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 Lars Brink, Viatcheslav Mukhanov, and Nikita Nekrasov Dates: May 4 – 8, 2015 Fundamental Particle Physics and Cosmology are both at fascinating crossroads. With the start of the LHC at CERN, the world’s most advanced particle accelerator it has finally been possible to probe particle physics at far higher energies than before. Even … Read more
Title: Kuranishi Atlases Speaker: Dusa McDuff Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 Time: 2:30pm-3:30pm Place: Seminar Room 313, Simons Center [box, type=”download”]Watch the video. [/box] Abstract: I will explain how to construct a stratified smooth local Kuranishi chart near a genus zero nodal stable map, and the smoothness qualities of the associated isotropy group actions and coordinate changes. … Read more
Application for workshop is now closed. Organized by Krzysztof Gawedzki, Boris Khesin, and Paul Wiegmann Dates: May 19 – 23, 2014 Geometric and group-theoretic methods lie at the foundation of modern studies in hydrodynamics. Recent applications of fluid dynamics require understanding of fundamental symmetries of fluids and infinite-dimensional groups featured by hydrodynamical equations. The geometric and topological hydrodynamics is a … Read more
Application for workshop is now closed. May 12-16, 2014, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics Organizing Committee: Eduardo Gonzalez, University of Massachusetts at Boston, eduardo@math.umb.edu Chris Woodward, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, ctw@math.rutgers.edu Workshop Description: The focus of the workshop will be on new developments in Landau-Ginzburg mirrors of varieties with group action, quasimap and gauged … Read more
Application for workshop is now closed. Organized by Kenji Fukaya, Dusa McDuff, and John Morgan Dates: March 17 – 21, 2014 This workshop will study various constructions of the virtual moduli cycle with the aim of clarifying exactly how to count pseudoholomorphic curves. Mostly it will look at the simplest case: that of closed … Read more
PLEASE NOTE: In this year, its first year, the school will be by invitation only and is not open to the public. Organized by Andrew Millis Dates: June 9 – 13, 2014 The Simons Collaboration on the Many Electron Problem brings together scientists focused on developing new ways to solve the quantum mechanical equations governing … Read more
Join us for a beautiful lunch And a complimentary dessert Extended hours: 11:30am to 3:30pm Call 631-632-2881/ email : scgpcafe@gmail.com
During the Spring 2014 semester, Dusa McDuff will host a minicourse on Kuranishi Atlases, Thursdays at 11:45am in the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics Seminar Room, 313. These seminars are associated with the Spring 2014 program, Moduli Spaces of Pseudo-holomorphic curves and their applications to Symplectic Topology. Schedule, notes and videos can be accessed below: Download … Read more
Universal Synchrony Music, Volume 2 By Sarah Weaver Universal Synchrony Music (USM) is a cosmic multi-year telematic music project in collaboration with the NASA Kepler Mission and NASA ArtSpace exploring musical, technological, and metaphorical realizations of synchrony. Sunday April 6, 2014 4:00pmPDT Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford University, … Read more
The 2013-2014 Science Playwrighting Competition Winners Have Been Announced 1st Place Prize = Colin West, “Understanding” 2nd Place Prize = Bruce Futcher, “Searching for David” 3rd Place Prize = David Vazdauskas, “The Future Tells the Truth” Honorable Mention: Matt von Hippel, “Good Advice” Public staged readings to be held at the Simons Center on Wednesday April 30, 2014. Reception at 5:00pm, … Read more