Number Theory and Representation Theory: The Legacy of Benedict Gross, and Beyond

Dick Gross (June 22, 1950 – December 19, 2025) made groundbreaking contributions in domains such as number theory and representation theory, and spent nearly five decades at Harvard as a student, math professor, and administrator. This conference is a remembrance of his life with lectures related to his work and recollections from colleagues, family and friends.

Read more about Dick Gross’ life and contributions here.

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• SPEAKERS*
• Mike Artin (MIT)
• Jennifer Balakrishnan (Boston University)
• Joe Buhler (Reed College)
• Samit Dasgupta (Duke University)
• Noam Elkies (Harvard University)
• Jessica Fintzen. (Universitat Bonn, Germany)
• Wee Teck Gan (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
• Joe Harris (Harvard University)
• Mike Hopkins (Harvard University)
• Neal Koblitz (University of Washington)
• Jacob Lurie (IAS, Princeton University)
• Barry Mazur (Harvard University)
• Curt McMullen (Harvard University)
• Aaron Pollack (UC San Diego)
• Dipendra Prasad (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India)
• Gordan Savin (University of Utah)
• Jean-Pierre Serre (College de France, France)
• Jack Thorne (University of Cambridge, UK)
• Nolan Wallach (UC San Diego)
• Andrew Wiles (University of Oxford, UK)
• Don Zagier (Max-Planck Institute for Mathematics Bonn, Germany)
• Shouwu Zhang (Princeton University)

*List of speakers subject to change.

Organizers: Henri Darmon (McGill), Kiran Kedlaya (UC San Diego), Cristian Popescu (UC San Diego)