Special Lectures

Millennium Prize Problems Lecture – Peter Sarnak: Riemann Hypothesis

Organizers - Martin Bridson, Clay Mathematics Institute, Dan Freed, Harvard CMSA, Michael Hopkins, Harvard University
Date - Apr 15, 2026 - Apr 15, 2026
Venue - Harvard Science Center Hall D

Speaker: Peter Sarnak, Institute for Advanced Study Topic: Riemann Hypothesis Register to attend in-person. Register for the Zoom Webinar. Read more about the...

Millennium Prize Problems Lecture – Javier Gómez-Serrano: Navier-Stokes Existence or Breakdown

Organizers - Martin Bridson, Clay Mathematics Institute, Dan Freed, Harvard CMSA, Michael Hopkins, Harvard University
Date - Mar 11, 2026 - Mar 11, 2026
Venue - Harvard Science Center Hall D

Speaker: Javier Gómez-Serrano, Brown University Topic: Navier-Stokes Existence or Breakdown Register to attend in-person. Register for the Zoom Webinar. Read more about the...

Millennium Prize Problems Lecture – Barry Mazur: Birch and Swinnerton–Dyer Conjecture

Organizers - Martin Bridson, Clay Mathematics Institute, Dan Freed, Harvard CMSA, Michael Hopkins, Harvard University
Date - Feb 4, 2026 - Feb 4, 2026
Venue - Harvard Science Center Hall D

Speaker: Barry Mazur, Harvard University Topic: Birch and Swinnerton–Dyer Conjecture Register to attend in-person. Register for the Zoom Webinar. Read more about the...

Millennium Prize Problems Lecture – Madhu Sudan: P vs NP Problem

Organizers - Martin Bridson, Clay Mathematics Institute, Dan Freed, Harvard CMSA, Michael Hopkins, Harvard University
Date - Dec 3, 2025 - Dec 3, 2025
Venue - Harvard Science Center Hall D

Speaker: Madhu Sudan, Harvard University Topic: P vs NP Problem Register to attend in-person. Register for the Zoom Webinar. Read more about the P...

Millennium Prize Problems Lecture – Pierre Deligne: Hodge Conjecture

Organizers - Martin Bridson, Clay Mathematics Institute, Dan Freed, Harvard CMSA, Michael Hopkins, Harvard University
Date - Nov 12, 2025 - Nov 12, 2025
Venue - Harvard Science Center Hall D

Speaker: Pierre Deligne, Institute for Advanced Study Topic: Hodge Conjecture Register to attend in-person. Register for the Zoom Webinar. Read more at the...

Math Science Lectures in Honor of Raoul Bott: Dennis Gaitsgory

Organizers - Dan Freed, Harvard CMSA
Date - Oct 21, 2025 - Oct 21, 2025
Venue - Harvard Science Center

Math Science Lectures In Honor Of Raoul Bott Speaker: Dennis Gaitsgory, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics Details TBA

Math Science Lectures in Honor of Raoul Bott: Dennis Gaitsgory

Organizers - Dan Freed, Harvard CMSA
Date - Oct 20, 2025 - Oct 20, 2025
Venue - Harvard Science Center

Math Science Lectures In Honor Of Raoul Bott Speaker: Dennis Gaitsgory, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics Details TBA

Millennium Prize Problems Lecture – Sourav Chatterjee: Yang-Mills Existence and Mass Gap

Organizers - Martin Bridson, Clay Mathematics Institute, Dan Freed, Harvard CMSA, Michael Hopkins, Harvard University
Date - Oct 15, 2025 - Oct 15, 2025
Venue - Harvard Science Center Hall D

Speaker: Sourav Chatterjee, Stanford University Topic: Yang-Mills Existence and Mass Gap Register to attend in-person. Register for the Zoom Webinar. Read more about...

Millennium Prize Problems Lecture – Michael Freedman: The Poincaré Conjecture and Mathematical Discovery

Organizers - Martin Bridson, Clay Mathematics Institute, Dan Freed, Harvard CMSA, Michael Hopkins, Harvard University
Date - Sep 17, 2025 - Sep 17, 2025
Venue - Harvard Science Center Hall D

Millennium Prize Problems Lecture Speaker: Michael Freedman, Harvard CMSA and Logical Intelligence Title: The Poincaré Conjecture and Mathematical Discovery Abstract: The AI age requires us...

Fifth Annual Yip Lecture | Scott Aaronson (UT Austin): How Much Math Is Knowable?

Organizers - N/A
Date - Apr 17, 2025 - Apr 17, 2025
Venue - Harvard Science Center

[embed]https://youtu.be/VplMHWSZf5c[/embed] Speaker: Scott Aaronson, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas, Austin Scott Aaronson is the founding director at the Quantum Information Center at the...

CMSA/Tsinghua Math-Science Literature Lecture: Scott Sheffield (MIT): Yang-Mills theory and random surfaces

Organizers - Dan Freed, Shing-Tung Yau
Date - Apr 8, 2025 - Apr 8, 2025
Venue - CMSA Room G10

[embed]https://youtu.be/JJ88e4H4b8Q[/embed] CMSA/Tsinghua Math-Science Literature Lecture Date: April 8, 2025 Time: 9:00 - 10:30 am ET Location: CMSA G10, 20 Garden Street, Cambridge MA & via...

2025 Ding Shum Lecture: Irit Dinur, IAS: Expanders from local to global

Organizers - Dan Freed
Date - Feb 13, 2025 - Feb 13, 2025
Venue - Harvard Science Center

[embed]https://youtu.be/jEDFrIvRowc[/embed] On February 13, 2025 the CMSA hosted the sixth annual Ding Shum Lecture, given by Irit Dinur, Institute for Advanced Study. Location: Harvard...