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
Dark Matter Heats Up in Dwarf Galaxies
Justin Read, Ph.D.Head of Physics, University of Surrey
Justin Read, Ph.D.Head of Physics, University of Surrey
Black Hole Collisions: The Extreme Side of Gravity
Frans Pretorius, Ph.D.Professor of Physics; Director, Princeton Gravity Initiative, Princeton University
Frans Pretorius, Ph.D.Professor of Physics; Director, Princeton Gravity Initiative, Princeton University
Luck, Law, and Baseball: Two Stories About Sports and Data
Anette Hosoi, Ph.D.Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Anette Hosoi, Ph.D.Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stringy Predictions for Our Universe
Cumrun Vafa, Ph.D.Hollis Professor of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy; Professor of Physics, Harvard University
Cumrun Vafa, Ph.D.Hollis Professor of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy; Professor of Physics, Harvard University
Chemistry in the Cosmos: From Simplicity to Complexity
Amiel Sternberg, Ph.D.Senior Research Scientist, Galaxy Formation, CCA, Flatiron Institute
Amiel Sternberg, Ph.D.Senior Research Scientist, Galaxy Formation, CCA, Flatiron Institute
Learning Fast Requires Good Memory: Time-Space Tradeoff Lower Bounds for Learning
Ran Raz, Ph.D.Professor, Theoretical Computer Science, Princeton University
Weizmann Institute of Science
Ran Raz, Ph.D.Professor, Theoretical Computer Science, Princeton UniversityWeizmann Institute of Science