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Milestones and Prizes

Congratulations to John Pardon on winning the New Horizons in Mathematics Prize for important results in geometry and topology, particularly in the field of symplectic geometry and pseudo-holomorphic curves, which are certain types of smooth surfaces in manifolds.

From Billiard Dynamics to Riemann Surfaces

From Billiard Dynamics to Riemann Surfaces. By Samuel Grushevsky Teichmuller Dynamics via Algebraic Geometry

Random Paths and Purpose: A Conversation with Scott Sheffield

Random Paths and Purpose: A Conversation with Scott Sheffield. Interview by Evita Nestoridi

Random Paths to Quantum Field Theory

Random Paths to Quantum Field Theory. By Antti Kupiainen
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John Pardon Awarded the New Horizons in Mathematics Prize
Uppsala University, Sweden, Awards Prestigious Honorary Doctorate to Dr. Nikita Nekrasov
The Simons Center Congratulates Board of Trustee Chairman Yakov Eliashberg, co-recipient of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, along with Professor Claire Voisin
Nikita Nekrasov Awarded 2023 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics

The SCGP Seeks Tenured Physics Professor (Permanent Faculty Member)

The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook University seeks applications for one Tenured Professor position in Theoretical Physics; this candidate will also be Tenured Professors at the YITP/Department of Physics and Astronomy. The search is open to outstanding candidates in any field of theoretical physics, ranging from Quantum Gravity to Condensed Matter … Read more

The SCGP Seeks Tenured Mathematics Professor (Permanent Faculty Member)

The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook University seeks applications for one Tenured Professor position in Mathematics; the candidate will also be a Tenured Professor at the Mathematics department. The search is open to outstanding candidates in the area of geometry understood in a broad sense and related areas. The applicant does … Read more

New Geometric structures in holography and string theory: March 8-12, 2027

Organized by: Nikolay Bobev (KU Leuven) Michela Petrini (Sorbonne University) Silviu Pufu (Princeton University) Henning Samtleben (ENS Lyon) Oscar Varela (Utah State) Geometric techniques like generalized geometry and exceptional field theory provide a powerful formalism that efficiently describes the low-energy regime of string theory. Modern QFT methods like the bootstrap program, supersymmetric localization and advances … Read more

The SCGP seeks Research Assistant Professors/Postdocs for Fall 2026

The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics has openings for Research Assistant Professors (Postdocs) in the coming academic year. These are three-year, fixed term positions with an expected start date of September 1, 2026. Stony Brook University’s Simons Center for Geometry and Physics is an endowed research organization devoted to furthering fundamental knowledge in geometry and … Read more

Stony Brook Lectures in Algebraic Geometry by Olivier Benoist (DMA ENS, Paris)

Stony Brook Lectures in Algebraic Geometry Speaker: Olivier Benoist (DMA ENS, Paris) Lecture Series Title: Sums of squares and algebraic cycles Lecture 1: Tuesday, October 28 at 4:00pm, SCGP Room 102 Title: Hilbert’s 17th Problem and Hodge Theory Lecture 2: Wednesday, October 29 at 4:00pm, SCGP Room 102 Title: The Optimality of Pfister’s Bound and the Wu Relations … Read more

Conference: Unsettling Intelligences: Politics of Reason through Art and AI

The Future Histories Studio at Stony Brook University and Guggenheim New York are collaborating to present a day-long symposium on October 24 at the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics. This conference explores urgent questions at the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the human, and is co-organized by Noam Segal, LG Electronics Associate … Read more

Concert Performance by Colin Carr (cello) and Kyungwha Chu (piano)

The Simons Center Art and Outreach program is pleased to present a special performance, open to the public: Colin Carr cello Kyungwha Chu piano Wednesday, November 12, at 5:30pm Della Pietra Family Auditorium, Room 103 Beethoven Sonata no. 3 in A major Allegro ma non tanto Scherzo: Allegro molto Adagio cantabile – Allegro vivace Franck … Read more

Columbia/Stony Brook Probability Day

Columbia University, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook University Mathematics Department: Probability Day Organized by Ivan Corwin (Columbia) and Evita Nestoridi (Stony Brook) Schedule of talks *All talks will take place in SCGP Room 102* 11:00am – 12:00pm Speaker: Mehtaab Sawhney (Columbia; Clay Mathematics Institute) Title: Hitting time mixing for the random transposition … Read more

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