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Memories of Henri Epstein by Giovanni Gallavotti

In this tribute, Giovanni Gallavotti shares some personal memories of his friend and colleague Henri Epstein, a theoretical physicist at IHES from 1971 to 1999, who passed away on August 15th, 2024.

Tribute to Henri Epstein by Arthur M. Jaffe

Tribute to Pierre Cartier by Francis Brown

In this text, Francis Brown, CNRS Researcher at IHES from 2012 to 2015, pays tribute to his PhD advisor and mentor Pierre Cartier.

The Cartier Isomorphism by Luc Illusie

In this text, Luc Illusie, Emeritus Professor in Mathematics at Université Paris-Saclay, pays tribute to his friend and colleague Pierre Cartier.

Henri Epstein and Mathematical Physics

Following the passing of Henri Epstein, CNRS Researcher in theoretical physicist at IHES from 1971 to 1999, Ugo Moschella, Professor in Physics at the University of Insubria, and Slava Rychkov, Permanent Professor in Physics at IHES, pay tribute to their friend and colleague.

Looking back at the IHES Summer School 2024

From June 24 to July 5, IHES hosted a Summer School in physics on symmetries and anomalies, organized by Bruno Le Floch, Zohar Komargodski, Elli Pomoni, and Masahito Yamazaki.

Tribute to Jim Simons by Vasily Pestun

In this text, Vasily Pestun, Permanent Professor of Physics at IHES from 2014 to 2023, pays tribute to the late Jim Simons, the Institute's greatest benefactor and donor.

On the Proof of the Geometric Langlands Correspondance

In this text, Dennis Gaitsgory, holder of the Israel Gelfand Chair in Mathematics at IHES, explains certain aspects of the geometric Langlands correspondence.

IHES Exceptional Event in Monaco

Hugo Duminil-Copin participates in University Paris-Saclay’s astrophysics summer school at the Haute-Provence Observatory

From July 15 to 20, 2024, IHES Permanent Professor Hugo Duminil-Copin, recipient of the 2022 Fields Medal, visited the Haute-Provence Observatory (OHP) in Saint-Michel-l’Observatoire to participate in the annual astrophysics summer school of the University of Paris-Saclay.

Publication of the 2023 Annual Report

The 2023 Annual Report is now available online, with an editorial by IHES President Marwan Lahoud.

Five-year Anniversary of the Gretchen and Barry Mazur Chair

2024 marks the five-year anniversary of the Gretchen and Barry Mazur Chair. This Chair, reserved for a mathematician visiting IHES, is endowed by gifts from Margaret and William R. Hearst III made to Friends of IHES, the partner organization of IHES in the United States.