Simons Lecture Series

2019 Lectures

Alexander Barvinok

Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan

April 24, 25, 26, 2019

Research interests: computational complexity and algorithms in algebra, geometry, and combinatorics

Combinatorics, complexity and complex zeros of partition functions

  • Lecture 1: Wednesday, April 24, 2019

    How (and why) we compute really big polynomials

    Lecture Video

  • Lecture 2: Thursday, April 25, 2019

    More examples from combinatorics and statistical physics

    Lecture Video

  • Lecture 3: Friday, April 26, 2019

    Computational complexity and physics: diverging paths?

    Lecture Video

June Huh

Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University

April 29, 30, May 1, 2019

Research interests: geometry, topology, and combinatorics of algebraic varieties

Lorentzian polynomials

  • Lecture 1: Monday, April 29, 2019

    The space of Lorentzian polynomials

    Lecture Video

  • Lecture 2: Tuesday, April 30, 2019

    Discrete convexity and continuous convexity: a tropical connection

    Lecture Video

  • Lecture 3: Wednesday, May 1, 2019

    Hodge-Riemann relations for Potts model partition functions and other examples

    Lecture Video

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