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Congrats to Quantum Pod postdoc Ewin Tang on receiving the 2025 Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize! simons.berkeley.edu/news/ewin-tang… #SimonsQuantum

In the latest episode of Polylogues, Anil Ananthaswamy and Sasha Rush discuss neural scaling laws, which were empirically discovered a handful of years ago, and have had a major influence on companies’ decisions to build increasingly large models. youtu.be/q5xl4zWFWCU?si…

Two years ago, I've reoriented my research to try to make AI safe by design. In this TIME op-ed, I present my team's direction called "Scientist AI"; a practical, effective and more secure alternative to the current uncontrolled agency-driven trajectory. time.com/7283507/safer-…

Read Senior Scientist Nikhil Srivastava's report from our joint workshop with SLMath (MSRI) last month on AI for Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science. simons.berkeley.edu/news/simons-in…

🔷 IVADO is working to make #AI safer and more ethical. Recap of the Safety-Guaranteed LLMs Workshop at Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing in Berkeley. 🎬 Videos: ivado.ca/en/events/safe… 🔎 Learn more: ivado.ca/2025/05/12/ver… #R3AI #LLM #ArtificialIntelligence #ResponsibleAI

We invite your proposals to organize a research program at the Simons Institute in 2026–27 and beyond. There's also a pre-proposal option, if you'd like to test the waters... Drop us a line! Submissions due June 30. simons.berkeley.edu/how-submit-pro…

Earlier this spring, the Simons Institute hosted a Workshop on Quantum Memories. We’re delighted to share one of our favorite talks from the workshop: “A Local Automaton for the 2D Toric Code,” presented by Shankar Balasubramanian (MIT). youtube.com/live/P4p7wY8Rf… #SimonsQuantum

Finally, proof system day is here Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing #SimonsLive

We welcomed a merry band of cryptographers to the Institute this week! Check out their boot camp, now underway — with a focus on obfuscation, proof systems, and secure computation. Register to view the livestream or gain early access to recordings. simons.berkeley.edu/workshops/cryp…

Congrats, Ilias!

“The intuition is just so simple,” Williams said. “You can reuse space, but you can’t reuse time.” Read Ben Brubaker's piece for Quanta Magazine on Ryan Williams @rrwilliams.bsky.social' landmark result sharpening our understanding of time-space tradeoffs. quantamagazine.org/for-algorithms…

In a recent talk at the Simons Institute, Somesh Jha made a case for applying a security and cryptography mindset to evaluating the trustworthiness of machine learning systems, particularly in adversarial and privacy-sensitive contexts. bit.ly/43Xe0AP

A warm welcome to the participants in our Summer Cluster on Quantum Computing!

It was great to give this talk at a workshop in Simons. I think security/crypto lens is the necessary for evaluating the trustworthiness of ML systems (e.g. systems that deploy ML). Talking about the the trustworthiness of ML without the context in which it is deployed is not

Rewatch the earliest video on our YouTube channel — astronomer Joshua Bloom's talk in our 2012 Symposium on Visions of the Theory of Computing. youtube.com/watch?v=vGpqTb… #FBF

Join us June 23 – 27 for a workshop on Obfuscation — part of the ongoing summer program on Cryptography. Registration is required. simons.berkeley.edu/workshops/obfu…

Join us for the Summer Cluster on Quantum Computing Workshop, July 7–11. Register to attend in person or via private livestream. simons.berkeley.edu/workshops/summ…

Tomorrow at the Simons Institute, a one-day workshop on Quantum Gibbs Sampling. Registration isn't required for this one — just stop by Calvin Lab. Hope to see some of you there! simons.berkeley.edu/workshops/quan…