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Public Lectures Overview

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

Upcoming Public Lecture Events

October
29
  • Lectures
Date
Tuesday, October 29, 2024. 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location
CEMEX Auditorium, Stanford University
Speaker:
Kevin Buzzard (Imperial College London)

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Past Public Lecture Events

Date
Tue October 30th 2012, 7:30pm
Location:
Cubberley Auditorium
Speaker
Brian Conrad (Stanford University)
Date
Wed February 8th 2012, 7:30pm
Location:
Cubberley Auditorium
Speaker
Benedict Gross (Harvard University)
Date
Wed November 30th 2011, 7:30pm
Location:
Cubberley Auditorium
Speaker
Persi Diaconis (Stanford University)
Date
Wed April 20th 2011, 7:30pm
Location:
Cubberley Auditorium
Speaker
Manjul Bhargava (Princeton University)
Date
Wed February 9th 2011, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Hewlett Teaching Center Auditorium
Speaker
Shing-Tung Yau (Harvard University)
Date
Wed October 6th 2010, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Cubberley Auditorium
Speaker
Terence Tao (UCLA)

Past Speakers

Professor of Computer Sciences
Univeristy of Texas at Austin
Professor of Mathematics
Princeton University
Director, Screenwriter, Producer
Professor of Mathematics
Stanford University
Professor of Mathematics
Duke University
Professor of Mathematics & Statistics
Stanford University
Professor of Mathematics
Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton
Dave Donoho
Professor of Statistics
Stanford University
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Tufts University
Professor of Mathematics
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Professor of Mathematics
École normale supérieure de Lyon
Professor of Mathematics
University of Oxford
Professor of Mathematics
Harvard University
Professor of Statistics
Stanford University
Research Scientist
Microsoft
Professor of Mathematics
Harvard University
Professor of Mathematics
IAS
Professor of Mathematics
UCLA
Professor of Mathematics
Stanford University
Professor of Mathematics
University of Lyon
Professor of Mathematics
Harvard University