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
Fundamental Bounds on the Fidelity of Sensory Cortical Coding
Mark Schnitzer, Ph.D.Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor, Department of Biology and Department of Applied Physics , Stanford University
Mark Schnitzer, Ph.D.Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical InstituteProfessor, Department of Biology and Department of Applied Physics , Stanford University
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- Virtual
x+y: A Mathematician’s Manifesto for Rethinking Gender
Eugenia Cheng, Ph.D.Scientist-in-Residence, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Eugenia Cheng, Ph.D.Scientist-in-Residence, School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Lecture
- Virtual
Past
Self-Organization and Robustness in Biological Systems
Corina Tarnita, Ph.D.Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
Corina Tarnita, Ph.D.Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University - Lecture
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The First AI Simulation of the Universe is Fast and Accurate — and We Don’t Know Why
Shirley Ho, Ph.D.Group Leader, Flatiron Institute
Cosmology X Data Science, CCA
Shirley Ho, Ph.D.Group Leader, Flatiron InstituteCosmology X Data Science, CCA
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From Einstein’s Doubts to Quantum Technologies: A New Quantum Revolution
Alain Aspect, Ph.D.Professor , École Polytechnique
Augustin Fresnel Professor, Institut d'Optique Graduate School
Distinguished researcher emeritus, CNRS Regional Delegation Languedoc-Roussillon
Alain Aspect, Ph.D.Professor , École PolytechniqueAugustin Fresnel Professor, Institut d'Optique Graduate School
Distinguished researcher emeritus, CNRS Regional Delegation Languedoc-Roussillon
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The Race to Build Quantum Computers
Steven M. Girvin, Ph.D.Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics, Yale University
Scientific Advisory Board, Flatiron Institute
Steven M. Girvin, Ph.D.Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics, Yale UniversityScientific Advisory Board, Flatiron Institute
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How Gravitational Waves Pointed Us to the Origin of Gold
Brian Metzger, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Astrophysics, Columbia University
Brian Metzger, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Astrophysics, Columbia University - Lecture
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Autism, Autisms, or Neurodevelopmental Disorders?
Jason Lerch, Ph.D.Director of Preclinical Imaging, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford
Associate Professor in Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto
Jason Lerch, Ph.D.Director of Preclinical Imaging, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of OxfordAssociate Professor in Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto
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