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Feb
08
2026

The Big Game Watch Party

6:00pm|Rubenstein Commons

This event is open to Members, Faculty and Staff.
Please register to attend.

Feb
09
2026

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

Upper and Lower Bounds for the Linear Ordering Principle
Ilya Volkovich
11:00am|Simonyi Hall 101 and Remote Access

The Linear Ordering Principle (LOP) is a total search problem that generalizes the task of finding the minimum element of a given order to settings in which the order need not be total. Building on this, Korten and Pitassi (FOCS 2024) introduced the...

Feb
09
2026

IAS CMP/QFT Group Meeting

Higher Categories in Lattice QFTs
Jing-Yuan Chen
11:00am|Bloomberg Lecture Hall (IAS)

Abstract: Category theory has long been a standard language for TQFTs with discrete valued degrees of freedom (and more recently, for discrete generalized symmetries). Is the categorical perspective also useful for more ordinary problems in physics...

Feb
09
2026

IAS Phenomenology Lunch and Meet

Information Discussions on Phenomenology and New Theories beyond the Standard Model
12:30pm|Bloomberg Hall Biology Conference Room (1st Floor, Room 113)

This semester, we will be beginning a *very informal* get-together every Monday of people interested in/working on phenomenology and new theories beyond the standard model.  The idea is to discuss over lunch, perhaps meet up around 12.20, grab lunch...

Feb
09
2026

Princeton University Gravity Initiative Seminar

Decay estimates for massless Vlasov fields on subextremal Kerr spacetimes
Leo Bigorgne
12:30pm|Jadwin Hall, Princeton Gravity Initiative, 4th Floor

Abstract: We will present a commutation vector field approach for the solutions to the massless Vlasov equation on the exterior of a Schwarzschild spacetime, together with extensions to subextremal Kerr black holes. The approach satisfies two...

Feb
09
2026

Members' Colloquium

The P vs. NP Problem
Avi Wigderson
1:30pm|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

The P vs. NP problem was formulated about 50 years ago, and was chosen to be one of the seven Clay millenium problems 25 years ago. In this period our understanding of the depth, breadth and impact of the problem has changed dramatically. I plan to...

Feb
09
2026

IAS Joint SNS/SOM High Energy Theory Seminar

A Gapped Boundary of a Chiral Theory in 2+1d
Jeongwan Haah
2:30pm|Bloomberg Lecture Hall (IAS) & Zoom

Abstract: It is believed that topologically ordered gapped local Hamiltonians in 2+1d consisting of commuting terms may not realize a chiral anyon theory. There is even a formula that expresses the chiral central charge of the edge theory as an...