Institute for Advanced Study Courses

Imitation Games - Avi Wigderson

Explore cryptography, randomness, and privacy with Avi Wigderson in this talk on imitation games, covering modern encryption, pseudorandomness, and differential privacy.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 21 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

On Chen’s Recent Breakthrough on the Kannan-Lovasz-Simonovits Conjecture and Bourgain's Slicing Problem - Part III

Explore Chen's breakthrough on the KLS conjecture and Bourgain's slicing problem, covering key mathematical concepts, historical context, and implications for discrete mathematics and computer science.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 53 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Worldsheet Correlators in AdS3 - Lorenz Eberhardt

Explore worldsheet correlators in AdS3 with Lorenz Eberhardt, covering vertex operators, singularities, constraints, and branch coverings in this advanced theoretical physics seminar.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 58 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Twisted Topological Tangles or- The Knot Theory of Knitting - Elisabetta Matsumoto

Explore the fascinating intersection of knot theory and knitting, delving into topological properties, elasticity, and mathematical models that unravel the complexities of fabric structure.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 8 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

On the Ising Perceptron Model - Nike Sun

Explore the Ising perceptron model's statistical physics, replica symmetry, and cavity methods. Delve into calculations, rare events, and conditional moment methods in this advanced mathematical lecture.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Pandora's Box with Correlations: Learning and Approximation - Shuchi Chawla

Explore decision-making under uncertainty, focusing on the Pandora's Box problem with correlated costs. Learn about adaptive strategies and data-driven algorithm design in this advanced computer science seminar.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 6 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Some Half-Baked Thoughts About de Sitter Space - Leonard Susskind

Explore de Sitter space holography, static patches, and Boltzmann fluctuations in this advanced theoretical physics seminar by renowned physicist Leonard Susskind, delving into quantum gravity and cosmology.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Why Was Connes' Embedding Conjecture Refuted and There Are Still No Known Non-Hyperlinear Groups - Michael Chapman

Explore stability, testability, and the refutation of Connes' embedding conjecture. Delve into game theory, quantum correlations, and the intriguing world of synchronous games and tracial states.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 52 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

String Topology and the Intersection Product - Nathalie Wahl

Explore string topology, intersection products, and loop spaces in this advanced mathematical seminar by Nathalie Wahl, delving into field theory and coproducts.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Physics of Functional Networks - Henrik Ronellenfitsch

Explore the physics of functional networks, from sound control in mechanical systems to resilient power grids and leaf venation. Discover optimization principles and their applications in engineering and biology.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 17 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

N=2* SU(2) Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory and Four-Manifold Invariants - Gregory Moore

Explore supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, four-manifold invariants, and their connections to topology and complex structures in this advanced theoretical physics seminar.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 14 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Affine Hecke Category Is a Monoidal Colimit - James Tao

Explore the affine Hecke category's structure as a monoidal colimit, delving into geometric and modular representation theory with expert James Tao from MIT.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics - James Stone

Explore astrophysical fluid dynamics with Prof. James Stone, covering mathematical models, numerical methods, and future research in this fascinating field of study.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Ramanujan Conjecture and the Density Hypothesis - Shai Evra

Explore the Ramanujan Conjecture and Density Hypothesis in number theory, examining their evolution, generalizations, and connections to automorphic forms and classical groups.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Introduction to Quantized Enveloping Algebras - Leonardo Maltoni

Explore quantized enveloping algebras, their structure, and applications in quantum groups. Learn about Gaussian binomial coefficients, q-deformations, and Hopf algebra structures.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 48 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video