Simons Lecture Series

2020 Lectures

2020 Simons Lectures have been postponed until further notice

Bhargav Bhatt

University of Michigan

April 1, 2, 3 2020

Room 2-190

$p$-adic Hodge Theory and Applications

  • Lecture 1:
    What is $p$-adic Hodge theory?
  • Lecture 2:
    Applications to algebraic geometry
  • Lecture 3:
    Connections to algebraic topology

Cynthia Dwork

Harvard University

April 21, 23, 24 2020

Room 2-190

Theory for Society

  • Lecture 1:
    Differential privacy
  • Lecture 2:
    Preserving validity in exploratory data analysis
  • Lecture 3:
    Building the foundations of algorithmic fairness
Simons Lecture Poster 2019
Simons Lecture Poster 2019

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