Public Lectures

A recent initiative, joint with the Friends of Stanford Mathematics, is a series of lectures, for the public, by outstanding mathematicians, who are also wonderful communicators.

These lectures are free and open to all. If you wish to stay informed about upcoming public lectures, please click here to subscribe to our email list: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/mathpubliclecture

Past Public Lecture Events

October
26
Date
Thu October 26th 2023, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
CEMEX Auditorium, Stanford University
Speaker
Scott Aaronson (University of Texas at Austin)

Please note that the event location has changed, this lecture will now be held at CEMEX Auditorium.

May
18
Date
Thu May 18th 2023, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Everett and Jane Hauck Auditorium, David and Joan Traitel Building of Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Speaker
Ravi Vakil (Stanford)

Doodling is a creative and fundamentally human activity, resulting in doodles with intricate and often hidden implicit structure.

Public Lecture Visitors

Dave Donoho
Professor of Statistics
Stanford University
Distinguished Professor
Harvard University
Professor of Mathematics
Duke University
Professor of Mathematics
Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton
Professor of Statistics
Stanford University