Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing
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Welcome, Fall 2026 visitors!
Our Visitor Guide will help you make the most of your visit to the Simons Institute.
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Support Research on the Foundations of Computing
Upcoming Events
Workshops & Symposia
program
Pseudorandomness & High-Dimensional Expansion, Spectral Theory Beyond Graphs
News
This month, we sat down for a conversation with the newest member of our leadership team, Senior Scientist Jason Lee. Jason is an Associate Professor of EECS and Statistics at UC Berkeley. His research interests are in the theory of machine learning, optimization, and statistics. He has been participating in Simons Institute programs since we opened our doors in Fall 2013, when he was a graduate student.
Greetings from Berkeley! This has been a dizzying summer, one in which we witnessed an inflection point in AI’s...
Simons Institute Director Venkatesan Guruswami has been honored this summer with two 2026 Test of Time Awards for...
Current Programs
Organizers
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Nalini Anantharaman,
Charles Bordenave
and 4 more
Organizers
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Irit Dinur,
Prahladh Harsha
and 3 more
Research Pods
Researchers
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Abhineet Agarwal,
Philip Amortila
and 12 more
Researchers
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John Bostanci,
Dominik Hangleiter
and 7 more
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Shafi Goldwasser,
Venkatesan Guruswami
and 2 more
Future Programs
Other Announcements
Healthy Community
We ask that visitors be vigilant in protecting the health of our community by staying home if they are feeling unwell and may have a communicable illness.
Based on public health regulations, the Simons Institute no longer requires masking or COVID-19 testing. For reference, see the CDC’s recommendations for reducing the spread of respiratory illnesses.
Participate
Applications are welcome for postdoctoral fellowships in the research pods on Quantum Computing and on Machine Learning, and are reviewed on a rolling basis.
Applications for Fall 2026 programmatic research fellowships are now closed.
Current and incoming UC Berkeley faculty interested in becoming faculty affiliates of the Simons Institute should write to simonsassociatedirector@berkeley.edu.
Learn more about how to participate in the life of the Institute.
Healthy Community
We ask that visitors be vigilant in protecting the health of our community by staying home if they are feeling unwell and may have a communicable illness.
Based on public health regulations, the Simons Institute no longer requires masking or COVID-19 testing. For reference, see the CDC’s recommendations for reducing the spread of respiratory illnesses.
Participate
Applications are welcome for postdoctoral fellowships in the research pods on Quantum Computing and on Machine Learning, and are reviewed on a rolling basis.
Applications for Fall 2026 programmatic research fellowships are now closed.
Current and incoming UC Berkeley faculty interested in becoming faculty affiliates of the Simons Institute should write to simonsassociatedirector@berkeley.edu.
Learn more about how to participate in the life of the Institute.