David Ruelle, theoretical physicist and professor emeritus at IHES, is among the three laureates of the prestigious Dirac Medal, along with Joel Lebowitz of Rutgers University, USA, and Elliott Lieb of Princeton University.
Find out moreIn 2019 and 2020, David Ruelle continued his work on dynamical systems and statistical mechanics (equilibrium and non-equilibrium). In particular, he published a study on the convergence of series representing equilibrium...
Find out moreThis year 2023 marks the centenary of the birth of Louis Michel, the first Professor of Theoretical Physics at the IHES. On this occasion, Thibault Damour and Slava Rychkov organize a one-day commemoration on May 15, 2023, at IHES.
Find out moreIHES was sorry to learn that Nicola N. Khuri, brilliant scientist and dear friend to the Institute, passed away on August 4th, 2022, aged 89.
Find out moreFriday 11 June 2021, H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco came to the Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, along with Patrice Cellario, the Principality of Monaco’s Minister of Interior.
Find out moreThe Institute’s third fundraising campaign, "IHES, at the avant-garde of science" was launched by Emmanuel Ullmo on 16 November 2018, during a ceremony presided over by the French Minister Frédérique Vidal, on the occasion of IHES' 60th anniversary.
Find out moreThe permanent professors at IHES, all first rate scientists, are the Institute’s DNA. Many international prizes have rewarded their remarkable contributions to scientific knowledge.
Find out moreOne figure gives an idea of IHES’ rank: of the twelve past or current permanent professors in mathematics at IHES,...
Find out moreOn 20 April 2016 Thibault Damour was elected Foreign Honorary Member to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was also awarded the 2016 Lodewijk Woltjer Lecture for his "outstanding career on theoretical implications of general relativity and in particular on the prediction of the newly-observed gravitational wave signal of coalescing binary black holes" on 12 April 2016 by the European Astronomical Society.
Find out moreThe conference, organized by Professors Nathalie Deruelle, Alessandro Nagar, and Slava Rychkov took place at IHES from October 12 to 15, depending on health conditions.
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