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Osin awarded Simons Fellowship
Oct. 8, 2023—Professor of Mathematics Denis Osin received a prestigious Simons Fellowship. According to the Simons Foundation: “The Simons Fellows program extends academic leaves from one term to a full year, enabling recipients to focus solely on research for the long periods often necessary for significant advances. The foundation is proud to support the work of these...
Shanks Workshop on Combinatorics and Graph Theory
Oct. 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.
Chair of Mathematics, Dan Margalit co-organizing a variety show with Nancy Scherich
Oct. 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
Aug. 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
Aug. 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
Aug. 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
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Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
May. 30, 2023—Colin Bloomfield, a PhD student in Mathematics, won the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. Further details are available here.
Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Fellow
May. 2, 2023—John Rafter, a Principal Senior Lecturer in the Vanderbilt Math Department, has been chosen as a Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Fellow. The award is given annually to faculty who exhibit excellence in teaching effectiveness, imaginative and innovative teaching practices inside and outside the classroom, and for extraordinary contributions in designing and advising undergraduate Immersion experiences. Further...
SIAM Fellow
Apr. 3, 2023—Professor Ed Saff has been chosen as a member of the 2023 class of SIAM Fellows. A complete list of the 2023 SIAM Fellows is available here.