Venkat Guruswami, photographed from the shoulders up against a gray background. He's wearing glasses and a dark shirt.
Letter from the Director, February 2026
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Venkatesan Guruswami | Polylogues
Venkat Guruswami, photographed from the shoulders up against a gray background. He's wearing glasses and a dark shirt.
Letter from the Director, January 2026
The logo for the Simons Institute's Fall 2025 program on Complexity and Linear Algebra. A play button is superimposed on the logo.
On Matrix Multiplication Algorithms | Richard M. Karp Distinguished Lecture
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Virtualization and the Cost of Indirection | Richard M. Karp Distinguished Lecture
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Venkatesan Guruswami selected as director of the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing