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Roundtable for Math and Science Summer Programs: April 29 – May 1, 2022

Organized by:Elena Yakubovskaya, Stony Brook University, SigmaCamp,Alexander Kirillov, Stony Brook University, SigmaCamp,Marisa Debowsky, Canada/USA Mathcamp,Daniil Lukin, Stanford University, SigmaCamp,Dan Zaharopol, BEAM This workshop brings together organizers of advanced math and science summer programs for middle and high school students. This roundtable is geared towards the most pressing issues of post-pandemic return to in-person sessions, recruiting … Read more

The SCGP seeks Research Assistant Professors/Postdocs for Fall 2022

The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics has openings for four Research Assistant Professors (Postdocs) in the coming academic year, two in mathematics and two in physics. These are three-year, fixed term positions with an expected start date of September 1, 2022.  Stony Brook University’s Simons Center for Geometry and Physics is an endowed research … Read more

Mathematics Seminar

Talks by postdoctoral scholars at the SCGP, Stony Brook Mathematics department, and the IMS introducing the foundational concepts and questions in their fields. The talks will be at the level accessible to all other postdocs in all fields of mathematics. Organized by Olivier Martin and Fabian Lehmann Mondays: 2-3PM in SCGP room 313 unless otherwise … Read more

Fall 2021 Physics Seminar

The Physics Seminar will take place Wednesdays at 1:30 if you would like to receive the zoom link for the talks please fill out the application. Date Title Speaker Location Abstract 9/30 at 1:30 PM The Euclidean path integral in supergravity Gustavo Joaquin Turiaci 102 Abstract 10/6 at 1:30 PM Circuit Complexity in Topological Quantum … Read more

SCGP Postdoc Gabriel Cuomo receives the CHIPP Prize 2021

Last year, 2020, Gabriel Cuomo successfully defended his PhD thesis in theoretical particle physics at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). For this academic achievement, the Sicilian-born physicist, now a member of the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, received the Doctoral Students Award of the Swiss Institute of Particle Physics (CHIPP). The prize will … Read more

5d N=1 SCFTs and Gauge Theories on Brane Webs: October 17-21, 2022

Organized by Amihay Hanany, Marcus Sperling, Antoine Bourget and Julius Grimminger Five dimensional (5d) Lagrangian gauge theories are non-renormalizable, however many 5d N=1 supersymmetric gauge theories can be understood as effective infrared (IR) descriptions of 5d or 6d conformal fixed points in the ultraviolet (UV) under the renormalization group (RG) flow. Consequently, several questions need … Read more

‘Mosque Architecture and the Experience of the Islamic Sacred’

Lecture by Valérie Gonzalez, Research Associate at SOAS, University of London. Monday July 26 at 2:00pmSimons Center Della Pietra Family Auditorium, Room 103 Abstract: This presentation aims to introduce Islamic visual culture through an explanatory description of the forms, space and ornamental design of mosque architecture in diverse areas of the Muslim world, at different periods … Read more

SCGP News Volume XVI – Fall/Winter 2020

The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics is pleased to announce the latest issue of SCGP News, a biannual publication which reflects the Center’s mission, scientific activities and cultural events.

Chris Gerig Lecture Series

The following talks will be held at the Simons Center in Room 102. Live streaming is available for virtual participants here: https://scgp.stonybrook.edu/live Virtual Lecture 1: Wednesday 6/2312:00-13:00 EDT14:00-15:00 EDT 1) Introductory ECH and cobordism map difficultiesAbstract: In these two lectures I will introduce Embedded Contact Homology, a useful Floer theory for contact 3-manifolds, obtained by counting pseudoholomorphic curves … Read more