Kenneth Ribet has been awarded the 2017 Brouwer Medal by the Royal Dutch Mathematical Society (KWG), for his contributions to number theory, in particular for the groundbreaking work in which he applies methods of algebraic geometry to number theoretical problems. The prize is awarded once every three years to a mathematician of international renown. This year, the medal will be delivered at the Dutch Mathematical Congress on April 11, 2017, following his Brouwer lecture.
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February 27, 2017
February 24, 2017
Our faculty member, Lin Lin, has been selected as a 2017 SIAG/CSE Early Career Prize winner. The prize will be presented at 2017 SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering on March 2, 2017 in Atlanta. According to SIAM, the award recognizes an individual who has made outstanding, influential, and potentially long-lasting contributions to computational science and engineering within seven years of receiving the PhD.
February 21, 2017
Our faculty member, Pierre Simon, has been selected as a 2017 Sloan Research Fellow by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The fellowships goes to US and Canadian researchers whose, according to the foundation, achievements and potential identify them as rising stars and the next generation of scientific leaders.
January 9, 2017
Please bring a photo ID with you to the exam. We will provide you with a pencil. Good luck!
Note that the QR exam is given only once per semester.
November 27, 2016
The Fall 2016 issue of the Department of Mathematics newsletter is available here
September 26, 2016
Conference Website: Lie Theory Workshop February 2017
Conference Series: Lie Theory Workshop Series
June 22, 2016
Professor Mina Aganagic has been selected as a 2016 Simons Investigator in Physics for her outstanding research on applications of quantum physics to mathematical problems.
May 3, 2016
Ian Agol and Steve Evans are among the 84 new members elected by the National Academy of Science this year in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Per Prizes and Honors / The University Medal, the University Medal is awarded "to the most distinguished graduating senior on the UC Berkeley campus".
A very nice article and video can be found here: Top graduating senior finds nirvana in pure math - Berkeley News.
April 5, 2016
Congratulations to Lewis Chen, Donovan Lieu, Clark Lyons, and Henry Maltby for earning Honorable Mention honors in the 2015 William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition! Other UC Berkeley students finishing in the top 200 (out of 4275 competitors) were Justin Ahmann, Aaron Doman, Nishant Pappireddi, and Eric Severson. UC Berkeley had more students place in the top 200 than any other public school in the United States or Canada!
April 3, 2016
April 1, 2016
February 23, 2016
Our faculty member, Nikhil Srivastava, has been selected as a 2016 Sloan Research Fellow by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The fellowships goes to US and Canadian researchers whose, according to the foundation, achievements and potential identify them as rising stars and the next generation of scientific leaders.
December 1, 2015
The Fall 2015 issue of the Department of Mathematics newsletter is available here
November 30, 2015
Congratulations to Undergraduate Math Major Kaavya Valiveti!
She has been selected to receive an Honorable Mention in the 2016 Alice T. Schafer Prize for Excellence in Mathematics competition.
November 24, 2015
In the 2015 AMS Election, Kenneth A. Ribet was elected president. He will serve as president-elect beginning in 2016 and will begin his two-year term as AMS president in 2017.
November 23, 2015
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected James Demmel as one of AAAS Fellows for 2015, in recognition of their contributions to innovation, education, and scientific leadership.
November 9, 2015
Congratulations to Professor Ian Agol for winning the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics! The award is due to his "spectacular contributions to low dimensional topology and geometric group theory, including work on the solutions of the tameness, virtual Haken and virtual fibering conjectures."
November 2, 2015
The Breakthrough Foundation Symposium will take place at Berkeley this year on Nov 9, with participation of the 2016 Breakthrough Prize winner and of our colleagues from Berkeley and Stanford.
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