Simons Foundation 2015

Math+X: Encouraging Interactions
at Universities

Mathematics is vital to science. Innovations in science may also spur the development of new mathematics. Math+X supports research at the interface of these two disciplines.

Simons Collaborations
in Mathematics and Physical Sciences

The Simons Foundation currently supports five collaborations in mathematics and the physical sciences. The Algorithms and Geometry collaboration and the Many Electron Problem collaboration are described here.

Collaboration on Homological
Mirror Symmetry

A successful collaboration on homological mirror symmetry would provide mathematicians with a way to translate between seemingly disconnected mathematical realms.

Mathematical Modeling
of Living Systems

Terry Hwa mathematically models cell growth and tests those models in his lab. His research illustrates the goal of the Mathematical Modeling of Living Systems program - to increase the role of theory in biological research.

PTOLEMY

Cosmologists believe a quadrillion neutrinos from the beginning of the universe bombard our bodies every second. The PTOLEMY experiment is designed to verify that these 'relic neutrinos' exist.

arXiv

The preprint server arXiv.org has democratized access to scientific research, making the newest papers and some of the most important ones published in the past 25 years available to everyone.

SCDA Computer and Software Groups

Zeroes and ones, along with Boolean logic, hold a profound power to accelerate discovery-driven science. SCDA applies this computational power to today's deluge of data.

Spike Sorting

Scientists have spent decades recording and analyzing the signals of neurons. Now, they need better algorithms to make sense of all of those data. SCDA researchers are taking on that challenge.

SFARI Research Roundup

SFARI investigators pushed forward the frontiers of autism research in 2015. Here are some highlights, including new insights on maternal mutations and the benefits of early treatment.

LENA Language System

The LENA System allows researchers to record the language an individual with autism uses in everyday life, and may improve our understanding of how children with autism communicate.

Genes by the Numbers

SFARI Investigators are developing an array of mathematical techniques to distinguish true autism risk genes from red herrings.

Spectrum Launches

Spectrum provides a single place for scientists —
and the interested public — to find accurate and comprehensive autism research news.

Simons Collaboration on
the Global Brain

Mind and perception emerge from our nerve
cells. Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain Investigators are studying populations of neurons
to decipher exactly how these properties arise.

SCOPE Cruise: Exploring the World
of Ocean Microbes

In the summer of 2015, investigators in the Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology set sail to study the daily life of ocean microbes.

Math For America:
Enhancing Education

With knitting needles, crochet hooks and yarn, Math for America teachers learned to bring the complex geometry of hyperbolic objects out of their imaginations and into reality.

Accelerating Science & Math Literacy:
An Ideas Workshop

An ambitious two-day workshop at the foundation generated new ideas about how to improve the public's relationship with math and science.

BioBus and BioBase

At the BioBus and BioBase, scientists spark students' curiosity about how the world works and show that everyone can be a scientist in their own way.

Patterns in the Primes

Everything can be stripped down to fundamental building blocks. In biology, it's DNA. In chemistry, it's atoms. For number theorists, it's primes.

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