After Hours Conversations

After Hours Conversations is a program of informal meetings that are held in Harry's Bar, from 5:00 pm till 7:00 pm, on Mondays and Thursdays, in October and November and again in February and March. The talk begins at 5:30 pm. The sessions will be moderated by Piet Hut, Program in Interdisciplinary Studies; Nicola Di Cosmo, School of Historical Studies; Didier Fassin, School of Social Science; and Helmut Hofer, School of Mathematics. The format is as follows. At 5:30 pm, someone will give an informal presentation of no more than 10 minutes, intended for a general audience. The topic will be a brief description of a major open problem in his or her field, together with suggestions for possible future progress with respect to that problem. This talk will be followed by 20 minutes of discussion, until 6:00 pm. During the remaining hour, everyone is free to mingle in more general discussions, preferably with others not from their own school. If anyone would like to volunteer for giving a talk, please send an email to Piet Hut (piet@ias.edu), Nicola Di Cosmo (ndc@ias.edu), Didier Fassin (dfassin@ias.edu), or Helmut Hofer (hofer@ias.edu). Note that in Harry's bar all beverages including bottled water must be purchased with an IAS card.