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
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
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/
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
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
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
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
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
UPDATE Wednesday, October 31st The Hyper Kahler Geometry Workshop will be held in the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Lecture Hall 102 beginning at 9:30 am. The SCGP Cafe will be serving breakfast and lunch. All other activity in the Center is to be determined, please check back for updates. Earlier Message: Due … Read more
