IHES Exceptional Event in Monaco

On July 3, 2024, IHES visited Monaco to celebrate its unique model of free research and organized an exceptionnal event aboard Archimedes, the yacht of Marilyn and Jim Simons, the Institute’s major donors.

This special event was held under the High Patronage and in the presence of Prince Albert II of Monaco. Marilyn Simons personally welcomed the Institute’s supporters from around the world on Archimedes. IHES’ major donor thanked the Institute’s guests and invited them to support IHES and contribute to the Friends of IHES endowment fund in the United States, established by Marilyn and Jim Simons in 2022, in addition to the existing endowment fund of the Institute in France.

Organized in collaboration with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, this event also served as an opportunity to pay tribute to Jim Simons, who passed away on May 10, 2024. Marwan Lahoud, the President of IHES, expressed the Institute’s immense gratitude to Jim Simons for all the support he provided to IHES, and more generally to mathematics and fundamental research. Pierre-André Chiappori, the Minister of Finance and Economy of Monaco, also paid tribute to Jim Simons, whom he had the opportunity to know during his years as a professor of economics at Columbia University.

Laure Saint-Raymond, a Permanent Professor at IHES and Director of the Mathematics Institute for the Planet Earth, gave a talk intitled “Polar Expeditions: The Mystery of Dead Water” during the evening.

IHES is delighted to have celebrated science and fundamental research in the presence of the Sovereign, following his visit to the Institute in June 2021.

From left to right: Emmanuel Ullmo, Director of IHES, Prince Albert II of Monaco, Marwan Lahoud, President of IHES.