzzy funnels: Non-abelian brane intersections by N. R. Constable, R. C. Myers, and O. Tafjord Magnetic branes and giant gravitons by S. P. Trivedi String field theory and the $D/overline{D}$ system by P. Kraus Vacuum string field theory by L. Rastelli, A. Sen, and B. Zwiebach Normalization of the boundary superstring field theory by D. Ghoshal Mirror symmetry and some applications by K. Hori D-branes and vector bundles on Calabi-Yau manifolds: A view from the helix by S. Govindarajan and T. Jayaraman D-branes and $/mathcal{N}=1$ supersymmetry by M. R. Douglas String physics at low energies by I. Antoniadis Tunneling-mediated supersymmetry breaking by S. Kachru Physics at intersecting branes by G. Aldazabal, S. Franco, L. E. Ibanez, R. Rabadan, and A. Uranga (A)dS backgrounds from asymmetric orientfolds by E. Silverstein Gauge invariance and tachyon condensation in open string field theory by I. Ellwood and W. Taylor Non-BPS D-branes on a Calabi-Yau orbifold by J. Majumder Ramond-Ramond couplings of noncommutative branes by S. Mukhi and N. V. Suryanarayana Instability of charged black holes in anti-de Sitter space by S. S. Gubser and I. Mitra Resolved branes and M-theory on special holonomy spaces by M. Cvetic, G. W. Gibbons, H. Lu, and C. N. Pope Some challenges for holography by H. Verlinde An exact prediction of $/mathcal{N}=4$ SUSYM gauge theory and comparison with string theory by D. Gross Bulk couplings to noncommutative branes by S. Das Energy-momentum tensors in matrix theory and in noncommutative gauge theories by Y. Okawa and H. Ooguri Matrix model of two-dimensional black hole by V. A. Kazakov Wilson lines in noncommutative gauge theories by A. Dhar and Y. Kitazawa Classical and planar limits in noncommutative field theories by S.-J. Rey On field theory of open strings, tachyon condensation and closed strings by S. L. Shatashvili Brane-antibrane system and the tachyon potential from matrix model by G. Mandal and S. R. Wadia ADS, CFT and cosmology by S. W. Hawking Quantum gravity in de Sitter space by E. Witten D1/D5 systems in $/mathcal{N}=4$ string theories by E. Gava, A. B. Hammou, J. F. Morales, and K. S. Narain String theory on ${/rm AdS}_3$ and symmetric products by R. Argurio, A. Giveon, and A. Shomer Instantons and BPS Wilson loops by M. Bianchi, M. B. Green, and S. Kovacs More on singularity resolution by A. W. Peet From ${/mathcal N}=4$ to ${/mathcal N}=1$: Exact results vs AdS/CFT by N. Dorey, T. Hollowood, and S. P. Kumar Supergravity dual of a cascading confining gauge theory by I. R. Klebanov Brane dynamics in CFT backgrounds by S. Fredenhagen and V. Schomerus D-branes in some near-horizon geometries by C. Bachas Topology of the gauge group in noncommutative gauge theory by J. A. Harvey Comments on the thermodynamics of little string theory and two dimensional string theory by D. Kutasov Comments on Born-Infeld theory by J. H. Schwarz Acknowledgments by A. Dabholkar, S. Mukhi, and S. R. Wadia List of participants by A. Dabholkar, S. Mukhi, and S. R. Wadia.