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   

Stony Brook University Art Crawl: May 2018

Join us for a Free Guided Tour of the Art Galleries on the Stony Brook University Campus! Thursday, May 3, 3-5 pm The Simons Center Gallery is pleased to participate in Stony Brook University’s Spring 2018 Art Crawl on Thursday, May 3 from 3-5 pm. The free tour of campus art galleries begins at 3pm … Read more

Holomorphic Differentials in Mathematics and Physics: February 4 – 8, 2019

  Organized by Jayadev Athreya, Steve Bradlow, Sergei Gukov, Andy Neitzke, Anna Wienhard, and Anton Zorich   Holomorphic differentials on Riemann surfaces have long held a distinguished place in low dimensional geometry, dynamics and representation theory. Recently it has become apparent that they constitute a common feature of several other highly active areas of current … Read more

Convergence and Low Regularity in General Relativity: April 29-May 3, 2019

Workshop: Convergence and Low Regularity in General Relativity April 29-May 3, 2019 Organized by: Philippe LeFloch, Jeff Jauregui, Mike Anderson, Christina Sormani To truly address the many open questions that persist in Mathematical General Relativity, one cannot restrict oneself to smooth metrics and strong notions of convergence.   One must apply Lebesgue, Sobolev, Sormani-Wenger Intrinsic … Read more

Mini-course by Paul Wiegmann: Selberg Integrals and Their Applications to Conformal Field Theory, Quantum Hall Effect and Hydrodynamics.

First lecture: May 8, 2018, 2:15pm-3:30pm in SCGP Room 313 Full schedule of following lectures can be found below:   Paul Wiegmann (University of Chicago) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wiegmann   Title: Selberg integrals and their applications to conformal field theory, quantum Hall effect and hydrodynamics. Abstract: Seemingly different phenomena such as quantum Hall effect, superfluids, instabilities in hydrodynamics, models … Read more

Juan Maldacena Awarded Lorentz Medal

The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics wishes to congratulate our Trustee Juan Maldacena: Juan Maldacena, Carl P. Feinberg Professor in the School of Natural Sciences, at the Institute for Advanced Study, has been awarded the Lorentz Medal for his innovative work in theoretical physics. Over the past two decades, Maldacena has made major contributions to … Read more

Nonequilibrium Physics in Biology: December 3 – 7, 2018

Organized by: Jin Wang, Ken Dill, Michael Douglas, Jose Onuchic The aim of this workshop is to bring together leading researchers from around the world to discuss current progress in uncovering emergent phenomena and design principles that allow living systems to function, develop and evolve under nonequilibrium conditions. It will be organized to encourage discussion … Read more