Maxim Kontsevich’s 2014 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics

Friends of IHES | November 9, 2014

In June 2014 Maxim Kontsevich has been awarded the inaugural Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics « for work making a deep impact in a vast variety of mathematical disciplines, including algebraic geometry, deformation theory, symplectic topology, homological algebra and dynamical...

2nd Friends of IHES Gala in New York

Friends of IHES | November 18, 2013

The second Friends of IHES Gala was held on November 18th at the Pierre Hotel in New York. The theme of the evening was “Mathematics, mind of the earth”. This event brought together the mathematician Kenneth Golden, former IHES...

Deligne conference at the Simons Foundation

Friends of IHES | October 6, 2013

Friends of IHES and the Simons Foundation has hold a public event in New York on Saturday October 5, Celebrating the Mathematics of Pierre Deligne Pierre Deligne, the 2013 Abel Prize laureate, is one of the great mathematicians of...

Emmanuel Ullmo is the new Director of IHES

Friends of IHES | September 1, 2013

Emmanuel Ullmo became IHES Director on 1 September 2013. He is taking over from Jean-Pierre Bourguignon who held the post for 19 years. A mathematician, his area of research is arithmetic and algebraic geometry. He studied at École Normale...

Cocktail in honour of Dr Raymond Sackler and his wife Beverly

Friends of IHES | May 31, 2013

On 30 May 2013, Friends of IHES organised a cocktail in Greenwich, in Mary and Luc Hardy’s house, in honour of Dr Raymond Sackler and his wife Beverly, to thank them for their loyal financial support. With the concept...

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