In this issue of the Newsletter

Milestones and Prizes

From Billiard Dynamics to Riemann Surfaces

Random Paths and Purpose: A Conversation with Scott Sheffield





Organized by: Elena Giorgi (Columbia University) Alexandru Ionescu (Princeton University) Avy Soffer (Rutgers University) Maxime Van de Moortel (Rutgers University) This workshop will bring together leaders in the fields of Hyperbolic & Dispersive PDEs and General Relativity. The latter group comprises influential figures from both Mathematics and Physics communities. Our overarching objective is two-fold: to … Read more
Wishing you good health, peace, and creativity throughout the New Year
The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics was honored to host celebrated author Dava Sobel last spring for the Della Pietra Lecture Series. Read More…
The 20th Simons Physics Summer Workshop (originally called the Simons Summer Workshop in Mathematics and Physics) was a celebration of the 19 successful workshops that preceded it. Read more…
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, 2024. Stony Brook University’s Simons Center for Geometry and Physics is an endowed research organization devoted to furthering fundamental knowledge in geometry … Read more
The Problem of Monopole Scattering. And It’s Modern Symmetry Resolution. By Marieke van Beest and Diego Delmastro, Research Assistant Professors, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook University
On Hyperkähler Geometry. By Ljudmila Kamenova, Research Associate Professor, Stony Brook University, Mathematics Department
Thursday October 19, 1:00pm in SCGP room 102 Speaker: Thomas Allison Title: Attosecond Optics and Attosecond Physics: the Good, the Bad, and the Maybe Abstract: In this lecture I will discuss the work recognized by this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, awarded to Pierre Agostini, Anne L’Huillier, and Ferenc Krausz for their pioneering work on … Read more
Stony Brook University Distinguished Professor and C.N. Yang/Wei Deng Endowed Chair Alexander Zamolodchikov has been named co-recipient of the 2024 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. He shares the award with John Cardy, All Souls College, University of Oxford, “For profound contributions to statistical physics and quantum field theory, with diverse and far-reaching applications in different … Read more
COSMIC RHYTHM and BANG Ander Mikalson and Katie Paterson September 21–December 8, 2023 Curated by Jillian McDonald The Simons Center Gallery Opening Reception: Thursday, November 9, 2023, 5:00 pm 5:00 pm: Reception, Simons Center Gallery and SCGP Lobby 5:30-6:30 pm: Artist Talk by Ander Mikalson, SCGP room 102 Title: “Score for the Big Bang” Abstract: … Read more