The American Mathematical Society hosted a Congressional Briefing entitled “How Math Fuels the Knowledge Economy,” on December 11, 2013. The event was hosted by Congressman Jerry McNerny, who holds a mathematics PhD. The invited speaker was Mark L. Green, Co-founder and former Director of IPAM. […]
The American Mathematical Society recently announced its 2014 Fellows. The list includes three current or former IPAM board members. Amie Wilkinson, professor of mathematics at the University of Chicago, is a member of IPAM’s Science Advisory Board. Rodrigo Bañuelos, professor of mathematics at Purdue, and […]
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 […]
This article was written by Roja Bandari, who graduated from UCLA in 2013 with a PhD in Electrical Engineering As a participant in the 2010 IPAM program “Networks and Network Analysis for the Humanities,” I formed an appreciation for IPAM’s ability to connect scholars of […]