Facebook recently announced that Yann LeCun will be joining the company to direct a massive new effort to advance the field of artificial intelligence. LeCun is one of the most prominent artificial-intelligence researchers in the world. He is currently the director of NYU’s Center for […]
Established in 2002, the Blackwell-Tapia Conference honors the work of mathematicians David H. Blackwell and Richard A. Tapia who inspired a generation of African American and Latino/Latina students to pursue careers in the mathematical sciences. The seventh Blackwell-Tapia Prize will be presented at the 2014 […]
Karina Edmonds received the University of Rhode Island’s President’s Award at the 2013 Eighth Annual Distinguished Achievement Awards & Gala on October 25, 2013. The award is given to individuals who demonstrate exceptional leadership in their field and who contribute to the betterment of their […]
On Monday, November 4, Dr. Emily Carter, Founding Director of the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University, will give an IPAM public lecture. The title of her talk is “Quantum Mechanics and the Future of the Planet.” She will describe the […]