Simons Physics Summer Workshop

Welcome to the webpage of the Simons Physics Summer Workshop

This annual workshop began in 2003 and has been a feature of the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook since 2008. The Center’s mission is to develop the interaction of geometry in the broadest sense with theoretical physics, and is rooted in a long tradition of engagement between Mathematics and Physics here at Stony Brook, and ultimately in the centuries-long history of these two fields. The Stony Brook tradition is exemplified by the joint ITP-Math seminars initiated by Jim Simons and Frank Yang in the 1970’s; these stimulated interest worldwide in the mathematics of gauge theories.

We are also proud to announce the inauguration of the Simons Math Summer Workshop on August 7, 2023.  For more information on the first Simons Math Summer Workshop, please visit: https://scgp.stonybrook.edu/archives/39185

21st Simons Physics Summer Workshop: July 29- August 16, 2024

Scientific Organizer: Cumrun Vafa (Harvard), Local Organizer: Martin Rocek (CN Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics) The Simons Physics Summer Workshop is the Sixteenth conducted by the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook and the twenty-first in the series Simons Physics Summer Workshops. The theme of this workshop will be Landscapia—the landscape of … Read more

2022 Simons Summer Workshop: July 25 – August 12, 2022

Scientific Organizer: Cumrun Vafa (Harvard), Local Organizer: Martin Rocek (CN Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics) This Workshop is the fourteenth conducted by the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook and the nineteenth in the series Simons Summer Workshops. This year’s summer workshop will focus on Diverse Facets of String Theory. String theory … Read more

Simons Summer Workshop: Strings and Geometry July 12 – August 6, 2021

If you would like to participate via zoom please email contact@scgp.stonybrook.edu. Scientific organizer: Cumrun Vafa (Harvard)Local organizer: Martin Rocek (CN Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics) This Workshop is the thirteenth conducted by the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook and the eighteenth in the series Simons Summer Workshops. This year’s summer workshop … Read more

Canceled Simons Summer Workshop: Strings and Geometry July 13 – August 7, 2020

Due to the current pandemic, Stony Brook University will remain closed throughout the 2020 summer. The Simons Summer Workshop 2021 will run from July 12-August 6. Scientific organizer: Cumrun Vafa Local organizer: Martin Rocek This Workshop is the thirteenth conducted by the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook and the eighteenth in … Read more

Simons Summer Workshop: Cosmology and String Theory July 15 – August 9, 2019

Scientific organizers: Marilena Loverde and Cumrun Vafa, Local organizer: Martin Rocek   This Workshop is the twelfth conducted by the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook and the seventeenth in the series Simons Summer Workshops. This year’s summer workshop will focus on cosmology and its realization in string theory.  We review the … Read more

Simons Summer Workshop: July 16 – August 10, 2018

  This Workshop is the eleventh conducted by the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook and the Sixteenth in the series Simons Summer Workshops. One of the predictions of string theory is that certain apparently consistent quantum field theories cannot be consistently coupled to quantum gravity—they do not arise from consistent string … Read more

Simons Summer Workshop: July 17 – August 11, 2017

This Workshop is the tenth conducted by the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook and the fifteenth in the series Simons Summer Workshops. This year’s Summer Workshop will focus on strings and QFT without supersymmetry, including non-supersymmetric vacuum constructions in string theory, dualities in nonsupersymmetric theories in 3 and other dimensions, issues … Read more

Simons Summer Workshop: July 5 to July 29, 2016

This Workshop is the ninth conducted by the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook and the fourteenth in the series Simons Summer Workshops. This year’s summer workshop will focus on the role of topology in physics with particular emphasis in recent exciting developments in the context of condensed matter systems as well … Read more

Simons Summer Workshop 2015: July 20 to August 14, 2015

We are pleased to announce the 2015 Summer Simons Workshop in Mathematics and Physics from July 20 to August 14. This workshop is the eighth conducted by the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook and the thirteenth in the series Simons Summer Workshops. The Centers mission is to develop the interaction of … Read more

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