Gödel Centenary Program this Friday
On Friday, November 17, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in Wolfensohn Hall, the Institute will host A Program to Mark the Centenary Year of the Birth of Kurt Gödel. The event is free and open to the public; reservations are not required. Seating is on a first come, first served basis. The program will consist of talks aimed at a general audience on the life and work of Kurt Gödel (1906-1978) and his impact on mathematics, philosophy, and computer science. Participants include: John Burgess, Princeton University; John W. Dawson, Jr., The Pennsylvania State University; Solomon Feferman, Stanford University; Juliette Kennedy, University of Helsinki; Karl Sigmund, University of Vienna; and Avi Wigderson, Institute for Advanced Study. For additional information about the program, please visit http://www.ias.edu/SpFeatures/kurt_godel/godel-4.php. There is also background on Gödel's life and work accessible from the IAS homepage, www.ias.edu. An exhibition of posters on Gödel, created by the University of Vienna, will remain on view on the main floor of Fuld Hall through Sunday, December 3. --Moses
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Moses Charikar