Events and Activities

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

Apr
10
2026

Gourmet Dinner

6:00pm

Request a reservation.
Gourmet dinner is limited to Institute Members, Faculty, Staff, Friends of the Institute, and their guests.

Apr
13
2026

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

Catalytic Tree Evaluation from Matching Vectors
Seyoon Ragavan
11:00am|Simonyi Hall 101 and Remote Access

What is the relative computational power of time and space? Tree evaluation (TreeEval) has become a central problem in understanding this question, especially after its application by Williams (STOC 2025, IAS CSDM seminar 9/23/25) to prove a...

Apr
13
2026

Princeton University Gravity Initiative Seminar

Instabilities of near-extremal black branes
Alex Buchel
12:30pm|Jadwin Hall, Princeton Gravity Initiative, 4th Floor

Abstract: Extremal horizons (and associated emergent quantum criticality of the corresponding holographic models) receive strong quantum corrections at very low temperatures.  We point out that when such models are embedded in top-down holography...

Apr
13
2026

Members' Colloquium

The Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture: An Introduction and Review
Chris Skinner
1:30pm|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

This talk will recall the Birch--Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture and describe highlights of the progress towards it, both pre- and post-millennium.  This will largely be a repeat of the speaker's plenary talk from the 2025 Clay Research conference on the...

Apr
13
2026

Joint IAS/PU Arithmetic Geometry

Algebraic de Rham Cohomology in Mixed Characteristic
Marco D'Adezzio
3:30pm|Princeton University, Fine Hall 224

I will discuss new structural properties of the de Rham cohomology of smooth schemes over the ring of Witt vectors. The main technical input is the $F$-gauge structure on crystalline cohomology. First, I will explain the slope obstruction to the...

Apr
14
2026

Princeton University PCTS Workshop

Quantum Information/Simulation and Open Systems
8:00am|407 Jadwin Hall, 4th Floor, PCTS Seminar Room

Organizers: 
Dima Abanin, Waseem Bakr, Lawerence Cheuk, Sam Garratt, Sarang Gopalakerishnan, Nick O'Dea

Registration is free, but required, and you must be a current faculty member, researcher, or graduate student at an accredited institution to...