Events and Activities

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

Feb
24
2026

Joint IAS/PU Groups and Dynamics Seminar

Arithmetic on Markoff Surfaces
Daniel Martin
4:30pm|Simonyi 101

The generalized Markoff equation gives rise to a dynamical system via the Markoff group acting on the solution set. This talk considers the resulting dynamics over finite fields, which has strong connections with combinatorial group theory and...

Mar
02
2026

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

Color-avoiding Paths
Yuval Wigderson
11:00am|Simonyi Hall 101 and Remote Access

The very first result ever proved about tournaments is due to Rédei, who nearly 100 years ago proved that every tournament contains a Hamiltonian directed path. Since then, questions and results about directed paths in tournaments have become a...

Mar
03
2026

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar II

VC Dimensions and Regularity
Yuval Wigderson
10:30am|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

The regularity lemma says that every discrete object can be partitioned into a small number of random-like subobjects. But how small is small? And can we make small smaller if we assume that our given object is simple? And what does it mean for a...