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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...
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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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What do you get when you mix theorists in computer science with evolutionary biologists? You get an algorithm to explain sex.
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On March 31, 2014, the Simons Institute welcomed Jim and Marilyn Simons and family and other guests to celebrate the official opening of the Institute in Calvin Laboratory.