Department of Mathematics and Statistics participates in ShutDownSTEM.
Department of Mathematics and Statistics participates in ShutDownSTEM
Prof. Yves Atchade named IMS Fellow by Institute of Mathematical Statistics
We are pleased to announce that our colleague Yves Atchade has been named an IMS Fellow by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. Congratulations Yves!
Prof. Jennifer Balakrishnan Honored With NSF Career Award
Professor Jennifer Balakrishnan has been honored with an NSF CAREER Award. This award is a well-deserved recognition of her many contributions to computational number theory and arithmetic geometry, including her pioneering work on bounding the number of rational points on curves using p-adic methods. Congratulations, Jen!
Congratulations to Prof. Kostas Spiliopoulos, 2020 Simons Fellow
Congratulations to Professor Kostas Spiliopoulos for being named a 2020 Simons Fellow! The Simons Fellowship will enable Kostas to extend his sabbatical next year. The full article can be found here.
Boston University Mathematics goes beyond Boston. In fact, it went to Colorado.
Two Boston University students’ unique experiences with mathematics led them to Colorado. By Isaac Schorr In a library in Everett, MA, a fourteen-year-old Alex Rodriguez was completing his math homework when an older man walked up and asked “Hey, can I see your work real quick?”. Alex let the stranger look at the page he […]
The Data Science Era has emerged. Boston University is prepared for it.
Boston University is taking large steps forward in the field of data science. Eric Kolaczyk is helping to lead the way. By Isaac Schorr With the groundbreaking of the new nineteen-story Data Sciences Center at 665 Commonwealth Avenue on December 5th, 2019, Boston University made its largest step forward into the data science industry. The building, […]
Prof. Eric Kolaczyk named Director of Hariri Institute
Eric Kolaczyk has been named Director of the Hariri Institute of Computing and Computational Science & Engineering by Provost Jean Morrison. Congratulations Eric!
Congratulations to Prof. Ting Zhang on receiving an NSF CAREER Award
NSF Career Award Article (BU TODAY)
Congratulations to our PhD alumnus Scott Robertson: Tenured Associate Professor at Questrom
Former PhD student Scott Robertson is now officially a tenured Associate Professor in Questrom. After earning his PhD here with Paolo Guasoni, he was an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University, until a few years ago when he decided to move back to the Boston area.
Congratulations to Prof. Jared Weinstein, 2019 Simons Fellow in Mathematics
Congratulations to Professor Jared Weinstein for being selected as a 2019 Simons Fellow in Mathematics! This Fellowship recognizes Jared’s outstanding contributions to Number Theory. As you may see from the list posted on the Simons Foundation website he is in elite company. On behalf of all of us, Jared, a hearty congratulations on this prestigious […]