Events and Activities

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

May
12
2026

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar II

Informal Talk on the Quantum Soundness of the Low (individual) Degree Test: Part II
10:30am|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

A common tool in the construction of probabilistically checkable proofs is low degree encodings. Babai, Fortnow and Lund proved the local testability of the individual low degree code, and used it to provide a multi-prover interactive proof (MIP)...

May
18
2026

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

Shuffling is Universal: Statistical Additive Randomized Encodings for All Functions
Nir Bitansky
11:00am|West Lecture Hall and Remote Access

The shuffle model is a widely used abstraction for non-interactive anonymous communication. It allows $n$ parties holding private inputs $x_1,\dots,x_n$ to simultaneously send messages to an evaluator, so that the messages are received in a random...

Jun
08
2026

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

Random Geometric Graphs
Aleksa Milojević
11:00am|Simonyi Classroom 114

The random geometric graph Geo_d(n,p) is a probability distribution over graphs, constructed by placing n points uniformly on a d-dimensional sphere and connecting two points whenever they are sufficiently close — where the proximity threshold is...