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CMSA Research Associate Francesco Mori receives Early Career Prize for Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

Posted on November 18, 2025

CMSA Research Associate Francesco Mori is the recipient of the Early Career Prize for Statistical and Nonlinear Physics of the European Physical Society, “for his outstanding contributions on the […] ...

CMSA Researcher Mike Douglas named as PI for Simons Collaboration on the Physics of Learning and Neural Computation

Posted on August 27, 2025

CMSA Researcher Mike Douglas has been named a Principal Investigator for the new Simons Collaboration on the Physics of Learning and Neural Computation. The collaboration will study how large neural […] ...

Michael Douglas, CMSA Senior Researcher featured in the Harvard Gazette

Posted on July 29, 2025

Michael Douglas, CMSA Senior Researcher, is featured in the Harvard Gazette article: AI leaps from math dunce to whiz. ...

Video available for 2025 CMSA Yip Lecture (April 17, 2025)

Posted on April 23, 2025

The video is now available for the 2025 CMSA Yip Lecture. Speaker: Scott Aaronson, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas, Austin Title: How Much Math Is Knowable? April 17, […] ...

Video available for 2025 Ding Shum Lecture (Feb 13, 2025)

Posted on March 5, 2025

On February 13, 2025 the CMSA hosted the sixth annual Ding Shum Lecture, given by Irit Dinur, Institute for Advanced Study. Location: Harvard Science Center Hall A & via Zoom […] ...

CMSA Publication: Volume 1: Literature and History of Mathematical Science

Posted on March 3, 2025

CMSA Publication Volume 1: Literature and History of Mathematical Science is now in print and available. Beginning in Spring 2020, the CMSA began hosting a lecture series on literature in […] ...

Simons Foundation Co-Founder, Mathematician and Investor Jim Simons Dies at 86

Posted on May 10, 2024

Jim Simons April 25, 1938 – May 10, 2024 Simons Foundation Co-Founder, Mathematician and Investor Jim Simons Dies at 86 ...

Annual Newsletter

Posted on May 10, 2024

The CMSA 2023-2024 Newsletter is now available. CMSA 2023-2024 Newsletter (pdf). ...

2024 Ding Shum Lecture: Yann LeCun: Objective-Driven AI: Towards AI systems that can learn, remember, reason, and plan

Posted on March 28, 2024

On March 28, 2024, the CMSA hosted the fifth annual Ding Shum Lecture, given by Yann LeCun. Speaker: Yann Lecun, New York University & META Location: Harvard Science Center Hall […] ...

CMSA Director Dan Freed featured in Harvard Gazette

Posted on October 24, 2023

“Center welcomes new director, a Harvard alum who will explore ‘beautiful, deep’ interactions between mathematics, science.” Link to article. Story by Anne J. Manning, Harvard Staff Writer Photo courtesy of […] ...

Cynthia Dwork will give the 2023 Ding Shum Lecture: Measuring Our Chances: Risk Prediction in This World and its Betters

Posted on March 9, 2023

https://cmsa.fas.harvard.edu/event/2022-ding-shum-lecture/ Time: 5:00-6:00 pm ET Location: Harvard University Science Center Hall D This event will be held in person and via Zoom webinar. Registration is required. In-person registration (link) Zoom […] ...

Math-Science Literature Lecture Series

Posted on November 30, 2022

Math-Science Literature Lecture Series Beginning in Spring 2020, the CMSA began hosting a lecture series on literature in the mathematical sciences, with a focus on significant developments in mathematics that […] ...