Past Public Lectures

Theoretically Speaking Series — Algorithms and the Law

Speaker: Peter Bartlett (Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, moderator) Panelists: Shafi Goldwasser (Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing), Martha Minow (Harvard University), Elliot Schrage (Facebook) and Patricia Williams (Columbia University)

Jun. 7, 2019

Randomness in Number Theory

Speaker: Peter Sarnak (Princeton University)

Apr. 15, 2019

Blockchains, Micropayments and Zero Knowledge (ZK Day 2019)

Apr. 13, 2019

Theoretically Speaking Series — What We Can Learn from AdNauseam about the Threat and Power of Data Obfuscation

Speaker: Helen Nissenbaum (Cornell Tech)

Mar. 27, 2019

The Polynomial Paradigm in Algorithms

Speaker: Shayan Oveis Gharan (University of Washington) and Nikhil Srivastava (UC Berkeley)

Mar. 11, 2019

Theoretically Speaking Series — The Predictive Brain

Speaker: Anil Ananthaswamy (Fall 2018 Simons Institute Journalist in Residence, moderator) Panelists: Celeste Kidd (UC Berkeley), Bruno Olshausen (UC Berkeley), Christos Papadimitriou (Columbia University) and Michael Pollan (UC Berkeley)

Mar. 7, 2019

When Scientists Write for the Public: Objective Consideration of Contemporary Phenomena

Speaker: Konstantin Kakaes (Simons Institute Journalist in Residence)

Feb. 6, 2019

The Edge of Physics: Crafting a Non-Fiction Narrative that Combines Science with Travel Writing

Speaker: Anil Ananthaswamy, Simons Institute Journalist in Residence

Dec. 5, 2018

The Limits of Proof

Speaker: Paul Beame (University of Washington)

Nov. 19, 2018

Game Theory in Auction and Blockchain

Speaker: Andrew Chi-Chih Yao (Tsinghua University)