String theory: Progress and problems

Abstract

String theory builds on the great legacy of Yukawa and Tomonaga: New degrees of freedom and control of the UV are two important themes. This talk will give an overview of some of the progress and some of the unsolved problems that characterize string theory today. It is divided into two parts: Connecting String Theory to the Real World Gauge Theory/String Theory Duality Two other major subjects, which I will omit, are Black Holes in String Theory and The Impact of String Theory on Mathematics.