Causal Set Approach to Quantum Gravity

Sumati Surya is a Senior Professor of Physics at the Raman Research Institute in Bengaluru, India, where she has been since 2003. She earned her Ph.D. at Syracuse University, USA, and subsequently held postdoctoral positions in India and Canada. Her research spans mathematical relativity and various aspects of quantum gravity, with a  focus on the causal set approach.She has held visiting positions at McGill University, Canada, and the Perimeter Institute, Canada (where she was an Emmy Noether Visiting Fellow), and is currently an adjunct professor at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Ireland.

• Introduction.- Causality in Lorentzian Geometry.- The Causal Set Approach.- Geometry from Order: The Continuum Approximation.- Quantum Dynamics.- Summary of Open Questions and Mathematical Challenges.