Events and Activities

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

Apr
29
2024

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

Lower Bounds for Set-Multilinear Branching Programs
Shubhangi Saraf
11:00am|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

In this talk, I will discuss lower bounds for a certain set-multilinear restriction of algebraic branching programs. The significance of the lower bound and the model is underscored by the recent work of Bhargav, Dwivedi, and Saxena (2023), which...

Apr
29
2024

Princeton University Galread [Galactic/Extragalactic Reading Group]

TBA
11:00am|Zoom and Peyton Hall, Grand Central

Each week, we hold a relatively informal seminar/discussion series with an emphasis on extra-galactic and large-scale structure astrophysics.

During Galread a leader/visitor presents a recent paper to the discussion group. The PDF of the paper is...

Apr
29
2024

Princeton University Gravity Initiative Seminar Series

Bubbles of AdS as Black Hole Mimickers
Suvendu Giri
12:30pm|Princeton University, Jadwin Hall, Princeton Gravity Initiative, 4th Floor

Abstract: I will present a case for the striking resemblance between bubbles of anti-de Sitter (AdS) within Minkowski spacetime and black holes. These solutions of Einstein’s equations are motivated by high-energy physics and lack horizons. We will...

Apr
29
2024

Members' Colloquium

Triangulated Surfaces in Moduli Space
2:00pm|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

Triangulated surfaces are Riemann surfaces formed by gluing together equilateral triangles. They are also the Riemann surfaces defined over the algebraic numbers. Brooks, Makover, Mirzakhani and many others proved results about the geometric...

Apr
29
2024

PU High Energy Theory Seminar

Bootstrapping N = 4 sYM Using Integrability
Zahra Zahraee
2:30pm|Jadwin Hall, PCTS Room 407

Abstract: In this talk we use integrability data to bootstrap correlation functions of planar maximally supersymmetric Yang- Mills theory, focusing on four-point correlation function of stress-tensor. First, we start by demonstrating why the...

Apr
29
2024

Joint IAS/Princeton Arithmetic Geometry Seminar

Microlocal Sheaves and Affine Springer Fibers
Pablo Boixeda Alvarez
3:30pm|Fine 322, Princeton University

The resolutions of Slodowy slices $\tilde{S}_{e}$ are symplectic varieties that contain the Springer fiber $(G/B)_{e}$ as a Lagrangian subvariety. In joint work with R. Bezrukavnikov, M. McBreen and Z. Yun, we construct analogues of these spaces for...

Apr
30
2024

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar II

Incidence Bounds via Extremal Graph Theory
Istvan Tomon
10:30am|Simonyi Hall 101 and Remote Access

A cornerstone result in geometry is the Szemerédi–Trotter theorem, which gives a sharp bound on the maximum number of incidences between $m$ points and $n$ lines in the real plane. A natural generalization of this is to consider point-hyperplane...