Speakers and Performers
Hugo Duminil-Copin
Mathematician, 2022 Fields Medal Laureate & Permanent Professor at IHES
Hugo Duminil-Copin, Permanent Professor at IHES, is a mathematician specializing in probability theory. In 2022, he was awarded the Fields Medal, the highest honor in mathematics. Since December 7th, 2023, he is one of the twelve scientists forming the new Presidential Council created by Emmanuel Macron to advise him on the progress of science. Hugo Duminil-Copin uses mathematics to tackle problems in statistical physics. By using ideas from probability theory to study the critical behaviour of various models in statistical mechanics, he profoundly contributed to our understanding of critical phenomena. Hugo Duminil-Copin became a Permanent Professor at IHES in 2016, at the age of 31, and is also a Professor at the University of Geneva.
Special Guests
Marilyn Simons, Chair, Friends of IHES
Marilyn Simons holds a B.A. and a Ph.D. in Economics from SUNY, Stony Brook. In 1994, she co-founded the Simons Foundation together with her late husband, Jim Simons, and served as its President until June 2021. Both through the Simons Foundation and at a personal level, Marilyn Simons has supported programs promoting an increased diversity and improved equity in science and economics.
Emmanuel Ullmo, Director of IHES
Emmanuel Ullmo is a mathematician specializing in algebraic geometry and arithmetic. Before becoming the Director of IHES in 2013, he alternated positions at Université Paris-Saclay and abroad, including at IMPA in Brazil, Princeton University and Tsing-Hua University, China. He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Beijing in 2002 and a member of the Institut Universitaire de France from 2003 to 2008. In 2006, he was awarded the Élie Cartan Prize of the French Academy of Sciences.
