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During this talk we will explore the behaviour of the vacuum expectation value of a 1/2-BPS Wilson loop in two broad classes of $\mathcal{N}=2$ Chern-Simons-matter theories beyond leading order. The first class has a dual AdS$_4$ solution in massive type IIA supergravity, while the second class of SCFTs are dual to AdS$_4\times SE_{7}$ solutions in M-theory. The goal of this talk will be to study the holographic counterpart of the Wilson loop operator. In the type IIA limit this is given by the partition function of a fundamental string, while in the M-theory limit its holographic dual is given by the partition function of a probe M2-brane wrapping an M-theory circle direction. Studying these limits will allow us to make a prediction for the sub-leading behaviour of the Wilson loop operator in a large class of Chern-Simons-matter theories, from holography.
