Congratulations to the 2018 Fellows of the American Mathematical Society!  According to the AMS website, these members are recognized for having made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics.  IPAM would like to especially acknowledge those who have been influential […]

Congratulations to Emmanuel Candès for receiving the 2017 MacArthur Fellowship, better known as the “genius” grant, from The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation! Each of the recipients has been selected for having “shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a […]

Jason Xu is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Biomathematics at UCLA primarily interested in developing statistical methods for non-convex optimization problems.  He participated in IPAM’s summer research program for students, RIPS, as a student in 2012 and as an academic mentor in […]

In 2016, IPAM was awarded a five-year grant from the Simons Foundation that created Simons Participants, designed to free senior participants from teaching and other departmental duties so that they can fully participate in the IPAM program.  IPAM is pleased to announce that Mitchell Luskin […]