Dr. Rishi Sonthalia receives Peter Smereka Award for best AIM thesis

Dr. Rishi Sonthalia is a Hedrick Assistant Adjunct Professor at UCLA under Andrea Bertozzi,  Jacob Foster, and Guido Montufar. He has been awarded the Peter Smereka Award for the best Applied & Interdisciplinary Mathematics thesis of last year for his thesis “Metric and Representation, Learning”, advised by Anna Gilbert and Raj-Rao Nadakuditi. The University of Michigan will arrange for Rishi to present his work in the AIM seminar at a date to be determined. 


Learn more about the AIM program at UMich here: https://lsa.umich.edu/math/graduates/GraduateStudentHandbook/ph-d-programs/applied-and-interdisciplinary-mathematics–aim-.html

Professor Deanna Needell named 2022 AMS Fellow

UCLA Professor Deanna Needell joins the Class of 2022 Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) for her contributions to compressed sensing and the mathematics of data. The Fellows of the AMS designation recognizes members who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics.

“It is an honor to welcome a new class of AMS Fellows and to congratulate them for their notable contributions to mathematics and to the profession. We extend our thanks to the nominators and members of the selection committee for their help in highlighting the outstanding achievements of their colleagues. Congratulations 2022 Fellows!” — Professor Ruth Charney, President of the American Mathematical Society, on the 2022 Class of Fellows of the AMS.

To view full list of 2022 AMS Fellows and past Fellows, click here.

Source: Press Release by AMS on November 1, 2021.