Presidential Lectures

Alexandr Andoni will describe how efficient solutions for similarity search benefit from the tools and perspectives of high-dimensional geometry.

We are drawn to the new, the unusual, the unexpected: what we could not predict on the basis of what came before. As vast archives of our cultural past and present go online, scientists can now break out of the laboratory to see how novelty, innovation and creativity are both made and received in the real world.

In this lecture, Richard Neher will present recent progress in our understanding of the evolutionary dynamics of organisms such as HIV and the influenza virus.

In this lecture, Josh Winn will describe the discovery of exoplanets, why it took so long to find them, what new technologies were required, and where the research field is headed.

In this lecture, Wendell Lim will discuss the design principles of molecular circuits that govern cell decision-making and responses. He will also describe how these principles can be harnessed to engineer cells with customized therapeutic response programs.