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
- Lecture
- 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
Ultra-Spooky Action at a Distance: From Quantum Materials in the Lab to Black Holes
Subir Sachdev, Ph.D.Herchel Smith Professor of Physics, Harvard University
Subir Sachdev, Ph.D.Herchel Smith Professor of Physics, Harvard University - Lecture
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Escher and the Droste Effect
Hendrik Lenstra, Ph.D.Professor Emeritus of Fundamental and Applied Mathematics, Mathematisch Instituut, Universiteit Leiden
Hendrik Lenstra, Ph.D.Professor Emeritus of Fundamental and Applied Mathematics, Mathematisch Instituut, Universiteit Leiden - Lecture
From Genotype to Phenotype in Autism: The Role of Adaptive Physiology in Flies and Mice
Graeme Davis, Ph.D.Morris Hertzstein Distinguished Professor of Medicine,
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics,
Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco
Graeme Davis, Ph.D.Morris Hertzstein Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics,
Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco
- Lecture
From Equivariant Blow-Ups to Modular Symbols
Maxim Kontsevich, Ph.D.Permanent Professor, AXA-IHES Chair in Mathematics , Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques
Maxim Kontsevich, Ph.D.Permanent Professor, AXA-IHES Chair in Mathematics , Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques - Lecture
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Reductionism vs Bootstrap: Are Things Big Always Made of Things Elementary?
Slava Rychkov, Ph.D.Permanent Professor, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques
Slava Rychkov, Ph.D.Permanent Professor, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques - Lecture
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