Supersymmetric Quantum Field Theories, Vertex Operator Algebras, and Geometry: March 17th – April 18th, 2025
Organized by: Tomoyuki Arakawa (Kyoto University) Christopher Beem (University of Oxford) Thomas Creutzig (University of Albert) Leonardo Rastelli (Stony Brook University) Brandon Rayhaun (Stony Brook University) Supersymmetric quantum field theories (SQFTs) have been intensely researched by both physicists and mathematicians for decades. For physicists, they furnish computationally and conceptually tractable models from which one may … Read more
Recent developments in higher genus curve counting: January 6 – February 28, 2025
Organized by: Qile Chen (Boston College) Felix Janda (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) Sheldon Katz (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) Melissa Liu (Columbia University) John Pardon (SCGP) Rachel Webb (Cornell University) Modern curve-counting theories were in part inspired by the work of physicists yet have active lives of their own as interesting and rich mathematical notions with … Read more
Random paths to QFT: New probabilistic approaches to field theory: October 14- November 22, 2024
Organized by: Denis Bernard (ENS, Paris) Massimiliano Gubinelli (University of Oxford) Antti Kuipianen (University of Helsinki) Nikita Nekrasov (SCGP) Remi Rhodes (Aix-Marseille University) In recent years, new probabilistic methods were developed to offer a rigorous approach to constructing Euclidean path integral measures for several interacting quantum field theories, including the Liouville theory in d=2 and … Read more
Happy Holidays from the Simons Center
Wishing you good health, peace, and creativity throughout the New Year
The Della Pietra Lecture Series Presents Dava Sobel
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…
Celebrating 20 Years: The Simons Summer Workshop
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…
Non-Hermitian topology, geometry and symmetry across physical platforms: September 23-27, 2024
Organizing by: Sayed Ali Akbar Ghorashi (Stony Brook University) Jennifer Cano (Stony Brook University Masatoshi Sato (Yukawa institute and Kyoto University) Titus Neupert (Zurich) Shinsei Ryu (Princeton) Over the last few years there has been a new resurrection of non-Hermitian physics across various fields in both classical and quantum physics, ranging from condensed matter, … Read more
Non-Hermitian topology, geometry and symmetry across physical platforms: September 3 – October 11, 2024
Organizing by: • Sayed Ali Akbar Ghorashi (Stony Brook University) • Jennifer Cano (Stony Brook University) • Masatoshi Sato (Yukawa institute and Kyoto University) • Titus Neupert (Zurich) • Shinsei Ryu (Princeton) Over the last few years there has been a new resurrection of non-Hermitian physics across various fields in both classical and quantum physics, … Read more
Applications of Generalized Symmetries and Topological Defects to Quantum Matter: September 9 – 13, 2024
Organizing by: • Lakshya Bhardwaj (University of Oxford) • Xie Chen (Caltech) • Wenjie Ji (Caltech) • Apoorv Tiwari (Neils Bohr Institute) • Xiao-Gang Wen (MIT) Symmetry is arguably the central pillar of theoretical physics. Its applications are ubiquitous, ranging from constraining the particle content of the Standard Model to underpinning Landau’s classification of phases … Read more
The SCGP seeks Research Assistant Professors/Postdocs for Fall 2024
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