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Formal & Physical Sciences Mathematics

International Congress of Mathematicians: Medal and Prize Winners Laudatios

Simons Foundation

July 23, 2026 205 min

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Fields MedalMathematicsICM

Applied Sciences & Engineering Physics

Stefano Martiniani, Assistant Professor of Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics, New York University

Stefano Martiniani

July 8, 2026 37 min

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Materials ScienceMachine LearningGenerative Models

Formal & Physical Sciences AI — News & Applications

Peter Battaglia, Senior Director of Research, Google DeepMind

Peter Battaglia

July 8, 2026 32 min

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AI for ScienceGraph Neural NetworksWeather Forecasting

Formal & Physical Sciences Biology

Olga Troyanskaya, Professor at Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University

Olga Troyanskaya

July 8, 2026 38 min

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AI for BiologyGenomicsDeep Learning

Formal & Physical Sciences Mathematics

The Proof in the Code: A Conversation with Kevin Hartnett

Kevin Hartnett

June 30, 2026 42 min

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LeanProof AssistantMathematics

Formal & Physical Sciences Mathematics

Matthew Emerton: Describing Eisenstein Cohomology via Categorical Langlands

Matthew Emerton

June 25, 2026 64 min

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Eisenstein CohomologyCategorical LanglandsGalois Representations

Formal & Physical Sciences Mathematics

Giada Grossi: Iwasawa Theory in the Residually Eisenstein Case

Giada Grossi

June 25, 2026 57 min

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Iwasawa TheoryElliptic CurvesMain Conjecture

Formal & Physical Sciences Mathematics

Eric Urban: Eisenstein Congruences and Euler Systems

Eric Urban

June 25, 2026 66 min

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Eisenstein CongruencesEuler SystemsGalois Representations

Formal & Physical Sciences Mathematics

Christopher Skinner: Eisenstein Series and Iwasawa Theory

Christopher Skinner

June 25, 2026 56 min

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Eisenstein SeriesIwasawa TheoryEuler Systems

Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & Cosmology

Vitor Cardoso: Listening to Black Holes

Vitor Cardoso

June 9, 2026 47 min

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Black HolesGravitational WavesQuasinormal Modes

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

Nicolás Yunes: The Simons Collaboration on Black Holes and Strong Gravity: Vision and Opportunities

Nicolás Yunes

June 9, 2026 40 min

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Black HolesGravitational WavesStrong Gravity

Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & Cosmology

Neil Cornish: Observing Strong Gravity Phenomena[...]

Neil Cornish

June 9, 2026 41 min

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Gravitational WavesLIGOData Analysis

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

Katy Clough: New Physics in the Strong Field Regime

Katy Clough

June 9, 2026 47 min

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Numerical RelativityEffective Field TheoryGravitational Waves

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

Gary Horowitz: Update on Extremal and Near-Extremal Black Holes

Gary Horowitz

June 9, 2026 53 min

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Black HolesExtremal Black HolesGeneral Relativity

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

Daniel Holz: Black Holes as Precision Strong Gravity Laboratories

Daniel Holz

June 9, 2026 25 min

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Gravitational WavesBlack HolesGeneral Relativity

Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & Cosmology

Alex Lupsasca: Black Hole Photon Rings and Gravitational Ringdown

Alex Lupsasca

June 9, 2026 51 min

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Black HolesPhoton RingsGravitational Waves

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

Yilin Wang: Holography from a Geometric Perspective (May 1, 2026)

Yilin Wang

May 12, 2026 57 min

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HolographyHyperbolic GeometryConformal Field Theory

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

Sourav Chatterjee: What Is a Probabilistically Defined Quantum Field Theory? (April 30, 2026)

Sourav Chatterjee

May 12, 2026 52 min

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Quantum Field TheoryProbabilistic MethodsConstructive Field Theory

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

Scott Sheffield: Yang–Mills Gauge Theory and Random Geometry in 2 and 4 Dimensions (April 30, 2026)

Scott Sheffield

May 12, 2026 61 min

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Yang-MillsRandom GeometryConformal Field Theory

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

Nathan Seiberg: What Is Quantum Field Theory? (April 30, 2026)

Nathan Seiberg

May 12, 2026 59 min

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Quantum Field TheoryRenormalization GroupLattice Field Theory

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

Martin Hairer: Stochastic Quantisation of Gauge Theories (April 30, 2026)

Martin Hairer

May 12, 2026 65 min

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Stochastic QuantisationGauge TheoriesYang-Mills

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

Igor Klebanov: Dimensional Transmutation in Some Models ( May 1, 2026)

Igor Klebanov

May 12, 2026 62 min

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Quantum ChromodynamicsConfinementLattice Gauge Theory

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

Antti Kupiainen: Conformal Field Theory and Path Integrals (April 30, 2026)

Antti Kupiainen

May 12, 2026 64 min

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Conformal Field TheoryPath IntegralsLiouville CFT

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

Andrew Strominger: Celestial Holography: Past, Present & Future

Andrew Strominger

May 1, 2026 51 min

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Celestial HolographyQuantum GravitySoft Algebras

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

Netta Engelhardt: Puzzles in the Black Hole Interior: Past, Present and Future (April 22, 2026)

Netta Engelhardt

April 27, 2026 59 min

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Black HolesQuantum GravityInformation Paradox

Life & Natural Systems Mathematics

Stefano Allesina: One Hundred Years of Lotka-Volterra Models (April 3, 2026)

Stefano Allesina

April 7, 2026 55 min

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Lotka-VolterraEcologyMathematical Biology

Formal & Physical Sciences Biology

Lior Pachter: The Systems Biology of a Single Cell (April 3, 2026)

Lior Pachter

April 7, 2026 53 min

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Single-Cell GenomicsGene Regulatory NetworksData Normalization

Formal & Physical Sciences Mathematics

Lisa Piccirillo and Tye Lidman: More Exotic Constructions...(March 26, 2026)

Lisa Piccirillo and Tye Lidman

March 31, 2026 44 min

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Low-Dimensional TopologyExotic 4-ManifoldsHeegaard Floer Homology

Formal & Physical Sciences Computing & Cybersecurity

Aaron Lauda: Quantum Algorithms and the Spectral Geometry of Khovanov Homology (March 26, 2026)

Aaron Lauda

March 31, 2026 56 min

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Khovanov HomologyQuantum AlgorithmsHodge Theory

Formal & Physical Sciences Biology

Ellen Zhong: Algorithms for Biomolecular Structures at Proteome Scale (March 25, 2026)

Ellen Zhong

March 27, 2026 58 min

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Cryo-EMMachine LearningStructural Biology

Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & Cosmology

Alex Lupsasca: The Black Hole Explorer: Tracing an Edge of the Visible Universe

Alex Lupsasca

March 20, 2026 66 min

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Black HolesPhoton RingEvent Horizon Telescope

Formal & Physical Sciences Computing & Cybersecurity

Michael Freedman - Moving Towards Quantum Computing

Simons Foundation

March 19, 2026 10 min

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Quantum ComputingTopological Quantum Field TheoryJones Polynomial

Formal & Physical Sciences Mathematics

Jacob Tsimerman: Geometric Shafarevich Conjecture for Exceptional Shimura Varieties (March 6, 2026)

Jacob Tsimerman

March 16, 2026 52 min

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Shafarevich ConjectureShimura VarietiesAbelian Varieties

Formal & Physical Sciences Mathematics

Javier Gómez-Serrano — Modern Mathematics in the Age of AI

Javier Gómez-Serrano

March 13, 2026 59 min

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AIMathematicsMachine Learning

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

Vicky Kalogera: Black Hole Mergers: What Gravitational Waves Reveal About Their Origins

Vicky Kalogera

March 11, 2026 60 min

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Gravitational WavesBlack HolesLIGO

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

Nathan Seiberg: Symmetry, Anomaly, Gauging, Proliferation, and Condensation

Nathan Seiberg

March 9, 2026 58 min

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SymmetryAnomalyGauging

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

Michael Levin: Entanglement Probes of Topological Phases of Matter

Michael Levin

March 9, 2026 61 min

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Topological PhasesEntanglement EntropyModular Commutator

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

C. Vafa, M. Freedman, C. Kane, Jim Simons - Applications of Chern-Simons Theory (April 25, 2018)

C. Vafa, M. Freedman, C. Kane, Jim Simons

March 4, 2026 87 min

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Chern-Simons TheoryTopological Quantum Field TheoryString Theory

Life & Natural Systems Biology

Stephen Quake: A Cellular Mystery: How Do Many Cell Types Arise From a Single Genome?

Stephen Quake

March 2, 2026 54 min

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Single-Cell GenomicsCell AtlasTranscription Factors

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

Scott Sheffield: Random Geometry and Yang-Mills Gauge Theory (February 18, 2026)

Scott Sheffield

February 26, 2026 58 min

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Random GeometryYang-MillsConformal Invariance