Please Join Us This Tuesday Evening for a Special Performance by the QuadrATOMIC Saxophone Quartet
Tuesday May 15th, 2012 7:00pm Wine and Cheese Reception8:00pm QuadrATOMIC Saxophone Quartet Performance in the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics Auditorium, Room 103 Biography QuadrATOMIC Saxophone Quartet brings a refreshing sound and attitude to the world of chamber music through their passion for playing and presenting music to new audiences. Formed in 2009, … Read more
The SCGP Cafe Hosts a Transit of Venus Wine and Cheese Event – June 2012
Transit of Venus Wine and Cheese Tuesday, June 5th, 2012 5:30pm Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook University Enjoy fine wines from Jamesport vineyard expertly paired with locally sourced cheeses by Chef Paolo while gazing at Venus from the Cafe’s outdoor eating area. $55 per person, cash and credit accepted at the door. … Read more
Algebraic Topology, Field Theory and Strings 5/21/12 – 5/25/12
Organized by Dan Freed, Constantin Teleman and Greg Moore This final workshop of the Algebraic Topology with Applications to Physics program presents recent ideas at the interfaces of topology, higher algebraic structures, representation theory, quantum field theory, and integrable systems.
String Theory for Mathematicians 5/14/12 – 5/18/12
“In this workshop, we will bring algebraic geometers and string theorists together to discuss these topics and identify new topics of common interest. We particularly hope to attract algebraic geometers who have not actively worked on string-related topics before, and to this end the workshop will include a series of introductory lectures for mathematicians, one … Read more
Ari Pakman – Fast Penalized State-space Methods for Inferring Dendritic Synaptic Connectivity, 05/01/2012
Speaker: Ari Pakman (Columbia University) Title: Fast Penalized State-space Methods for Inferring Dendritic Synaptic Connectivity When: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 Time: 11:30 am Where: Simons Center, Lecture Hall 102 Abstract: We present fast methods for filtering voltage measurements and performing optimal inference of the location and strength of synaptic connections in large dendritic trees. Given noisy, subsampled … Read more
When Physics meets Biology
William Bialek, Princeton University, is one of the pioneers in the field of Biophysics. His achievements span from Computational Biology to Neuroscience and Information Theory. As the speaker for the second Della Pietra Lecture Series he explains to a packed crowd what this cross-cutting discipline is about.
Dr. Jeffrey Weeks to give a series of Della Pietra Lectures at the SCGP – May 3rd and 4th
On Thursday, May 3rd and Friday, May 4th free-lance Mathematician Dr. Jeffrey Weeks will deliver three talks for the Della Pietra Lecture Series at the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook University. The capstone talk of this series “The Shape of Space,” will be held on Thursday, May 3rd at 7:00 pm in … Read more
Ludwig Krinner – A Neural Network Model of Working Memory
Speaker: Ludwig Krinner Title: A Neural Network Model of Working Memory When: Thursday, April 26th, 2012 Time: ??? Where: Simons Center PDF of presentation
String Phenomenology, April 23rd – 27th, 2012
Organized by Mike Douglas, Gordon Kane and Dave Morrison String phenomenology is the field which attempts to make contact between string theory and “real world” physics such as experiments at particle colliders, cosmology and astroparticle physics. Especially after the duality revolution of the 90’s, major progress has been made towards constructing string models which reproduce … Read more