Events and Activities

Explore current and upcoming events and activities happening at the Institute for Advanced Study.

Oct
26
2026

Seminar on OpenAI's 722 Manuscripts

The Nearby Lagrangian Conjecture: A Start
9:30am|Simonyi 101

The nearby Lagrangian conjecture asks whether every closed exact Lagrangian in the cotangent bundle of a closed manifold is Hamiltonian isotopic to the zero section. Although relatively few results on this conjecture are known, some progress has...

Oct
26
2026

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

Sharp Bounds for the “Graph” Cholwa Cosine Problem
Julian Sahasrabudhe
11:00am|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

Last year there were two sensational and independent breakthroughs on the Chowla cosine problem, each giving polynomial bounds for the first time. One by Bedert who used a very clever, but more “direct” Fourier argument. On the other hand, the other...

Oct
26
2026

IAS CMP/QFT Group Meeting

Bonus Anomalies
11:00am|Bloomberg Lecture Hall (IAS)

Abstract: We will discuss symmetries of lattice systems that impose Lieb–Schultz–Mattis–type constraints despite having a vanishing anomaly index. We will focus on quantum spin chains and symmetries generated by finite-depth Clifford circuits. This...

Oct
26
2026

Princeton University LFTP Seminar

The Nanohertz Gravitational-Wave Sky: Status and Prospects from Pulsar Timing Arrays
Matt Miles
12:30pm|Jadwin Hall, 4th Floor, LFPT Space

Abstract: Pulsar Timing Arrays (PTAs) are galaxy-sized gravitational-wave detectors built from the extraordinarily stable rotation of millisecond pulsars, designed to observe and understand the gravitational-wave universe at nanohertz frequencies...

Oct
26
2026

Members' Colloquium

Symplectic Dreams
2:00pm|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

I will discuss the interplay between rigidity and flexibility in symplectic dynamics, a topic that has fascinated me for much of my adult life.   I understand the situation in low-dimensions much better, and this will be the focus of my talk, but I...

Oct
26
2026

Joint IAS/PU Arithmetic Geometry

Toward Quasi-classical Fundamental Local Equivalence.
Ivan Loseu
3:30pm|Princeton University, Fine Hall 224

Fundamental Local Equivalence of Gaitsgory and Lurie is an instance of quantum local geometric Langlands correspondence. It asserts an equivalence between the affine category $O$ and the category of twisted Whittaker $D$-modules on the affine flag...