Research Highlights
Prof. Jared Speck featured in WIRED
Oct. 5, 2026—Professor Jared Speck was featured in a recent WIRED article examining the impact of artificial intelligence on mathematical discovery. The article explores how AI systems are beginning to solve challenging mathematical problems and the resulting discussion within the mathematical community about creativity, understanding, and the future of research. Speck contributed insights on mathematicians’ enduring interest...
Prof. Disconzi awarded the Elliott–Yui Distinguished Visitorship
Oct. 1, 2026—Please join us in congratulating Prof. Marcelo Disconzi on being named to the prestigious Elliott–Yui Distinguished Visitorship at the Fields Institute, following nomination and selection by the Institute’s Directors in consultation with its Scientific Advisory Panel. Some visible mathematicians that were awarded this fellowship include Eberhard Kirchberg, Bo’az Klartag, and Michael Lacey (all ICM speakers)....
Prof. Speck Awarded Chancellor’s Research Award
Sep. 9, 2026—At the 2026 Fall Faculty Assembly, Prof. Jared Speck was awarded a Chancellor‘s Research Award. This is one of the highest honors that the University can bestow for research. The award recognizes the paper “Stable big bang formation for Einstein’s equations: the complete sub-critical regime,” written with Grigorios Fournodavlos (U Crete) and Igor Rodnianski (Princeton),...
Prof. Alex Lupsasca appears in Discover magazine
Aug. 31, 2025—Alex Lupsasca, Assistant Professor of Physics and Mathematics at Vanderbilt University, was recently asked by Discover magazine to share his thoughts on wormholes: hypothetical structures that could bridge two points across space and time. In the article, he discusses their purely (at this point) theoretical nature, their potential resemblance to black holes, and their relation...
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Akram Aldroubi’s Research Cited in Industry Patents
Mar. 25, 2025—Prof. Akram Aldroubi is a world-renowned expert in harmonic analysis, functional analysis, and signal processing. While his research is classified as theoretical mathematics, his work has had far-reaching implications in industry. His papers are referenced in several industry-owned patents, indicating that his work has had significant impact on real-world applications and has influenced the development...
Prof. Osin publishes in Annals of Mathematics
Feb. 25, 2024—Prof. Denis Osin recently published a paper in Annals of Mathematics, widely considered the most prestigious journal in pure mathematics. The paper, “Wreath-like products of groups and their von Neumann algebras I: W*-superrigidity” was written with Adrian Ioana (UCSD), Ionut Chifan (U Iowa), and a former Vanderbilt Ph.D. student Bin Sun (Michigan State U). The...
Prof. Speck publishes research breakthrough on the big bang
Dec. 21, 2023—Prof. Jared Speck, along with Grigorios Fournodavlos (University of Crete) and Igor Rodnianski (Princeton University) recently published a breakthrough paper about the stability of the big bang theory. Their paper answers a 50-year-old conjecture made by physics. It was published in the highly-prestigious Journal of the American Mathematical Society, which is considered as one of...