IHES news

Scientific Breakfast with Yilin Wang in London

Julio Parra-Martinez joins IHES as a Permanent Professor in Physics

Julio Parra-Martinez joined IHES as a Permanent Professor in Physics on May 7th, 2024. His research interests lie in quantum and effective field theory.

Life, Structure and Cognition (LSC) 2024: A Multitude of Times

LSC, pour Life, Structure, and Cognition (Vie, Structure et Cognition) is an initiative with the aim of learning about and exploring the modalities for cooperative progress between Biology and Artificial Intelligence. June 17-20 for the 2024 LSC.

Annual High School Students’ Visit to the Institute

On Saturday, May 25th, IHES welcomed over 80 high school students, including more than 50 girls, for a visit to the Institute.

Matrix Models for Quantum Systems – Special Day of the Seed Seminar of Mathematics and Physics

The Seed Seminar of Mathematics and Physics is holding a special day on Matrix Models for Quantum Systems at IHES, organized by Ariane Carrance (CMAP), Matteo D'Achille (LMO), and Edoardo Lauria (LPENS).

Interview with Hélène Esnault

In the week of April 22, 2024, IHES hosted a conference in honor of mathematician Hélène Esnault, a world-renowned specialist in the field of arithmetic geometry. Read our short Q&A with Hélène Esnault below.

Physical Mathematics: Celebration of Albert Schwarz’s 70 Years in Science

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of Albert Schwarz's scientific career, IHES organizes a one-day mini-conference on June 14 to pay tribute to him.

“On Systems of Interacting Particles” Conference

The aim of this day, organized on June 6, 2024, is to bring together young researchers working on the study of (large) systems of interacting particles in mathematics, or similar objects with different tools to discuss and compare methods.

Tribute to Jim Simons by Thibault Damour

In this text, Thibault Damour, Professor Emeritus of Physics at IHES, pays tribute to the late Jim Simons, the Institute's greatest benefactor and donor.

Science at the service of athletes’ performance, by Amandine Aftalion

Join us on June 13th 2024 for the new Amis de l'IHES conference presented by Amandine Aftalion

Tribute to Jim Simons by Emmanuel Ullmo

When I became the director of IHES in 2013, one of my challenges was to maintain the high-quality of our relationships with the Institute’s main sponsors, starting with Jim and Marilyn Simons, our greatest donors.

Tribute to Jim Simons by Jean-Pierre Bourguignon

James Harris Simons, known to all as Jim, died on Friday 10 May after a long illness, following an extraordinary life as a mathematician, an investor creating new standards and a philanthropist.