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.
Upcoming Lectures
Measurements of Time in Astronomy
Ruth Angus, Ph.D.Associate Research Scientist, Astronomical Data, CCA, Flatiron Institute
Ruth Angus, Ph.D.Associate Research Scientist, Astronomical Data, CCA, Flatiron Institute
Learning to Count in String Theory
Shamit Kachru, Ph.D.Professor of Physics and Director, Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stanford University
Shamit Kachru, Ph.D.Professor of Physics and Director, Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stanford 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
Hunting for Dark Matter with the XENON Project
Elena Aprile, Ph.D.Professor, Physics, Columbia University
Elena Aprile, Ph.D.Professor, Physics, Columbia University Past Lectures
Building Telescopes for Mathematicians
Andrew Sutherland, Ph.D.Principal Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Andrew Sutherland, Ph.D.Principal Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Black Holes and the Structure of Spacetime
Juan Maldacena, Ph.D.Carl P. Feinberg Professor Institute for Advanced Study, School of Natural Sciences, Princeton University
Juan Maldacena, Ph.D.Carl P. Feinberg Professor Institute for Advanced Study, School of Natural Sciences, Princeton University
Why Quantum Gravity Is Different
Jared Kaplan, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University
Jared Kaplan, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University
Learning Physics with Deep Neural Networks
Stéphane Mallat, Ph.D.Distinguished Research Scientist, CCM, Flatiron Institute
Stéphane Mallat, Ph.D.Distinguished Research Scientist, CCM, Flatiron Institute
Tracing the Origin of the First Black Holes
Priya Natarajan, Ph.D.Professor, Departments of Astronomy and Physics;
Director, The Franke Program in Science & the Humanities; Chair, Division of Astrophysics, American Physical Society, Yale University
Priya Natarajan, Ph.D.Professor, Departments of Astronomy and Physics; Director, The Franke Program in Science & the Humanities; Chair, Division of Astrophysics, American Physical Society, Yale University
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