RIPS-Los Angeles students Tram Pham (pictured) and her teammates Lucius Bynum, Laura Daines, and Sneha Kudugunta, who were not able to attend, won an Outstanding Presentation Award at the Undergraduate Student Poster Session of the 2017 Joint Mathematics Meetings for their poster entitled, “Side-Channel Attacks and Countermeasure […]

Ronald Stern has begun a three-year term as chair of IPAM’s Board of Trustees. Ronald Stern is a Professor Emeritus at UC Irvine, where he was Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Dean of the School of Physical Sciences. He has served on the […]

IPAM Director Russ Caflisch has been appointed Director of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University. His appointment will begin on September 1, 2017. Russ will return to Courant after a lengthy career at UCLA, where he has been a professor of […]

IPAM Board of Trustees member Nancy Potok has been appointed chief statistician of the United States. According to the American Statistical Association (ASA), Potok’s new position is responsible for providing coordination, guidance, and oversight for U.S. federal statistical agencies and activities. Prior to this prestigious […]