Previous Conferences & Workshops

Mar
16
2017

Joint IAS/Princeton University Number Theory Seminar

Mirror symmetry and another look at Kloosterman sums
4:30pm

I have been developing a new bridge between number theory and symplectic geometry. The special program at the IAS and a workshop this week in Wolfensohn Hall are devoted to mirror symmetry. I will describe this bridge, explain that there are travel...

Mar
13
2017

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar II

Indistinguishability obfuscation from 5-linear maps: a reduction from flying pigs to jumping pigs
Nir Bitansky
2:00pm

Indistinguishability obfuscation has turned out to be an outstanding notion with strong implications not only to cryptography, but also other areas such as complexity theory, and differential privacy. Nevertheless, our understanding of how to...

Mar
13
2017

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

On the cryptographic hardness of finding a Nash equilibrium
Nir Bitansky
11:15am

The computational complexity of finding Nash Equilibria in games has received much attention over the past two decades due to its theoretical and philosophical significance. This talk will be centered around the connection between this problem and...