Graduate Workshop on Topological Quantum Field Theory: September 14 – 18, 2015

Dates: September 14-18, 2015 Organized by: Anton Kapustin and Alexander Kirillov Topological Quantum Field Theory (TQFT) was first introduced by Witten at the end of 1980s as physical theory. It was immediately followed by an avalanche of works by many authors, both mathematicians and physicists, among them Atiyah, Reshetikhin and Turaev, Segal,.. who showed TQFT … Read more

Collapsing Calabi-Yau Manifolds: August 31 – September 4, 2015

Organizers: Radu Laza, Valentino Tosatti, Mark Gross, and Simon Donaldson Dates: August 31 – September 4, 2015 This workshop is organized in connection to the SCGP program on Moduli spaces and singularities in algebraic and Riemannian geometry. The main topic is the Riemannian collapsing and large complex structure limits of Calabi-Yau manifolds. This is a … Read more

Manfred Mohr: Pioneer of Algorithmic Art- Sept. 10 through Nov. 12, 2015

Manfred Mohr: Pioneer of Algorithmic Art Sept. 10 – Nov. 12, 2015 On view in the Simons Center Gallery Curated by Lorraine Walsh The Simons Center Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of work by Manfred Mohr, an internationally acclaimed pioneer of digital art. After discovering Prof. Max Bense’s information aesthetics in the … Read more

Physics and mathematics of knot homologies: June 1 – 5, 2015

Organized by Eugene Gorsky, Sergei Gukov, Mikhail Khovanov, Vivek Shende, and Piotr Sulkowski Dates: June 1 – 5, 2015 The aim of this workshop is to exchange current ideas in physics and mathematics related to knot homologies. Intimate relations between knots and physics, found around 25 years ago in the seminal work by Witten, grew … Read more

Supermoduli Workshop: May 18 – 22, 2015

Organized by Ron Donagi, Samuel Grushevsky, Sheldon Katz, and Edward Witten Dates: May 18 – 22, 2015 The goal of the workshop is to catalyze rapid development of the extension to super Riemann surfaces of the theory of Riemann surfaces and their moduli. We plan to bring together mathematicians and physicists working on Riemann surfaces … Read more

SCGP Seeks Research Assistant Professors (Postdocs) for Fall 2014

Stony Brook University, home to many highly ranked graduate research programs, is located 60 miles from New York City on Long Island’s scenic North Shore. Our 1,100-acre campus is home to 24,000 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students and more than 13,500 faculty and staff. The University is a member of the prestigious Association of American … Read more

“Euclid’s Kiss”: Geometric Sculpture of George Hart

Euclid’s Kiss: Geometric Sculpture of George Hart   OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 12 5:00pm – Wine and Cheese Reception 5:30pm – Lecture by Artist George Hart This event is free and open to the public   The beauty of mathematics has been a source of artistic inspiration at least since the time of Euclid, with … Read more