SCGP Fall 2013 Newsletter
The Simons Center is pleased to announce fall 2013 newsletter. See below to find out what’s been happening at the Center! Click here for SCGP Fall 2013 Newsletter
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Mini-school on K-stability, December 6th 2013
On Friday December 6th the Stony Brook Math Department is organizing a “Mini-school on K-stability”, which will be held in the Simons Center Lecture Hall, Room 102. For further details, and a full list of talks, please visit: http://www.math.sunysb.edu/AlgebraicGeometry/Kstability.html
SCGP Weekly Talks: Kristan Jensen, YITP
Title: A primer to Anomalies and Hydrodynamics Speaker: Kristan Jensen, YITP Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 Time: 1:00pm – 2:30pm Place: Lecture Hall 102, Simons Center [box, type=”download”]Watch the video.[/box] Abstract: In the spring of next year, there will be a program and two workshops at the Simons Center devoted to recent developments … Read more
Simons Center Congratulates Jim and Marilyn Simons on their receipt of the 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy.
The faculty and staff of the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics wish to congratulate Jim and Marilyn Simons on their receipt of the 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. To learn more about their award, please visit: http://www.carnegiemedals.org/
“Trees, loops and precision QCD”: A Symposium Inspired by the 1984 J.J. Sakurai Prize, December 6th, 2013
On Friday December 6th, YITP in conjunction with the SCGP will host, “Trees, loops and precision QCD”: A symposium inspired by the 1984 J.J. Sakurai Prize 2:00pm – 5:30pm, SCGP Room 103 Speakers: Lance Dixon: “Scattering amplitudes: the story of loops and legs” Stefan Hoeche: “From amplitudes to experiments” Nima Arkani-Hamed: “From Old Physics to … Read more
SCGP/SBU Topology/Geometry Seminar: Richard Bamler, Princeton
Title: There Are Finitely Many Surgeries in Perelman’s Ricci Flow Speaker: Richard Bamler Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 Time: 4:00pm – 5:30pm Place: Lecture Hall 102, Simons Center [box, type=”download”]Watch the video. View the Slides. [/box] Abstract: Although the Ricci flow with surgery has been used by Perelman to solve the Poincaré and … Read more
Interactive Workshops with Artist in Residence, Bill Duffy
Sign up for evening workshops! Artist Demonstration daily at the Simons Center Gallery, Monday -Friday, 11 am -2 pm. The sculptor William Duffy will create a figurative “Sphere” object using a wax modeling technique during his residency at the SCGP Gallery. The public is invited to participate in, watch and learn about the development stages … Read more
Topological Phases of Matter Program: Rahul Roy, UCLA
Title: The Role of Space Group Symmetries in Many Body Interacting Systems Speaker: Rahul Roy, UCLA Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm Place:Seminar Room 313, Simons Center [box, type=”download”]Watch the video. [/box] Abstract I will discuss the constraints placed by space group symmetries in two and three dimensions on the … Read more
Topology Seminar: R. Inanc Baykur, “Topological Complexity of Symplectic 4-manifolds and Stein Fillings”
Title: Topological Complexity of Symplectic 4-manifolds and Stein Fillings Speaker: R. Inanc Baykur Date: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center Abstract: Following the ground-breaking works of Donaldson and Giroux, Lefschetz pencils and open books have become central tools in the study of symplectic 4-manifolds and contact 3-manifolds. An open question at … Read more