Tag: Institute for Advanced Study
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Members of Institute for Advanced Study named to White House science committees
Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder Professor in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, has been appointed by President Joe Biden to perform the duties of director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Dr. Francis Collins has been appointed to perform the duties…
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Professor at Institute for Advanced Study awarded 2021 Abel Prize for contributions to mathematics
Avi Wigderson of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton has been named a recipient of the 2021 Abel Prize, which he shares jointly with László Lovász – a former IAS visiting professor — of Eötvös Loránd University. Wigderson and Lovász are cited by the Abel committee “for their foundational contributions to theoretical…
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National Museum of Mathematics appoints local resident as distinguished visiting professor
The National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) appointed of Rutgers University math professor and MoMath’s dean of Academic Content, Dr. Alex Kontorovich, as MoMath’s distinguished visiting professor for the Public Dissemination of Mathematics beginning Sept. 1. During his one-year appointment, Kontorovich will present public programs, “Fall into History,” tracing mathematical ideas over time, and “Spring into Sound,”…
