Simons Foundation Lectures
Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Mathematics and Physical Sciences lectures are open to the public and are held at the Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium at the Simons Foundation headquarters in New York City. Tea is served prior to each lecture.
Past Lectures
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
Physics in Real and Counterfactual Universes
Martin Rees, Ph.D.Astronomer Royal, Fellow of Trinity College, Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics , University of Cambridge
Martin Rees, Ph.D.Astronomer Royal, Fellow of Trinity College, Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics , University of Cambridge
Dragonfly: Flights of Exploration Across Saturn’s Moon Titan
Elizabeth Turtle, Ph.D.Planetary Scientist, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
Elizabeth Turtle, Ph.D.Planetary Scientist, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
Quantifying Hidden Order Out of Equilibrium
Paul Chaikin, Ph.D.Silver Professor of Physics, New York University
Paul Chaikin, Ph.D.Silver Professor of Physics, New York University
Hunting for Dark Matter with the XENON Project
Elena Aprile, Ph.D.Professor, Physics, Columbia University
Elena Aprile, Ph.D.Professor, Physics, Columbia University
Directed Aging and Nature’s Greedy Algorithms
Sidney Nagel, Ph.D.Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor in Physics, University of Chicago
Sidney Nagel, Ph.D.Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor in Physics, University of Chicago