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
Polarization Peregrinations: Using Cosmic Lampposts to Find Keys to Nature’s Laws
Brian Keating, Ph.D.University of California, San Diego
Brian Keating, Ph.D.University of California, San Diego - Lecture
- Virtual
Jets, Flares and Lightning Near the Event Horizon
Sasha Philippov, Ph.D.Associate Research Scientist, Compact Objects, CCA, Flatiron Institute
Sasha Philippov, Ph.D.Associate Research Scientist, Compact Objects, CCA, Flatiron Institute - Lecture
- Virtual
The Magic of Two-Dimensional Materials
Eva Andrei, Ph.D.Board of Governors Professor, Department of Physics , Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Eva Andrei, Ph.D.Board of Governors Professor, Department of Physics , Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Lecture
- Virtual
The Third Pillar of Science
Douglas Arnold, Ph.D.Professor of Mathematics, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
Douglas Arnold, Ph.D.Professor of Mathematics, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota - Lecture
- Virtual
Past
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
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Phenotyping Sleep
Emmanuel Mignot, M.D., Ph.D.Craig Reynolds Professor of Sleep Medicine, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
Emmanuel Mignot, M.D., Ph.D.Craig Reynolds Professor of Sleep Medicine, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University - Lecture
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Existence of Canonical Metrics on Non-Kähler Geometry
Shing-Tung Yau, Ph.D.William Caspar Graustein Professor of Mathematics, Harvard University
Director, Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua University
Shing-Tung Yau, Ph.D.William Caspar Graustein Professor of Mathematics, Harvard UniversityDirector, Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua University
- Lecture
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Progress in Understanding the Genetic Basis of Mental Health
Benjamin Neale, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Professor, Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associated Researcher, Broad Institute
Benjamin Neale, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical SchoolAssociate Professor, Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associated Researcher, Broad Institute
- Lecture
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CANCELED: Escaping the Curse of Dimensionality
János Pach, Ph.D.Professor , Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Institute of Science and Technology Austria
János Pach, Ph.D.Professor , Alfréd Rényi Institute of MathematicsMoscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Institute of Science and Technology Austria
- Lecture
CANCELED: Plasma, Plasma, Burning Bright
Amitava Bhattacharjee, Ph.D.Head of Theory Department, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University
Amitava Bhattacharjee, Ph.D.Head of Theory Department, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University - Lecture