Prof. Dietmar Bisch Awarded Major Interdisciplinary Grant

November 9, 2023 – Prof. Dietmar Bisch was awarded the three-grant W911NF-23-0026 from the US-Army Research Office. Entitled “Von Neumann Subfactors, Noncommutativity and Quantum Computing,” the $571,783.00 grant provides substantial support for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. The research lies at the intersection of pure mathematics and quantum information theory.  

Topical Collection on Population Dynamics in Honor of Glenn Webb

October 31, 2023 – Populations are ubiquitous in nature. All natural beings and natural phenomena can be viewed as populations. A central feature of all populations is their dynamic capacity – their ability to change. The understanding of population dynamics requires mathematical description, mathematical formulation, and mathematical analysis. These mathematical requirements have been central in the history of science....

Professor Margalit Delivers Mary Cartwright Accompanying Lecture

October 23, 2023 – Professor Dan Margalit was invited by the London Mathematical Society to deliver the 2023 Mary Cartwright Accompanying Lecture, which is organized by the Committee for Women and Diversity in Mathematics. More information is available here: https://www.lms.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=87  

Shanks Conference on L-functions and Automorphic Forms

October 9, 2023 – On May 13-16, 2024, the Vanderbilt Department of Mathematics will host the Shanks International Conference on L-functions and Automorphic Forms. The conference will feature 24 speakers and covers topics on automorphic forms, L-functions, and the relation between the two. Kannan Soundararajan will be honored as the 36th Shanks Lecturer.

Shanks Workshop on Combinatorics and Graph Theory

October 7, 2023 – On March 9-10, 2024, the Vanderbilt Department of Mathematics will host the Shanks Workshop on Combinatorics and Graph Theory. The workshop will bring together young researchers from different institutions and backgrounds to discuss recent developments on structural graph theory, extremal combinatorics, and graph colorings.

October 4, 2023 – Chair of Mathematics, Dan Margalit is co-organizing a variety show with Nancy Scherich, winner of the 2017 Dance Your Ph.D. competition.  The show is called Mathematics: A Quick Revue, and it will be held on January 5, 2024 in conjunction with the 2024 Joint Mathematics Meetings.  The performance will take place at the Alcazar Theater...

New Department Leadership

August 23, 2023 – Dan Margalit has joined the Vanderbilt faculty as Stevenson Professor and Chair of the Department of Mathematics. Margalit is a leading expert on low-dimensional topology and geometric group theory. A brief video introducing Professor Margalit and some other new A&S faculty is available here. The Vanderbilt article announcing Margalit’s arrival is available here.  

Stevenson Chair Promotions

August 11, 2023 – Professors Akram Aldroubi and Jared Speck were appointed as Stevenson Chairs. Aldroubi is a leading expert in sampling theory, harmonic analysis, and their applications to signal and image processing. Speck is a leading expert on the mathematics of general relativity and shock waves.

Distinguished Professor Promotion

August 11, 2023 – Ed Saff was appointed as a Distinguished Professor of Mathematics. Professor Saff is Director of the Center for Constructive Approximation which publishes the journal Constructive Approximation (Springer Nature).  He has authored 25 books and almost 300 papers in approximation theory, potential theory, complex analysis, and numerical analysis.  

University Award

June 7, 2023 – Marcelo Disconzi, Associate Professor of Mathematics, was awarded a Chancellor Faculty Fellowship. In his recent work, he has developed a new mathematical formalism that bridges the long-standing divide between the laws of thermodynamics and Einstein’s general theory of relativity. Here is a link to the story: https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2023/06/07/thirteen-named-2023-chancellor-faculty-fellows/