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Seminar Special Seminar:" Exterior differential systems and variation of Hodge structures"
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Seminar Log geometry seminar: "Logaritmic Hodge Structures (Report on the work of Kato-Usui)"
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Seminar Introduction to Hodge Theory I.
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Seminar Introduction to Hodge Theory II.
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Workshop Raising the floor: Progress and setbacks in the struggle for quality mathematics education for all
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Tuesday12:00 AM - 01:30 PMComments on the National Academies’ Report, ‘Rising Above the Gathering Storm’
Phillip Griffiths (Institute for Advanced Study)07:30 PM - 08:30 PMComments on the National Academies’ Report, ‘Rising Above the Gathering Storm’
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Workshop The Panorama Of Mathematics, A conference in honor of S. S. Chern
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Friday02:30 PM - 04:00 PMAbel's Differential Equations
Phillip Griffiths (Institute for Advanced Study)
Personal Profile of Dr. Phillip A. Griffiths

Dr.
Phillip
A.
Griffiths
Home Page: https://www.ias.edu/people/faculty-and-emeriti/griffiths
Professor Emeritus
School of Mathematics
Home Page: https://www.ias.edu/people/faculty-and-emeriti/griffiths
Phillip A. Griffiths is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study, where he served as Director from 1991–2003 and then Professor of Mathematics until he retired in 2009. Prior to joining the Institute, he was Provost and James B. Duke Professor of Mathematics at Duke University for eight years. From 1972–83 he was a Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University. He has also taught at Princeton University and the University of California, Berkeley. He was a Member in the Institute’s School of Mathematics from 1968–1970. Dr. Griffiths is Arts and Sciences Distinguished Scholar at the University of Miami from January-March 2016. Dr. Griffiths chairs the Science Initiative Group, an international team of scientists dedicated to building science and engineering capacity in developing countries through innovative programs including the Millennium Science Initiative (MSI) and the African Regional Initiative in Science and Education (RISE). A native of Raleigh, North Carolina, Dr. Griffiths received his PhD from Princeton University. Among his professional associations, he is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), a Foreign Associate of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, and an Honorary Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences. He was a member of the National Science Board from 1991–1996. He formerly served on the Boards of Directors of Bankers Trust New York Corporation, GSI Group, and Oppenheimer Funds. Dr. Griffiths has four children and eleven grandchildren. His wife Marian is a retired neurologist. |
Name | Office | Start Date | End Date |
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Emeriti Trustees | Mar 01, 2017 | Feb 28, 2026 |
Name | Office | Start Date | End Date |
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Board of Trustees | Dec 01, 1979 | Sep 30, 1985 | |
Board of Trustees | Feb 21, 2008 | Mar 01, 2012 | |
Board of Trustees | Apr 01, 2010 | Feb 28, 2017 | |
Board of Trustees | Chair of the Board (4/1/10 - 3/31/13) | Apr 01, 2010 | Feb 28, 2017 |
Committee on Trustees | Mar 01, 2008 | Mar 01, 2009 | |
Committee on Trustees | Mar 02, 2009 | Mar 01, 2010 | |
Committee on Trustees | Chair, Ex officio | Apr 01, 2010 | Mar 31, 2013 |
Development Committee | Ex officio member (Board Chair) | Apr 01, 2010 | Mar 31, 2013 |
Endowment Campaign Committee | Ex officio, Chair of the Board | Jul 01, 2010 | Mar 31, 2013 |
Finance Committee | Ex-officio member (Board Chair) | Apr 01, 2010 | Mar 07, 2012 |
Recompetition Committee | Feb 20, 2008 | Jul 08, 2010 | |
Steering Committee | Chair, Ex officio | Apr 01, 2010 | Mar 31, 2013 |