%0 Journal Article %T Higher Representation Theory and Quantum Affine Schur-Weyl Duality %A Seok-Jin Kang %J Mathematics %D 2014 %I arXiv %X In this article, we explain the main philosophy of 2-representation theory and quantum affine Schur-Weyl duality. The Khovanov-Lauda-Rouquier algebras play a central role in both themes. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5256v2