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Appreciation and memories of Jim Simons (1938–2024), from the Simons Institute community. Featuring contributions from Avi Wigderson, Dick Karp, Shafi...

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Simons Institute Senior Scientist Venkatesan Guruswami, along with Bingkai Lin, Yican Sun, and Berkeley theory graduate students Xuandi Ren and Kewen...

We are heartbroken by the loss of Luca Trevisan, who served as senior scientist at the Institute from 2014 to 2019. 

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The Simons Institute will play a key role in a new project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Simons Foundation devoted to investigating the theoretical foundations of deep learning.

Because of the recent increase in COVID-19 cases, our fall programs will open in a fully remote environment. The resilience of our research community since the beginning of the pandemic assures us that we will be able to hold dynamic, collaborative programs conducted through Zoom and other supportive platforms. Nonetheless, we look forward to convening again in person as soon as it is safe to do so.