Recent political campaigns have demonstrated the power of data analysis and social network analysis. An IPAM workshop on April 22 and 23 addressed the emerging area of mathematics of politics, with talks by Lynn Vavreck (UCLA, Political Science), Solomon Messing (Facebook), and other researchers. Additionally, […]

The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) have selected Professor Irene Gamba (University of Texas) to give the 2014 Sonia Kovalevsky Lecture. Gamba has served on IPAM’s Science Advisory Board, participated in numerous IPAM workshops, and […]

Marie Snipes is an assistant professor in the Mathematics and Statistics Department at Kenyon College, working on geometric analysis. What would you call yourself: a mathematician, a physicist, a chemist… ? A mathematician!  I study the geometry of metric spaces and maps between metric spaces (e.g., […]

Dean of Physical Sciences Joseph Rudnick and IPAM Director Russel Caflisch officially unveiled our newly renovated lecture hall in a ribbon cutting ceremony held on April 25, 2014. The renovations include raised platforms for better sight lines, new seats, and state-of-the-art projection, sound, and lighting […]