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Dr. Lorenzo Gavassino wins the MERAC Prize
March 6, 2024 – Dr. Lorenzo Gavassino, a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Vanderbilt Department of Mathematics and member of the VandyGRAF Initiative, has been awarded the 2024 MERAC Prize in Theoretical Astrophysics for his PhD thesis. The prize is awarded by the European Astronomical Society. His thesis focused on a thermodynamics-based formulation of relativistic viscous hydrodynamics for multi-messenger and...
Prof. Osin publishes in Annals of Mathematics
February 25, 2024 – Prof. Denis Osin recently published a paper in Annals of Mathematics, widely considered the most prestigious journal in pure mathematics. The paper, “Wreath-like products of groups and their von Neumann algebras I: W*-superrigidity” was written with Adrian Ioana (UCSD), Ionut Chifan (U Iowa), and a former Vanderbilt Ph.D. student Bin Sun (Michigan State U). The...
Welcoming visiting Professor Cabrelli and Professor Molter
February 6, 2024 – The Department of Mathematics is pleased to host Carlos Cabrelli, Professor and Investigador Superior (the highest researcher rank in CONICET), along with Ursula Molter, Professor (and former Director of the IMAS UBA/CONICET the largest mathematics institute in Argentina). They are visiting the Department of Mathematics through the Vanderbilt Global Scholar Program. Professors Cabrelli and Molter...
Professor Laurent Baratchart to visit this spring
February 6, 2024 – Professor Laurent Baratchart, Research Director at INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France, is visiting the Department of Mathematics during the Spring semester of 2024. He is hosted by Professors Doug Hardin and Ed Saff. Professor Baratchart’s research areas include the analysis of harmonic fields, approximation, inverse potential problems, and control. He is teaching a graduate course on...
Rubik’s Cube Competition
January 30, 2024 – On Saturday, March 9, there will be a first-of-its-kind event on the Vanderbilt campus: a Rubik’s cube competition. This is the 50th anniversary year for the invention of this beloved puzzle. The competition will be held from 8 – 6 in the SLC ballroom. It will be facilitated by the World Cube Association and CubingUSA. ...
Prof. Ed Saff awarded Honorary Doctorate from National Schevchenko University of Kyiv, Ukraine
December 30, 2023 – Ed Saff, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, has been granted the title of “Honorary Doctor of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.” There will be an online ceremony on January 2, 2024, to celebrate the occasion, which coincides with Prof. Saff’s 80th birthday. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv is the most prestigious university in...
Prof. Speck publishes research breakthrough on the big bang
December 21, 2023 – Prof. Jared Speck, along with Grigorios Fournodavlos (University of Crete) and Igor Rodnianski (Princeton University) recently published a breakthrough paper about the stability of the big bang theory. Their paper answers a 50-year-old conjecture made by physics. It was published in the highly-prestigious Journal of the American Mathematical Society, which is considered as one of...
Prof. Marcelo Disconzi publishes autobiographical children’s book
December 14, 2023 – Prof. Marcelo Disconzi published a children’s book in the “Who, Me?” series. Books in the series are designed to help young readers understand that scientists are regular people like themselves who are excited about learning and discovering new things and who decided to work hard in school in order to create scientific opportunities for themselves....
Prof. Anna Marie Bohmann receives Nordhaus Award
December 7, 2023 – Prof. Anna Marie Bohmann is the recipient of the 2023 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in the Natural Sciences award. This is a prestigious, college-wide award. Prof. Bohmann is known throughout Vanderbilt as a brilliant lecturer and an energetic advocate for her students. We are lucky to have her in our ranks! The award was presented...
Prof. Jared Speck to deliver AMS Invited Address
November 30, 2023 – Stevenson Chair Jared Speck will give one of three invited lectures at the Fall Southeastern Sectional Meeting of the American Mathematical Society, to be held at Florida State University, March 23-24, 2024. The title of his talk is Singularity Formation for the Equations of Einstein and Euler and the abstract is as follows: In recent...