Doors Open Day at IHES - IHES
Portes ouvertes de l'IHES, 17 septembre 2022 IHES

Doors Open Day at IHES

IHES opened its doors to the public on Saturday, September 17, 2022 from 1:30 to 5:30 pm, on the occasion of the European Heritage Days.

Nearly 200 visitors discovered the infrastructures, as well as the functioning and organization of the Institute. They were also able to learn more about the international scientists who have marked the history of IHES for over 60 years.

The program included the possibility to watch an exhibition of mathematical artworks and discuss them with Claude Bruter, a mathematician specializing in this subject; an interactive visit of the sculpture “Skolem, clash of blocks and numbers to the wind” presented by Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, director of IHES from 1994 to 2013 and president of the association “Les Amis de l’IHES”; a privileged discussion with Emmanuel Ullmo, director of IHES, and Cédric Villani, holder of the IHES-Université de Lyon chair of analysis; as well as video testimonies of Hugo Duminil-Copin, winner of the Fields Medal in 2022, talking about his career and research, as well as of women researchers expressing themselves on their links with the Institute.

This special day was also the occasion to mark the 60th anniversary since the Institute moved to Bois-Marie, in Bures-sur-Yvette.