American Mathematical Society’s Post

Nine mathematical scientists were among 144 individuals elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2024, “in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research,” according to a news release. Read more: https://ow.ly/bqm050RsUFp

Julia Yael Plavnik, Indiana University, will give an AMS Invited Address entitled “Quantum Symmetries” on Saturday, May 4, at 2:00 p.m. at the Spring Western Sectional Meeting at San Francisco State University. Learn more: https://ow.ly/fixm50RqS38

Eight mathematicians are among the 250 new members, across 31 areas of expertise, elected by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences for 2024. “They are being recognized for their excellence and invited to uphold the Academy’s mission of engaging across disciplines and divides,” according to a press release. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gHThnAg7

Seven mathematicians and eight statisticians have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for 2023. They are among 502 scientists, engineers, and innovators worldwide, spanning 24 scientific disciplines, who have been recognized for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements by the world’s largest general scientific society. Read the full list on the AAAS website: https://ow.ly/EZaW50RpzIt

Higher-ed math departments, take note! Federal funds for fellowships are available once again through the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN), which opened its application process on April 24. “The GAANN Program provides grants to academic departments and programs of institutions of higher education (IHEs) to support graduate fellowships for students with excellent academic records in their previous programs of study who demonstrate financial need and plan to pursue the highest degree available in their course of study at the institution,” according to the program website. Grants range from $100,000 to $750,000. Read more: https://ow.ly/oFiE50RpgBs

At our Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting in early April, Zhisheng Shuai of the University of Central Florida presented his work on global stability in infectious disease models. Shuai spoke at a special session called “Mathematics of Infectious Disease: A Session in Memory of Dr. Abdul-Aziz Yakubu.” And he did so “at Howard University, which makes this really special,” Shuai said. Read more: https://ow.ly/p5qX50RooiE

On April 6, Dr. Talitha Washington delivered the 2024 Einstein Public Lecture at our well-attended Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting, hosted at Howard University. Read about her lecture and the topics discussed here: https://ow.ly/znIu50RlgHF

We had a great time last weekend at our 2024 Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting at Howard University! Thank you to everyone who came out. We're looking forward to our upcoming Spring Central Sectional Meeting at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, happening April 20-21! https://ow.ly/7cbc50ReZGc

Congratulations to Avi Wigderson, Herbert H. Maass Professor in the School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), who has received the 2023 ACM A.M. Turing Award for foundational contributions to the theory of computation, including reshaping our understanding of the role of randomness in computation, and for his decades of intellectual leadership in theoretical computer science. ACM, Association for Computing Machinery Read more: https://ow.ly/TbBT50Re4pm

In February 2022, Notices of the AMS ran an article inviting applicants to the AMS’s first Business, Industry, and Government (BIG) Mathematics Research Community (MRC), to be held that summer. The article was written by six of the seven organizers of this inaugural “BIG MRC,” who hailed from Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, and Pacific Northwest national laboratories. Read more: https://ow.ly/ey0550RcECv