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A poster with details about the 2018 conference in honor of Harvard math professor Barry Mazur's 80th birthday.

Mathematics is a long conversation: a celebration of Barry Mazur

ANNOUNCEMENTS, CONFERENCES

When: June 4, 2018 - June 8, 2018
Where: Science Center Hall B
Address: 1 Oxford St, Cambridge 02138, United States
Speaker: Click more info for full list of speakers

A conference in honor of Barry Mazur’s 80th birthday.

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Mon, June 4 Tues, June 5 Wed, June 6 Thurs, June 7 Fri, June 8
8:45-9:15 a.m.

Morning Refreshments

8:45-9 a.m.
Morning Refreshments
8:45-9 a.m.
Morning Refreshments
8:45-9 a.m.
Morning Refreshments
8:45-9 a.m.
Morning Refreshments
9:15-9:30 a.m.
Welcome Remarks
9-10 a.m.
Hector Pasten
9-10 a.m.
Nur Yalman
9-10 a.m.
Cathy O’Neil
9-10 a.m.
Wei Zhang
9:15-10:30 a.m.
Marie-France Vignéras
10-10:30 a.m.
Coffee Break
10-11:30 a.m.
Literature/Poetry
Jane Hirshfield
Jamaica Kincaid
Elaine Scarry
Moderator: Maria Tatar
10-10:30 a.m.
Coffee Break
10-10:30 a.m.
Coffee Break
10:30-11 a.m.
Coffee Break
10:30-11:30 a.m.
Robert Pollack
11:30-1 p.m.
Lunch
10:30-11:30 a.m.
Haruzo Hida
10:30-11:30 a.m.
Alexandra Shlapenkoth
11-12 p.m.
Preston Wake
11:30-12 p.m.
Coffee Break
1-2:30 p.m.
History of Science
Stephanie Dick
Peter Galison
Alma Steingart
Moderator: Keith Hilles-Pilant
11:30-12 p.m.
Coffee Break
11:30-12 p.m.
Coffee Break
12-2 p.m.
Lunch
12-1 p.m.
Frank Calegari
2:30-2:50 p.m.
Coffee Break
12-1 p.m.
Glenn Stevens
12-1 p.m.
Persi Diaconis
2-3 p.m.
Matthew Emerton
1-2:30 p.m.
Lunch
2:50-4:20 p.m.
Philosophy/Law/Physics
Michel Chaouli
Noah Feldman
Andrew Strominger
Moderator: William Mills Todd III
1-2:30 p.m.
Lunch
1-2 p.m.
Farewell Lunch
3-3:30
Coffee Break
2:30-3:30 p.m.
Jacob Lurie
4:20-4:40 p.m.
Coffee Break
2:30-3:30 p.m.
Jordan Ellenberg
3:30-4:30 p.m.
William Stein
3:30-4 p.m.
Coffee Break
4:40-5:40 p.m.
Manjil Bargava
Public Lecture
3:30-4 p.m.
Coffee Break
5-7 p.m.
Reception
4-5 p.m.
Jason Starr
4-5 p.m.
Akshay Venkatesh
  • SPEAKERS
  • MATHEMATICS
  • Manjul Bhargava (Princeton University)
  • Frank Calegari (University of Chicago)
  • Persi Diaconis (Stanford University)
  • Jordan Ellenberg (University of Wisconsin)
  • Matthew Emerton (University of Chicago)
  • Haruzo Hida (University of California, Los Angeles)
  • Jacob Lurie (Harvard University)Frank Calegari Talk Slides
  • Cathy O’Neil (ORCAA)
  • Hector Pasten (Harvard University)
  • Robert Pollack (Boston University)
  • Alexandra Shlapentokh (East Carolina University)
  • Jason Starr (State University of New York, Stonybrook)
  • William Stein (University of Washington)
  • Glenn Stevens (Boston University)
  • Marie-France Vignéras (Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu)
  • Akshay Venkatesh (Stanford University)
  • Preston Wake (University of California, Los Angeles)
  • Wei Zhang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  • LITERATURE/POETRY
  • Jane Hirshfield
  • Jamaica Kincaid (Harvard University)
  • Elaine Scarry (Harvard University)
  • HISTORY OF SCIENCE
  • Stephanie Dick (UPenn)
  • Peter Galison (Harvard University)
  • Alma Steingart (Harvard University)
  • PHILOSOPHY/LAW/PHYSICS
  • Michel Chaouli (Indiana University)
  • Noah Feldman (Harvard University)
  • Andrew Strominger (Harvard University)

A group photo of the attendees of the 2018 conference in honor of Harvard mathematician Barry Mazur.

Organizers: Matthew Emerton (University of Chicago), Dennis Gaitsgory (Harvard University), Michael Harris (Columbia University), Mark Kisin (Harvard University), Karl Rubin (University of California at Irvine).

Sponsors: the National Science Foundation NSF, the Harvard Mathematics Department, the Society of Fellows and the Friends of Mathematics.