Events
About Our Lectures
The Simons Foundation launched the Simons Foundation Lectures in 2013 with the intention of drawing area scientists and scholars together around diverse and important topics in mathematics, physics, computer science, life sciences and autism research.
Upcoming Lectures
High Dimensional Expanders
Alexander Lubotzky, Ph.D.Maurice and Clara Weil Chair in Mathematics, Einstein Institute of Mathematics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Alexander Lubotzky, Ph.D.Maurice and Clara Weil Chair in Mathematics, Einstein Institute of Mathematics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Reductionism Vs. Bootstrap: Are Big Things Always Made of Elementary Things?
Slava Rychkov, Ph.D.Permanent Professor, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques
Slava Rychkov, Ph.D.Permanent Professor, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques
From Equivariant Blow-Ups to Modular Symbols
Maxim Kontsevich, Ph.D.Permanent Professor, AXA-IHES Chair in Mathematics Institute of Higher Scientific Studies (IHES)
Maxim Kontsevich, Ph.D.Permanent Professor, AXA-IHES Chair in Mathematics Institute of Higher Scientific Studies (IHES) Past Lectures
An Excursion Through Geometry, Topology and Analysis in 4 Dimensions and Beyond
Simon K. Donaldson, Ph.D.Stony Brook University and Imperial College London
Simon K. Donaldson, Ph.D.Stony Brook University and Imperial College London
Hardness of Approximation: From the PCP Theorem to the 2-to-2 Games Theorem
Subhash Khot, Ph.D.New York University
Subhash Khot, Ph.D.New York University
Collaborations in the Extreme: The Rise of Open Code Development in the Scientific Community
Kelle Cruz, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Hunter College/CUNY
Kelle Cruz, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Hunter College/CUNY
Applications of Chern-Simons Theory
Cumrun Vafa, Ph.D.Hollis Professor of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy; Professor of Physics, Harvard University
Michael Freedman
Charles Kane
James H. Simons
Cumrun Vafa, Ph.D.Hollis Professor of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy; Professor of Physics, Harvard University Michael Freedman Charles Kane James H. Simons
How and Why Is Mercury Different From Its Sibling Rocky Planets?
Sean C. Solomon, Ph.D. Director, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Associate Director for Earth Systems Science, The Earth Institute; William B. Ransford Professor of Earth and Planetary Science, Columbia University
Sean C. Solomon, Ph.D. Director, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Associate Director for Earth Systems Science, The Earth Institute; William B. Ransford Professor of Earth and Planetary Science, Columbia University
Observing the Birth of the Universe
Lyman A. Page Jr., Ph.D.James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Physics, Princeton University
Lyman A. Page Jr., Ph.D.James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Physics, Princeton University In this lecture, Lyman Page will discuss the way that cosmologists think about the universe on its grandest scales by painting a physically intuitive picture.