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
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
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