IHES news

Messengers of the violent Universe, by Kumiko Kotera

Join us on November 26th 2025 for the new Amis de l'IHES conference presented by Kumiko Kotera

Discovering Fixed Points: A Major Advancement in Theoretical Physics Using Tensor Networks

Nikolay Ebel, Tom Kennedy and Slava Rychkov have recently published an article titled “Rotations, Negative Eigenvalues, and Newton Method in Tensor Network Renormalization Group” in the prestigious Physical Review X.

Pierre Le Bris: Reflections on His Postdoctoral Fellowship at IHES

Pierre Le Bris is completing his postdoctoral fellowship at IHES and will join Télécom SudParis in a week, where he will teach and continue his research.

Greater Paris postdocs in mathematics Welcome Day

Special event for all math post-doc from Paris Region on Tuesday October 21, 2025, at IHES

10 years of gravitational waves: from the first detection to GW250114

In ten years, the international LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA detector network has observed more than three hundred gravitational-wave signals. Among these signals, one of the most remarkable is the merger of two black holes detected by LIGO on January 14, 2025.

Julio Parra-Martinez awarded an ERC Starting Grant to explore extreme gravitational waves

IHES is delighted to announce that Julio Parra-Martinez, Permanent Professor of Physics at the Institute since 2024, has been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC).

Three New Junior Professors Join IHES

IHES is pleased to announce the upcoming arrival of three new Junior Professors, who will further strengthen the Institute's dynamic environment and scientific excellence: Sridip Pal, Semon Rezchikov, and Zhongkai Tao.

Maxim Kontsevich and Jérémie Szeftel named 2025 Frontiers of Science Award laureates in Mathematics

IHES is proud to announce that Maxim Kontsevich and Jérémie Szeftel are recipients of the prestigious 2025 Frontiers of Science Award in Mathematics.

A Look Back at the Second Summer School 2025

The second summer school of 2025, held at IHES from July 7 to 18, brought together an international community of early-career researchers to explore topics related to discrete subgroups of Lie groups. Organized by David Fisher (Rice University), Fanny Kassel (CNRS & IHES), Ralf Spatzier (University of Michigan), and Matthew Stover (Temple University), the school focused on significant recent breakthroughs in the field.

Thibault Damour Receives Two Prestigious Distinctions in July 2025

A Look Back at the First IHES Summer School of 2025

The first IHES summer school of 2025, Statistical Aspects of Nonlinear Physics, took place from June 23 to July 4.

IHES Trust UK launched on the 12th of June at the Residence of France in London