
Simons Foundation Lectures are free public colloquia related to basic science and mathematics. These high-level talks are intended for professors, students, postdocs and business professionals, but interested people from the metropolitan area are welcome as well.
Upcoming
AI4Science: A Revolution in the Making
Anima Anandkumar, Ph.D.Bren Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, California Institute of Technology
IEEE, Microsoft and Sloan Fellow
Director of Machine Learning Research, Nvidia

IEEE, Microsoft and Sloan Fellow
Director of Machine Learning Research, Nvidia
- Lecture
- Virtual
‘X’ Marks the Spot in Female Longevity and Cognitive Aging
Dena Dubal, M.D., Ph.D.Associate Professor, Principal Investigator; David A. Coulter Endowed Chair in Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco

- Lecture
- Virtual
Time to Take the ‘Big Bang’ out of the Big Bang Theory?
Paul Steinhardt, Ph.D.Princeton University

- Lecture
- Virtual
New Research Results From the Australian Autism Biobank Study
Jake Gratten, Ph.D.GL, Mater Research Institute, University of Queensland
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Molecular Bioscience
Naomi Wray, Ph.D.Affiliate Professor, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland
National Health and Medical Research Council Leadership Fellow – GL, Institute for Molecular Bioscience

Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Molecular Bioscience

National Health and Medical Research Council Leadership Fellow – GL, Institute for Molecular Bioscience
- Lecture
- Virtual
Past
Can Aging be Reversed in the Brain?
Saul Villeda, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy; Associate Director, Bakar Aging Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco

- Lecture
Anomalous Diffusion of Microparticles in Biological Fluids
Scott McKinley, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Tulane University

- Lecture
What Can We Make Out of Lines and Circles?
János Kollár, Ph.D.Donner Professor of Science and Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University

- Lecture
- Watch Video
Plasma, Plasma, Burning Bright
Amitava Bhattacharjee, Ph.D.Head of Theory Department, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University

- Lecture
- Watch Video
The Quest for the Ideal Glass
Ludovic Berthier, Ph.D.Director of Research, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Laboratoire Charles Coulomb

Laboratoire Charles Coulomb
- Lecture
- Watch Video
Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
David Reich, Ph.D.Professor, Genetics, Harvard University
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Lecture
- Watch Video