Simons Lecture Series
2014 Lectures
Daniel Spielman Yale University
March 12-14
4:30-5:30pm
Ramanujan graphs and the solution of the Kadison-Singer problem
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Lecture 1: March 12, Room E25-111
Sparsification of graphs and matrices
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Lecture 2: March 13, Room 3-270
The solution of the Kadison-Singer problem
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Lecture 3: March 14, Room 3-270
Ramanujan graphs of every degree
Ben Green University of Oxford
May 15-16
4:30-5:30pm
Finding algebraic structure in combinatorial problems
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Lecture 1: May 14, Room 54-100
Approximate groups and applications
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Lecture 2: May 15, Room 3-270
Linear equations and higher-order Fourier analysis
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Lecture 3: May 16, Room 3-270
Incidence geometry and cubic curves
Simons Lectures Over the Years
2024: Elon Lindenstrauss, Lenka Zdeborova
2022: Bhargav Bhatt, Cynthia Dwork
2020: (postponed) Bhargav Bhatt, Cynthia Dwork
2019: June Huh, Alexander Barvinok
2018: Stephen Boyd, Sylvia Serfaty
2017: Yuval Peres, Martin Hairer
2016: Michael P. Brenner, Maryam Mirzakhani (cancelled due to illness)
2015: Leslie Greengard, Laure Saint-Raymond
2014: Daniel Spielman, Ben Green
2013: Emmanuel Candès, Raphaël Rouquier
2012: Alexander Lubotzky, László Lovász
2011: Steven Strogatz, Manjul Bhargava
2010: Peter Winkler, Andrei Okounkov
2009: Étienne Ghys, Robert Shapire
2008: Peter Teichner, John Conway
2007: Terry Tao, David Donoho
2006: Akshay Venkatesh, Yves Couder
2005: Noga Alon, Nigel Hitchin
2004: Wendelin Werner
2003: Grigory Perelman
2002: Robert MacPherson
2001 Fall: Peter Shor
2001 Spring: Laurent Lafforgue