Join the Museum of the Moving Image for an #InfinityDay celebration that features talks on infinity and the multiverse, screenings of #math short films, an infinite video booth, and more. RSVP: https://bit.ly/3RNa9UE #InfiniteSums Credit: Erica MacLean

From quantum physics to robotics, Lie groups are invaluable to science and engineering. Now, a new collaboration led by Yale University's Yair Minsky is merging representation theory, geometry & randomness to reveal new insights into the mathematical structures: https://bit.ly/4z1zz1K #math #physics

New Simons Collaboration Will Explore Discrete Subgroups of Lie Groups

Mathematician Yair Minsky will direct a Simons Foundation collaboration studying the mathematical structures, which are invaluable to modern physics.

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From Fibonacci spirals to flower petals, math is woven throughout nature. Regina Forlenza from the Queens Botanical Garden is inviting visitors to explore these patterns on #InfinityDay and beyond. Register for the garden’s 8/8 Infinity Day celebration: https://bit.ly/3TDhjeP #InfiniteSums #math

Building AI models trained on scientific data itself can help tackle problems across astrophysics, fluid dynamics, and molecular biology — that's the idea powering Polymathic AI, an initiative from our @flatironinstitute.org. Read more: https://bit.ly/4pLgAEj #science #AI #physics #biology

Building an AI That Understands the Universe

Building an AI That Understands the Universe on Simons Foundation

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We're accepting applications for a series of autism genetics workshops held in December 2026 and February 2027. More details: https://bit.ly/4yZqCpK #science #autismresearch

Launched in 2019, the Simons Collaboration on Ultra-Quantum Matter has been working to better understand the implications of the quantum Hall effect and other fundamental aspects of ultra-quantum matter. Read more about this research: https://bit.ly/3TQCF8w #science #physics

Quantum Effects Go Macro: Collaboration Unravels the Ultra-Quantum Realm

Quantum Effects Go Macro: Collaboration Unravels the Ultra-Quantum Realm on Simons Foundation

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Meet Regina Forlenza from the Queens Botanical Garden: As part of our #InfiniteSums national math initiative, she's helping visitors discover the mathematics inherent throughout nature: https://bit.ly/3Sb0Cab #math #science

Math Ambassadors: Regina Forlenza From Queens Botanical Garden

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Our solar viewing has been rescheduled! Join us at the Southern Fountain in Madison Square Park on Tuesday (8/4) from 12-3PM to safely look into the sun, chat with our researchers and celebrate space here on Earth. More details: https://bit.ly/4vYu1SU

ICYMI: Axel Saenz Rodriguez has always been enticed by solving difficult problems. So in 2025, he became a Simons Foundation Pivot Fellow to transition his research from pure #math to applied quantum #physics in hopes of developing more sustainable energy sources: https://bit.ly/4a1pyGV

#InfinityDay is one week away! Want to celebrate with your community? Check out our Infinity Day activity packet, put together by our #InfiniteSums national math initiative: https://bit.ly/4fbh1mG

Infinity Day Community Activity Pack

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Visit the Brooklyn Museum tomorrow (8/1) for a conversation on jazz, creativity, and discovery with Grammy Award–winning saxophonist Donald Harrison, physicist and musician Stephon Alexander, and physicist Janna Levin. Register: https://bit.ly/3QSYK5u #science #music #jazz #physics

First Saturday: Where Brooklyn Meets the Caribbean

Soak up the summer sun while enjoying music, talks, art-making, and poetry by artists from across the Caribbean diaspora.

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We're pleased to announce the 2026 class of our Fellows-to-Faculty program! This fellowship supports talented early-career scientists and their research visions as they transition into tenure-track faculty positions in autism and #neuroscience research. See the new class: https://bit.ly/4yXUjrd

Announcing the Recipients of the 2026 Fellows-to-Faculty Awards

The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the 2026 class of its Fellows-to-Faculty program.

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Announcing the four new recipients of our Scientific Software Research Faculty Fellowship: Sarah Blunt, Douglas A. Torrance, David Wells, and Kyle Westfall. This program provides institutions with financial support to create new software-focused positions: https://bit.ly/3RHr9f6 #science #math

Simons Foundation Awards 4 New Scientific Software Research Faculty Fellowships

The Simons Foundation’s Mathematics & Physical Sciences division has awarded four new Scientific Software Research Faculty Fellowships.

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ICYMI: A classical mathematical function helped @flatironinstitute.org researchers drastically speed up molecular dynamics simulations. https://bit.ly/4oLYtgR #math #science #biology

Mathematicians Unleash Multifold Speed Boost for Supercomputer Simulations of Molecules

Mathematicians Unleash Multifold Speed Boost for Supercomputer Simulations of Molecules on Simons Foundation

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Happy #NationalInternDay! This summer, we're hosting over 60 interns to work on projects across computational science and scientific outreach. Read more about our Summer at Simons program: https://bit.ly/4w2r8Aq #math #science

Can't be in Philadelphia for the world's largest math conference? Watch the #ICM2026 closing ceremony livestream now on the Simons Foundation YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/4pv7iwd #math

International Congress of Mathematicians: Closing Ceremony

Watch as the world's most prestigious math conference comes to a close.

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#ICM2026 has taken over Philadelphia for the past week, featuring everything from the Fields Medal announcements, research talks on AI, and public events celebrating the wonder of #math. Watch live tomorrow as the world's most prestigious math conference comes to a close: https://bit.ly/4pv7iwd

International Congress of Mathematicians: Closing Ceremony

Watch as the world's most prestigious math conference comes to a close.

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Even when IMU Abacus Medal winner Shayan Oveis Gharan isn’t working, his competitive spirit still comes through. “My kids believe that he’s the best cook in the world,” his sister said. “I’m like, ‘Dude, relax, you don't have to be the best in everything.’”

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Shayan Oveis Gharan has won the Abacus Medal for using tools from across mathematics to boost the power of algorithms.

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After meeting at an SfN social, neuroscientists Arash Fassihi, Gily Ginosar, Noga Larry and Abdulraheem Nashef organized the Middle Eastern Systems Neuroscience Symposium, hoping to build a community that can transcend political barriers through scientific connection. #neuroskyence bit.ly/4g0sZkk

Helping Middle Eastern neuroscientists build community

Four neuroscientists got together to organize the Middle Eastern Systems Neuroscience Symposium. They hope to build a community that can find ways to transcend political barriers through scientific co...

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For Shayan Oveis Gharan, research has always been a struggle: “It has a lot of ups and downs, mostly downs. You always think, ‘Can I ever come up with something that doesn’t fail?’” He’s now a IMU Abacus Medal winner. www.quantamagazine.org/shayan-oveis...

Some of the world’s top mathematicians have a lot to say about new Fields Medalist John Pardon’s once-in-a-generation talent:

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John Pardon sees connections between different areas of math that others don’t. For that vision, he’s now been awarded a Fields Medal.

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By the time Hong Wang’s proof of the three-dimensional Kakeya set conjecture was published, she was ready for other, even harder-to-prove conjectures. www.quantamagazine.org/hong-wang-wi...

Jacob Tsimerman has won the Fields Medal. The win comes at a weird time: “I think AI will be better than mathematicians at doing math within two years,” he said. www.quantamagazine.org/jacob-tsimer...

In Yu Deng’s first year at MIT, he attended a talk from visiting mathematician Andrea Nahmod, who was presenting research on the so-called random data problem. This talk would set the course of Deng’s entire career, culminating in his Fields Medal win. www.quantamagazine.org/yu-deng-wins...

We are at #ICM2026 this week! Stop by the Simons Foundation booth to learn more about our mission and #math funding opportunities.

Watch this year's Fields medalists and other IMU prize winners take questions from the press. #ICM2026 livestream: https://bit.ly/4vWOb0q #math

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Every four years, the math world’s preeminent awards are given to the finest minds of a generation. The young Fields and Abacus Medal winners — all under 40 on the first day of the year — have reshaped mathematics and theoretical computer science. Here are the #ICM2026 winners:

During today's #ICM2026 opening ceremonies, the IMU announced the 2026 Fields Medals recipients: Yu Deng, John Pardon, Jacob Tsimerman, and Hong Wang Read more: https://bit.ly/4psOJbU

Who will win the 2026 Fields Medals? Watch #ICM2026 live now: https://bit.ly/4vWOb0q #math

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Cover reveal for David Tong's EVERYTHING IS FIELDS, publishing March 16, 2027! From one of today’s leading theoretical physicists comes a witty, exuberant tour of quantum fields, the fluid-like substances that make up our entire universe.