The 2023 IHES Annual Report is now available online. Read the editorial by IHES President Marwan Lahoud below. “When Léon Motchane founded IHES in Paris in 1958, he was absolutely convinced of the vital role fundamental scientific research played...

Friends of IHES is delighted to welcome David Faucon to its Board of Directors, which he officially joined on March 4, 2024. David Faucon began his career as a quantitative researcher and then as an equity trader at Societe...

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected Marilyn H. Simons, chair of Friends of IHES, to its 2024 class of new members. Membership in the Academy is one of the United States’ most prestigious honors in the...

When I became the director of IHES in 2013, one of my challenges was to maintain the high-quality of our relationships with the Institute’s main sponsors, starting with Jim and Marilyn Simons, our greatest donors. Jim, a brilliant mathematician...

With deep sorrow, Friends of IHES shares the news of Jim Simons’ passing last Friday, May 10th, 2024. Jim Simons was an award-winning mathematician, a legend in quantitative investing, and an inspired and generous philanthropist. He chaired the math...