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UCLA Department of Mathematics
UCLA computer science and mathematics Professor Rafail Ostrovsky has been elected as a Foreign Member of Academia Europaea for the class of 2019. Professor Ostrovsky is one of the two members named within the research area of Theoretical Computer Science, along with Professor Leslie Valiant from Harvard. The object of Academia Europaea is the advancement and propagation of excellence in […]
UCLA math professor Tim Austin has been awarded the 2020 New Horizons Prize for his “multiple contributions to ergodic theory, most notably the solution of the weak Pinsker conjecture.” The prize is worth $100,000 and honors individuals for their early-career achievements in physics and math. The award was announced on September 5th, 2019 by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation […]
Aditee Prabhutendolkar attends the Los Angeles Math Circle (LAMC) program, a free enrichment program of the Department of Mathematics at UCLA. Now a junior in high school, Aditee is using her LAMC experience to share her passion for math with others. Over the past three years, Aditee has started her own LAMC satellite math circles at four elementary and two […]
Every two years, SIAM presents the Ralph E. Kleinman Prize to one individual for “outstanding research, or other contributions, that bridge the gap between mathematics and applications.” This year, UCLA Professor of Mathematics and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Andrea Bertozzi is the selected recipient. Andrea will receive the award in July 2019 at the International Congress on Industrial and Applied […]
On Sunday, June 16th, UCLA Math alumnus Vladimir (Vlad) Tenev came to campus to give the commencement keynote address to over 400 graduates, their families and friends. His inspirational speech urged students to follow their passion, even if it means leaving a familiar path for one that is true to our heart. Please read below for a short biography of […]
Second year PhD student Kevin Miller has been selected for the 2019 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship. With the purpose of increasing the number of U.S. citizens and nationals trained in science and engineering disciplines of military importance, awardees receive full tuition and all mandatory fees coverage for up to three years. The […]
On August 19-23, 2019, the University of Washington (UW) will hold a conference titled Modern Aspects of Complex Analysis and Its Applications in Seattle. The conference is in honor of UCLA Mathematics Professor John Garnett’s retirement and UW Mathematics Professor Don Marshall’s 70th birthday. John received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1966 under Irving Glicksberg and joined the UCLA […]
Team UCLA Bruins placed as a semi-finalist in the 2019 Society of Actuaries Student Research Case Study Challenge. All except one of the undergraduate team members were freshman including Bingcui (Violet) Guo, Calvin Ng, Roger Yuan, and Xijuan Liu. Led by Coach and Assistant Adjunct Professor Enes Ozel, the team researched a case study situation, conducted […]
Photo credit: Quanta Magazine/ Shuttershock Last summer, Profs. Jun Yin (UCLA) (and Ph.D. student Fan Yang), Paul Bourgade (New York University) and Horng-Tzer Yau (Harvard University) published a series of paper that proves the existence of a mathematical signature called “universality” which certifies that a material conducts electricity. A recent Quanta Magazine article stated, “The paper is […]