We know that most stars, if not all, were once surrounded by
protoplanetary disks. How these young disks evolve into planetary
systems is a fundamental question in astronomy. Observations of T
Tauri stars (TTS) may provide insights into this...
Finding large cliques in random graphs and the closely related
"planted" clique variant, where a clique of size \(k\) is planted
in a random \(G(n,1/2)\) graph, have been the focus of substantial
study in algorithm design. Despite much effort, the...
Start with a compact Riemann surface \(X\) and a complex reductive
group \(G\), like \(\mathrm{GL}(n,\mathbb C)\). According to
Hitchin-Simpson's ``non abelian Hodge theory", the pair \((X,G)\)
comes with two new complex manifolds: the character...
I will present an exciting new interaction between computer science
and fair division theory, with the goal of giving the audience a
taste of different fair division challenges and the role
computational thinking plays in addressing them. Among...
Opening Remarks and Introduction of Biology Session
Avi Wigderson, Herbert H. Maass Professor in the School of
Mathematics
Institute for Advanced Study
The Computational Universe
Leslie Valiant, Harvard University
Many natural and social phenomena may be viewed as inherently
computational; they evolve patterns of information that can be
described algorithmically and studied through computational models
and techniques. This workshop on the computational lens...
