2010 News Archive
UCLA Mathematics Professor Terence Tao has been awarded the prestigious Frederic Esser Nemmers Prize in Mathematics “for mathematics of astonishing breadth, depth and originality.” Sponsored by Northwestern University, two Nemmers prizes in mathematics and economics are awarded every other year to scholars who make major contributions to...
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has awarded UCLA Mathematics Assistant Professor Joseph Teran a prestigious Young Investigator Award for his proposal, "Manycore Accelerated Algorithms for Computational Solid and Fluid Mechanics." ONR's Young Investigator Program identifies and supports outstanding academic scientists and engineers who...
UCLA Mathematics Professor Andrea Bertozzi was selected as one of 34 new fellows of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) for her contributions to the application of mathematics in compressible flow, thin films, image processing, and swarming.
UCLA Mathematics professor and chair Sorin Popa was awarded the 2009 Ostrowski Prize for his striking work in von Neumann algebras and orbit equivalence ergodic theory.
The Clay Mathematics Institute has appointed UCLA Mathematics 2010 PhD Tim Austin to a five year Clay Research Fellowship beginning July 1. Austin will receive his PhD in June of this year.