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Pseudorandomness & High-Dimensional Expansion
News
We’re delighted to share that Simons Institute Director Venkatesan Guruswami has been honored this summer with two 2026 Test of Time Awards for papers that transformed coding theory and pseudorandomness, and emerged from a common algebraic core.
As of July 1, our friend and colleague Nikhil Srivastava is the Simons Institute’s Interim Associate Director. He...
First Proof has released the results of its second batch benchmark, assessing the ability of AI systems to...
Current Programs
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Irit Dveer Dinur,
Prahladh Harsha
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Abhineet Agarwal,
Philip Amortila
and 14 more
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John Bostanci,
Anthony Chen
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Shafi Goldwasser,
Venkatesan Guruswami
and 2 more
Future Programs
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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.