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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

Formal & Physical Sciences Literature & Writing

John Conway - The Life Game

John Conway

February 25, 2026 10 min

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Game of LifeCellular AutomataJohn Conway

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Mathematics

John Conway - Martin Gardner Stories

John Conway

February 25, 2026 17 min

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John ConwayMartin GardnerMathematics

Formal & Physical Sciences Science — General & History

John Conway - Lexicodes

John Conway

February 25, 2026 15 min

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LexicodesCombinatorial Game TheoryNim-Addition

Formal & Physical Sciences Mathematics

John Conway - Four Color Theorem and Computer Proofs

John Conway

February 25, 2026 15 min

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Four Color TheoremComputer ProofsKepler Conjecture

Formal & Physical Sciences Mathematics

John Conway - Discoveries with Games: Surreal Numbers

John Conway

February 25, 2026 12 min

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Surreal NumbersCombinatorial Game TheoryJohn Conway

Life & Natural Systems Neuroscience

Stephen Liberles: The Vagus Nerve: How the Brain Listens to the Body

Stephen Liberles

February 17, 2026 54 min

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Vagus NerveBody-Brain CommunicationSensory Neurons

Formal & Physical Sciences Mathematics

Peter Sarnak: Randomness in Number Theory (February 4, 2026)

Peter Sarnak

February 6, 2026 64 min

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Number TheoryRandomnessPrime Numbers

Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & Cosmology

Chiara Mingarelli: Searching for Merging Supermassive Black Holes (January 21, 2026)

Chiara Mingarelli

January 28, 2026 57 min

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Supermassive Black HolesPulsar Timing ArraysGravitational Waves

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

Andrei Bernevig: Progress Report on Superconductivity

Andrei Bernevig

January 20, 2026 54 min

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SuperconductivityRhombohedral GrapheneMgB2

Formal & Physical Sciences Mathematics

Mayuko Yamashita: A Merger of Elliptic Cohomology...(November 20, 2025)

Mayuko Yamashita

December 19, 2025 57 min

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Elliptic CohomologyTopological Modular FormsCategorical Symmetries

Formal & Physical Sciences Mathematics

Daniel Freed: Lie Group Quiche (November 20, 2025)

Daniel Freed

December 19, 2025 59 min

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Topological Field TheoryLie GroupsSymmetries

Formal & Physical Sciences Mathematics

Martin Hairer: Do Mathematicians Need Computers?

Martin Hairer

December 4, 2025 55 min

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MathematicsComputationComputer-Assisted Proofs

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

Ryotaro Arita: From Equations to Superconductors: Matter Under Pressure (November 12, 2025)

Ryotaro Arita

November 17, 2025 58 min

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SuperconductivityFirst-PrinciplesHigh Pressure

Life & Natural Systems Physics

Vincenzo Vitelli: Extreme Mechanics of Tissues (October 23, 2025)

Vincenzo Vitelli

November 11, 2025 53 min

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ChiralityActive MatterTissue Mechanics

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

Nader Engheta: Spatiotemporal Modulation for Stability in Space and Time (October 23, 2025)

Nader Engheta

November 11, 2025 46 min

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MetamaterialsSpatiotemporal ModulationKapitza Pendulum

Humanities, Social Sciences & Thought Science — General & History

Fellows to Faculty RFA Informational Webinar (November 5, 2025)

Simons Foundation

November 7, 2025 28 min

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Simons FoundationFellows to FacultyAutism Research

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

Zaher Hani: Hilbert’s Sixth Problem: From Particles to Waves (October 16, 2025)

Zaher Hani

November 4, 2025 58 min

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Hilbert's Sixth ProblemBoltzmann EquationKinetic Theory

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

Norman Yao: A Universal Theory of Spin Squeezed Entanglement (October 17, 2025)

Norman Yao

November 4, 2025 61 min

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Quantum MetrologySpin SqueezingEntanglement

Formal & Physical Sciences Mathematics

John Voight: Ranks of Elliptic Curves (October 17, 2025)

John Voight

November 4, 2025 56 min

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Elliptic CurvesNumber TheoryRank

Formal & Physical Sciences Mathematics

Ivan Corwin: Extreme Diffusion (October 17, 2025)

Ivan Corwin

November 4, 2025 57 min

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Extreme DiffusionRandom WalkEinstein

Formal & Physical Sciences Mathematics

Hee Oh: A Traveler’s Journey in a Hyperbolic World (October 16, 2025)

Hee Oh

November 4, 2025 53 min

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Hyperbolic GeometryDynamical SystemsErgodic Theory

Formal & Physical Sciences AI — Models & Research

Geordie Williamson: Neural Networks for Mathematical Discovery (October 29, 2025)

Geordie Williamson

November 4, 2025 58 min

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Neural NetworksMathematical DiscoveryFinite Simple Groups

Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & Cosmology

Emanuele Berti: Black Hole Demography and Black Hole Spectroscopy...(October 16, 2025)

Emanuele Berti

November 4, 2025 59 min

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Gravitational WavesBlack HolesLIGO

Formal & Physical Sciences Mathematics

Sebastien Roch: Complex Discrete Probability Models in Evolutionary Biology...(April 4, 2025)

Sebastien Roch

November 3, 2025 64 min

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PhylogeneticsProbabilityCoalescent

Formal & Physical Sciences Mathematics

Alena Pirutka— On Rationality Over the Reals (Oct. 2, 2025)

Alena Pirutka

October 27, 2025 55 min

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RationalityReal Closed FieldsQuadric Surface Bundles

Formal & Physical Sciences AI — Models & Research

Soledad Villar — Algebraic techniques for machine learning (Sept. 26, 2025)

Soledad Villar

October 22, 2025 54 min

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Algebraic MethodsEquivarianceInvariant Theory