This is not a complete listing of all Hilldale lectures, but Hilldale lectures given with a Math emphasis as part of the Physical Sciences emphasis. For a list of complete Hilldale Lectures, see https://secfac.wisc.edu/awards-lectures/hilldale-lecture-series/
2023: Gigliola Staffilani, Abby Rockefeller Mauze Professor, Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “A small window on wave turbulence theory”
2022: Gil Kalai, Henry and Manya Noskwith Professor of Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a Professor of Computer Science at IDC, Herzliya. He is adjunct Professor of mathematics and computer science at Yale University “The argument against quantum computers”
2015-2016: Peter Sarnak, Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University, and Permanent Faculty Member at the Institute for Advanced Study, “Sum of Squares and Golden Gates”
2013-2014: William Cook, Professor in Combinatorics & Optimization at the University of Waterloo. In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman: Mathematics at the Limits of Computation
2009-2010: Persi Diaconis, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, Stanford University. “From Magic to Mathematics and Back”
2004-2005: Barry Mazur, Professor of Mathematics, Harvard University. “Bernoulli Numbers and the Unity of Mathematics”
1995-1996: Ivar Ekeland, Professor of Mathematics, University of Paris-Dauphine. “Variational Principles and Symplectic Geometry: From Galileo’s Pendulum to Modern Symplectic Geometry”
1989-1990: George Andrews, Professor of Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University. “The Amazing, Romantic Story of Ramanujan’s Mathematics”
1978-1979: Mark Kac, Professor of Mathematics, Rockefeller University. “When is Random Random?” (audio available)