What Can Big Data Teach Us About Society and About Ourselves? Jon Kleinberg is the Tisch University Professor in the Departments of Computer Science and Information Science at Cornell University. His research focuses on issues at the interface of networks and information, with an emphasis on the social and information networks that underpin the Web … Read more
UNIVERSE OR MULTIVERSE? Andrei Linde studied physics at Moscow State University, was a member at CERN and is currently a Professor of Physics at Stanford University. He is an author of more than 250 papers on particle physics, phase transitions and cosmology. As a founding author of the inflationary universe scenario, he has written … Read more
Simons Center Auditorium, February 19th at 5:30PM 5:30 PM – Reception 6:00 PM – Introduction, by Melissa F. Clarke 6:05 PM – First Presentation, by Melissa F. Clarke and Genevieve Hoffman 6:30 PM – Second Presentation, by Frank O. Nitsche 6:50 PM – Third Presentation, Adam Harvey 7:10 PM – Fourth Presentation, Shimpei Takeda Materializing Information … Read more
Join us at the SCGP Café for an extra special lunch, bring your coworker, colleague, a loved one, or come and meet a friend and share our “anything cuisine”: the magic that happens when you combine fresh, high quality ingredients, prepared with skill and served with LOVE! Extended Lunch Hours: 11:30 – … Read more
February 12, 2013 – 6 pm pre-lecture reception in gallery 5:30 pm Lecture by Ethno-Mathematician and Author of African Fractals Ron Eglash, Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute February 20, 2013 – 6 pm pre-lecture reception in gallery 5:30 pm Artist-in-Residence: Saya Woolfalk will give a talk about her work and residency. She will be working on campus … Read more
Please join us for the dedication of UMBILIC TORUS BY HELAMAN FERGUSON Thursday October 25, 2012 6 pm Math/Physics Plaza Stony Brook University A reception and lecture by Helaman and Claire Ferguson will follow in the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics The “Umbilic Torus SC” as it will be for the next … Read more
