talks
Della Pietra Lecture Series Presents Professor Tadashi Tokieda (Cambridge University) February 8-10, 2016
General Public Lecture Date: NOTE: Due to inclement weather, this event has been rescheduled for Tuesday, February 9, 2016 Wine and Cheese Reception: 5:00 pm, Simons Center Lobby and Art Gallery Lecture: 6:00 pm, Simons Center Auditorium, Room 103 Title: “Science from a sheet of paper” Abstract: Starting from just a sheet of paper, by folding, … Read more
Spring 2016 – Seminar Series “Mathematics and Physics of Calogero-Moser-Sutherland systems”
Organized by: Nikita Nekrasov, Alexander Turbiner and Alexander Abanov Timing: Spring 2016 Abstract: Calogero-Moser-Sutherland many-body systems arose originally in the 1970’s simultaneously in Nuclear Physics, Mathematical Physics and Solid State Physics. Since then they were found in some incarnations in diverse branches of physics and mathematics such as the theory of quantum Hall effect, Yang-Mills … Read more
SCGP Weekly Talks – Spring 2016
Organized by Alexander Abanov SCGP Weekly Talks is a colloquium style series of talks aimed at all members and visitors of the Simons Center and the more general math and physics community on Stony Brook campus. The regular time and place for the talks are Tuesday, 1pm. During the workshops at the Center the talks … Read more
Fall 2015 – Seminar Series: Mathematics and Physics of Calogero-Moser-Sutherland systems.
Organized by: Nikita Nekrasov, Alexander Turbiner and Alexander Abanov. Timing: Spring 2015/Fall 2015 Abstract: Calogero-Moser-Sutherland many-body systems arose originally in the 1970’s simultaneously in Nuclear Physics, Mathematical Physics and Solid State Physics. Since then they were found in some incarnations in diverse branches of physics and mathematics such as the theory of quantum Hall effect, … Read more
SCGP Weekly Talks – Fall 2015
Organized by Alexander Abanov SCGP Weekly Talks is a colloquium style series of talks aimed at all members and visitors of the Simons Center and the more general math and physics community on Stony Brook campus. The regular time and place for the talks are Tuesday, 1pm. During the workshops at the Center the talks are … Read more
Della Pietra Lecture Series Presents Dr. Bonnie Bassler (Princeton University) October 1-2 2015
General Public Lecture Thursday, October 1, 2015 Wine and Cheese Reception: 5:00 pm, Simons Center Lobby and Art Gallery Lecture: 5:45 pm, Simons Center Auditorium, Room 103 Title: “How Bacteria Talk To Each Other” Abstract: Bacteria communicate with one another using small chemical molecules that they release into the environment. These molecules travel from cell … Read more
Seminar in Topology and Symplectic Geometry
Seminar in Topology and Symplectic Geometry Fall 2015, Location Math Tower 5-127 or SCGP 313, Thursday 1PM: (09/03/2015) Michael Sullivan, UMass (Amherst) Legendrian invariants constructed using regular cell decompositions of surfaces, (09/10/2015) N/A N/A (09/17/2015) Kenji Fukaya, Simons Center, Stony Brook SO(3)-Floer homology of 3-manifolds with boundary (09/24/2015) Marco Farinati, Universidad de Buenos Aires Link … Read more
Geometry of Quantum Hall States: April 18, 2016 – June 17, 2016
Geometry of Quantum Hall States Organized by Sasha Abanov, Tankut Can, Anton Kapustin, and Paul Wiegmann April 18, 2016 – June 17, 2016 The quantum Hall effect (QHE) is a fascinating and important phenomenon. Since its experimental discovery in the early 80’s the QHE continues to fuel work in experimental physics, metrology, fundamental theoretical physics … Read more