"You work in an office of 100 people. One day your favorite
paper clip is stolen. You have a pretty good idea of who did it.
Your colleague Annabel tells you that she also has a pretty good
idea.
You want to check with Annabel that you both suspect...
Avi
Wigderson of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) was named a
recipient of the 2021 Abel Prize, which he shares jointly with
László
Lovász—a former IAS visiting professor—of Eötvös Loránd
University. They are cited by the Abel Committee “for...
"...Freeman
Dyson had a lot of stories. One of my favorites was about how
he decided to turn from studying mathematics to studying physics.
As he told me in his “Math Life” interview, he was walking down the
King’s Parade in Cambridge with a friend...
The 2020 Shaw Prize in Astronomy has been awarded to Roger Blandford, Member (1974–75,
1998) in the School of Natural Sciences. Blandford is recognized
“for his foundational contributions to theoretical astrophysics,
especially concerning the...
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has announced its members
for 2020 in recognition of outstanding contributions to science
research. This includes Jacob Lurie,
Professor in the School of Mathematics; Lai-Sang Young, current
Distinguished...
“It started to feel as if the program was within reach, so in the fall of 2016, to try to make further progress, Caraiani and Taylor organized what Calegari called a ‘secret’ workshop at the Institute for Advanced Study. ‘We took over the lecture room — no one else was allowed in,’ Calegari said."
Akshay Venkatesh, Robert and
Luisa Fernholz Professor in the Institute's School of Mathematics,
has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of
Western Australia.
Venkatesh, who won the Fields Medal in 2018, enrolled at the
University...
Jacob Lurie, who has made transformative contributions to
mathematics through his work on derived algebraic geometry and
infinity categories, will join the Faculty of the School of
Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study, effective July
1...
Nature's Erica Klarreich remembers Jean Bourgain, IBM von Neumann Professor
in the School of Mathematics, who passed away in Bonheiden,
Belgium, on December 22, at the age of 64.
"Bourgain lived and breathed mathematics. A night owl who
travelled...
