Simons Lecture Series

The Department of Mathematics annually presents the Simons Lecture Series to celebrate the most exciting mathematical work by the very best mathematicians of our time. The format of this lecture series has evolved since its inception in 1999, and now includes two weeks of lectures— one in pure mathematics and the other in applied mathematics— given each spring.

We are grateful to our good friend Jim Simons for providing the financial backing of these lectures.

2024 Lectures

Elon Lindenstrauss

Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Einstein Institute of Mathematics

February 13, 14, 15 2024

4:30pm, Room 2-190

Reception: 4pm, 2-290

Rigidity in Homogeneous Dynamics

Lecture 1:
Rigidity of unipotent flows and quantitative equidistribution
Lecture Video
Lecture 2:
Rigidity of higher rank diagonalizable action
Lecture Video
Lecture 3:
Time change rigidity of unipotent flows
Lecture Video

Lenka Zdeborova

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

April 23, 24, 25 2024

4:30pm, Room 2-190

Reception: 4pm, 2-290

Computation through the lens of spin glasses

Lecture 1:
Phase transitions in computational problems
Lecture Video
Lecture 2:
Inference, learning and optimization in complex landscapes I
Lecture Video
Lecture 3:
Inference, learning and optimization in complex landscapes II
Lecture Video