Events and Activities

Explore current and upcoming events and activities happening at the Institute for Advanced Study.

Sep
27
2024

Friends Welcome Reception

6:00pm|Simons Hall

Friends Welcome Reception 
Friday, September 27
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Simons Hall 

The Friends Executive Committee invites you to celebrate the...

Sep
27
2024

POSTPONED: Outdoor Movie Night

7:30pm|South Lawn

POSTPONED: Outdoor Movie Night 

Outdoor Movie Night has been postponed due to weather. An alternative date is yet to be determined... stay...

Sep
30
2024

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

Sorting Using Partial Information
Robert Tarjan
11:00am|Simonyi 101 and Remote Access

We consider the problem of sorting a set of items having an unknown total order by doing binary comparisons of the items, given the outcomes of some pre-existing comparisons. We present a simple new algorithm with a running time of O(m + n + log T)...

Sep
30
2024

IAS CMP/QFT Group Meeting

Matrix Product States (MPS) and Matrix Product Operators (MPO)
Frank Zhang
11:00am|Bloomberg Lecture Hall (IAS)
Sep
30
2024

Princeton University Gravity Initiative Fall Seminar Series

A Scattering Theory for Linearised Gravity on the Exterior of the Schwarzschild Black Hole
Hamed Masaood
12:30pm|Princeton University, Jadwin Hall, Princeton Gravity Initiative, 4th Floor & Zoom

Abstract: I will talk about the scattering problem in general relativity, and present a construction of a scattering theory resolving the problem for the linearised Einstein equations in a double null gauge against a Schwarzschild background. This...