Friends of IHES held the Mathematical Finance colloquium “An Analysis of 175 Years of Market Drawdowns” on 30 June 2015 at 6.00 pm in New York, in presence of Emmanuel Ullmo, the IHÉS director. Presentation was made by Dr. Robert J. Frey, Director, Program in Quantitative Finance, Stony Brook University and former managing director with […]
Third Friends of IHES Gala in New York
The third Friends of IHES Gala was held on November 18th at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York. The theme of the evening was “Math & Physics Exploring Space”. Recent scientific discoveries about Space have...
A day to explore Maxim Kontsevich’s contributions to the field of Mathematics
To celebrate Maxim Kontsevich’s new award, Friends of IHES took advantage of his visit to the United States to receive its Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics, to organize a conference on his work at the Simons Foundation in New York....
Maxim Kontsevich’s 2014 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics
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
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...