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UCLA Math PhD Wins SIAM Prize (June 2008) |
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) has selected UCLA Mathematics PhD student Jeremy Brandman as one of the winners in the 2008 SIAM Student Paper Competition. This prestigious award is given to only three students yearly, worldwide. Jeremy will be awarded the student paper prize for “A Level-Set Method for Computing the Eigenvalues of Elliptic Operators Defined on Closed Surfaces” at the society’s annual meeting to be held July 7-11, in San Diego, California. He will complete his thesis this year under UCLA Math Professor Stanley Osher and will conduct his NSF postdoctoral fellowship at the New York University Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. |
Students Awarded Liftoff Fellowships (May 2008) |
The Clay Mathematics Institute has chosen Inessa Epstein and Robert Waelder as 2008 Liftoff Fellows. This Fellowship offers both a salary and funds for conference travel to recent PhD’s in the summer following their graduation. Fellows are first nominated by their home departments and are then chosen from thousands of applicants on the quality and significance of completed work and on their potential to become a standout in mathematical research. Both Inessa and Robert will be conducting their Fellowships at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Inessa will be working with Alex Furman and Robert will be collaborating with Anatoly Libgober. Congratulations Inessa and Robert! |
PhD Students Awarded NSF Postdoc Fellowships |
Jeremy Brandman, Inessa Epstein and Robert Waelder have received
prestigious National Science Foundation Fellowships for 2008. Each of
them has been awarded the Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research
Fellowship. This Fellowship provides financial support for two years
under two options: Research Fellowship and Research Instructorship. By
providing financial support, this Fellowship frees *recipients* up to
choose, as their next step, the institution that will best facilitate
their progress and growth as mathematicians. Jeremy and Inessa are
taking the Instructorship option, with Jeremy at NYU and Inessa at
Caltech. Robert will be at the University of Illinois at Chicago with
the Research option. |
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