Simons Foundation
The Unpredicted: In Science, Literature and Politics
Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium 160 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesWe are drawn to the new, the unusual, the unexpected: what we could not predict on the basis of what came before. As vast archives of our cultural past and present go online, scientists can now break out of the laboratory to see how novelty, innovation and creativity are both made and received in the...
Simon DeDeo Lecture
Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium 160 5th Ave, New York, NY, United StatesNew Directions in Approximation Algorithms (2017)
Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium 160 5th Ave, New York, NY, United StatesApril 23-29, 2017 Note: Attendance is by invitation only. Organizers: Sanjeev Arora, Princeton University Uriel Feige, Weizmann Institute of Science Michele Goemans, Massachusetts Institute of Technology David Shmoys, Cornell University Previous years: New Directions in Approximation Algorithms 2015 New Directions in Approximation Algorithms 2013 This is the third symposium organized by Sanjeev Arora (Princeton University),...
Quantum Entanglement (2017)
April 30-May 6, 2017 Note: Attendance is by invitation only. Organizers: Shamit Kachru, Stanford University Hirosi Ooguri, California Institute of Technology Subir Sachdev, Harvard University Previous years: Quantum Entanglement 2015 Quantum Entanglement 2013 Organized by Shamit Kachru (Stanford University), Hirosi Ooguri (Caltech) and Subir Sachdev (Harvard University), this is the third symposium on this topic....
Navigating U(2) with Golden Gates
Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium 160 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesThe problem of devising optimally efficient universal gates for quantum computing is one of finding the best generators for rotation groups. In this lecture, Peter Sarnak will discuss recent developments concerning ‘Golden Gates,’ which are number theoretic generators of U(2). The tools range from groups associated with the platonic solids to modern diophantine problems associated...
𝑝-adic Hodge Theory (2017)
Schloss Elmau In Elmau 2,, 82493 Krün, GermanyMay 7-13, 2017 Note: Attendance is by invitation only. Organizers: Bhargav Bhatt, University of Michigan Martin Olsson, UC Berkeley Organized by Bhargav Bhatt (University of Michigan) and Martin Olsson (UC Berkeley), the symposium will bring together experts to explore recent developments in p-adic Hodge theory and understand the emerging relationship of p-adic Hodge theory with...