In this issue of the Newsletter

Ten Years in the SCGP and 3 + 4 = 7

By Sir Simon Donaldson Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics

Natural Language: Geometry and Physics

By Nikita Nekrasov Professor of Physics, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics. Founded in 1477, Uppsala University is the oldest university in Northern Europe. The tradition of conferring honorary degrees goes back to the same time yet a different place (Oxford University). It is a tremendous honor to join a long line of scholars linking the centers of knowledge mining and knowledge transfer throughout the globe. Read more…

A Word from the Directors: Remembering Jim

On May 10, 2024, James Harris Simons (Jim), passed away at the age of 86 in New York City. Jim’s lifelong passion for math and basic science were an inspiration … Read more

My Career in Physics. A Biographical Research Summary by Robert Shrock

C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics Distinguished Professor Robert Shrock details a brief history of his career in physics, including a collection of research results.

Mathematical Billiards and Related Topics. By Alfonso Sorrentino and Sergei Tabachnikov

Mathematical Billiards and Related Topics By Alfonso Sorrentino, University of Rome Tor Vergata and Sergei Tabachnikov, Pennsylvania State University   

Remote Workshop: Ending Inflation and the Hot Big Bang: November 19, 2021

Organized by: Peter Adshead (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Jonathan Heckman (University of Pennsylvania), Marilena Loverde (YITP), Patrick Meade (CN Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics), Scott Watson (Syracuse University) This workshop is aimed at filling the gap in our cosmic history – from the end of inflation to the beginning of big bang nucleosynthesis. The … Read more

Simons Center YouTube – Della Pietra Lecture Collection

The Simons Center’s popular science lecture series: “Della Pietra lecture series” are now available as a special collection on the Center’s YouTube channel. You can find it HERE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6pOFUNZzTMxqFKaRR53WvQ

Flexibility and rigidity in dynamical systems: March 7-11, 2022

Mini-courses by: François LedrappierKathryn MannRalf Spatzier Research talks by: Lei ChenBassam FayadDavid FisherAndrey GogolevSebastian Hurtado-SalazarAdam KanigowskiTamara KucherenkoThang NguyenRafael PotrieFederico Rodriguez HertzDennis SullivanKurt VinhageAmie Wilkinson This workshop was partially supported by NSF grant DMS-2154392

Geometry, Topology, and Symmetry in Soft and Living Matter: May 9-13 2022

Organized by: Oleg Gang (Chem. Eng. and APAM, Columbia University & CFN, Brookhaven National Lab), Miranda Holmes-Cerfon (Courant Institute, NYU), Karen Kasza (Mech. Eng., Columbia University), Alexei Tkachenko (CFN, Brookhaven National Lab) Soft Condensed Matter Physics is a rapidly changing field that interfaces with multiple disciplines, such as Chemistry, Biology, Nanomaterials, and even Social Sciences. … Read more

Dynamics of SCFTs and Special Functions

Organized by:  Shlomo Sergei Razamat and Masahito Yamazaki Recent years have seen significant progress in understanding the dynamics of supersymmetric quantum field theories in various space-time dimensions. This progress was partly due to the development of various localization techniques leading to exact computations of certain partition functions. Such computations can be expressed in terms of … Read more

Simons Summer Workshop: Strings and Geometry July 12 – August 6, 2021

If you would like to participate via zoom please email contact@scgp.stonybrook.edu. Scientific organizer: Cumrun Vafa (Harvard)Local organizer: Martin Rocek (CN Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics) This Workshop is the thirteenth conducted by the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook and the eighteenth in the series Simons Summer Workshops. This year’s summer workshop … Read more

Small Scale Dynamics in Fluid Motion: June 13-24, 2022

Organized by: Theodore D. Drivas (Stony Brook University), Tarek M. Elgindi (Duke University), Dennis Sullivan (Stony Brook University – Math) Turbulent flows are ubiquitous in the world around us; from trailing airplane wakes to swirling cream in our morning coffee. Despite its prevalence, basic mathematical questions about this complex non-linear phenomenon persist. The purpose of … Read more