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Remembering Jim Simons

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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Senior Scientist Venkat Guruswami Wins Best Paper Award at STOC 2024

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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Farewell to Luca

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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Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing
Report: Symposium on Visions of the Theory of Computing, May 2013
Report: Workshop on Quantum Hamiltonian Complexity, February 2013
Letter from the Director
Fall 2013 Programs
Calvin Lab Renovation
$60 Million Simons Foundation Grant to Launch Theory of Computing Institute

A groundbreaking $60 million award to UC Berkeley from the Simons Foundation will establish the campus as the worldwide center for theoretical computer science.

California Chosen as Home for Computing Institute

The Simons Foundation has chosen the University of California, Berkeley as host for an ambitious new center for computer science...

Adam Marcus, Daniel Spielman, and Nikhil Srivastava Awarded Michael and Sheila Held Prize