Past Public Lectures

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)
Nov. 14, 2018
Theoretically Speaking Series — Training Artificial Intelligence by Playing Games
Speaker: Thore Graepel (Google DeepMind)
Nov. 7, 2018
A Numerical Analyst Thinks about Deep Learning
Speaker: William Kahan (UC Berkeley)
Nov. 7, 2018
Sketching Big Data
Speaker: Jelani Nelson (Harvard University)
Nov. 5, 2018
The Land Sharks Are on the Squawk Box
Speaker: Michael Stonebraker (MIT)
Oct. 31, 2018
Computational Complexity in Theory and in Practice
Speaker: Richard Karp (UC Berkeley)
Oct. 24, 2018
Mathematical Theories of Communication: Old and New
Speaker: Madhu Sudan (Harvard University)
Oct. 22, 2018

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