# Lecture for the Fortieth Anniversary of Supergravity

## TL;DR

This paper provides an accessible introduction to supersymmetry and supergravity, and discusses recent advances in applying AdS/CFT correspondence to highly supersymmetric gauge theories.

## Contribution

It offers a simplified overview of supergravity concepts and presents new insights into the AdS/CFT correspondence for the ABJM theory with maximal supersymmetry.

## Key findings

- Basic ideas in supersymmetry and supergravity explained
- Outline of recent work on AdS/CFT correspondence for ABJM theory
- Connections between supergravity and gauge theory explored

## Abstract

In the first part of this lecture, some very basic ideas in supersymmetry and supergravity are presented at a level accessible to readers with modest background in quantum field theory and general relativity. The second part is an outline of a recent paper of the author and his collaborators on the AdS/CFT correspondence applied to the ABJM gauge theory with $\cal{N} =8$ supersymmetry.