Entries by Zenith Farin

Professor Terence Tao, UCLA Computer Scientists Awarded Laude Moonshots Grant to Build AI System as Research Partner

Image Courtesy of Laude Institute “A team of six UCLA faculty members spanning artificial intelligence, computer science and mathematics has received a $250,000 seed grant from the Laude Institute as part of its inaugural Moonshots initiative, which supports university-led efforts to solve some of humanity’s hardest, undiscovered problems. The UCLA team was one of just eight selected […]

UCLA Research Team Signs $5M Contract with DARPA for AI Research

Image Courtesy of DARPA expMath webpage. UCLA recently signed a $5 Million Dollar Contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the expMath: Exponentiating Mathematics initiative. Professors Wei Wang, Andrea Bertozzi, Terence Tao, Kai-Wei Chang, Nanyun Peng, and Amit Sahai are involved in this effort led by PI Wei Wang.  Exponentiating Mathematics (expMath) […]

Professor Terence Tao receives Princeton’s James Madison Medal

Photo Credit: Princeton University Alumni Website. Professor Terence Tao has been awarded the 2026 James Madison Medal, the highest distinction for a Princeton University alumnus. Tao was honored at Princeton’s annual Alumni Day this past February for his exceptional contributions to the field of mathematics. Tao received his PhD from Princeton University in 1996 at […]

Professor Andrea Bertozzi featured on SIAM for Women’s History Month

In honor of Women’s History Month, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) has featured UCLA Mathematics Professor Andrea Bertozzi for her diverse research work and contributions to SIAM. When asked about advice to early-career professionals, Bertozzi stated, “Do not be afraid to step out of your comfort zone and learn new things; it’s […]

UCLA Putnam Team ranks #31

In the 86th annual Putnam Competition held on December 6th, 2025, the UCLA team was ranked #31. Listed below are the students who ranked in the top 500, listed alphabetically by first name: Ricky HuJason LiuAkash MadirajuKenneth RenHaoran SunMuztaba SyedDiana ToluSahan WijetungaThomas Wu The Basil Gordon Prize, for the top scorer among UCLA students, will […]

Professor Monica Visan Receives Inaugural Edmond and Nancy Tomastik Prize

UCLA Mathematics Professor Monica Visan has received the Inaugural Edmond and Nancy Tomastik Prize, presented by the American Mathematical Society. Visan is being honored for her contributions to nonlinear dispersive and wave equations, specifically through the introduction, development, and applications of the method of commuting flows. She was honored at the Awards Celebration on January […]

Professors Guido Montúfar and Deanna Needell receive NSF AIMing grant

Professors Guido Montúfar and Deanna Needell have received a National Science Foundation grant on Artificial Intelligence, Formal Methods, and Mathematical Reasoning. This program (AIMing) supports research at the “interface of innovative computational and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and new strategies/technologies in mathematical reasoning to automate knowledge discovery”. This grant is a collaboration between Cal Tech, […]

UCLA and Purdue Collaboration to Uncover the Mechanisms behind Memorization in Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are becoming part of everyday life, utilized for generating and editing text, recommending content, and recently in exploring mathematical and scientific data. However, AI tools that memorize, that is, store and reproduce outcomes directly seen in their training sets, pose several risks related to security, privacy, and reliability. Through a $1M […]

Monica Visan Named 2026 AWM-AMS Emmy Noether Lecturer

UCLA Mathematics Professor Monica Visan has been selected to deliver the 45th Emmy Noether Lecture at the Joint Mathematics Meetings held in Washington, D.C. from January 4–7, 2026. This distinguished lecture was established in 1980 by the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) to honor the extraordinary contributions of women in the field of mathematical […]