In this issue of the Newsletter

Milestones and Prizes

From Billiard Dynamics to Riemann Surfaces

Random Paths and Purpose: A Conversation with Scott Sheffield

The C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics 50th Anniversary Symposium will be held from October 9-10, 2016 at the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics. For more information please visit the YITP website at http://insti.physics.sunysb.edu/itp/www/
The SCGP Café offers a series of cooking demonstrations by Executive Chef Paolo Fontana titled the Culinary Master Series. The idea for the classes stemmed from an introductory class proposed by SCGP Deputy Director, Alexander Abanov. The class proved to be so popular that the Café has expanded it to a series celebrating seasonal varieties. … Read more
Organized by: Chris Herzog, Vladimir Korepin and Bruno Nachtergaele. This workshop is organized in connection to the SCGP program on Entanglement and Dynamical Systems. Quantum entanglement is a continuing source of inspiration and progress in physics and mathematics that cuts across traditional boundaries separating different disciplines. In this workshop, we would like to bring together … Read more
Fall 2016 Art Crawls The Simons Center Gallery will be participating in the Fall 2016 Art Crawl, a free event with guided tours of Stony Brook University’s galleries. A variety of art will be exhibited, including work from international artists, Stony Brook students, and artists who work in math and the sciences. This is a … Read more
The Simons Center Art Program Lecture Series presents a talk by Laurie Anderson on Thursday, September 29, 2016 at 5:45 pm in the Simons Center Auditorium with a reception beginning at 5:00 pm in the SCGP Lobby. Tickets are no longer for sale; there will be a small quantity of tickets available at the front door. Remaining … Read more
The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics and the C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics are pleased to announce: The Winners of the Fourth Annual Science Playwriting Competition A Staged Reading of the Winning Plays, to be held Wednesday, November 2 The Fifth Annual Science Playwriting Competition Stony Brook University is at the forefront in … Read more
Reflections On How This All Came About: A Conversation with Simons Center Director John Morgan on how he became the Center’s Founding Director. Interview by Maria Shtilmark.
Conversation with Martin Hairer, Regius Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematics Department of the University of Warwickorganizer and sole organizer of the Simons Center workshop on Stochastic Partial Differential Equations.
The latest exciting edition of the Della Pietra Lecture Series was delivered by Professor Tadashi Tokieda, the Director of Studies in Mathematics at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and the Poincaré Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Stanford. By Maria Shtilmark Prof. Tokieda, who likes applying mathematics to physics, and also applying physics to mathematics, … Read more