August 19, 2016 - A weeklong "Predictive Policing" workshop at ICERM brought leaders of the Providence Police Department together with 25 mathematicians from across the globe to explore methods of using data to better anticipate and manage criminal activity. Researchers used real data from the City of Providence to look for interesting trends and patterns that might help police analyze criminal activity.
Award Winning Associate Director
May 25, 2016 - Congratulations to mathematics professor (and ICERM Associate Director) Ulrica Wilson for being named Morehouse College's 2016-2017 Vulcan Teaching Excellence Award winner!
Big Data meets Number Theory
May 10, 2016 - Researchers from ICERM's special semester "Computational Aspects of the Langlands Program" are creating new data-driven models for collaborative research in number theory, culminating in today's official release of the L-functions and Modular Forms Database (LMFDB) at www.lmfdb.org. See article for more details.
ICERM director to deliver Presidential Faculty Award lecture on cryptography
April 21, 2016 - ICERM Director Jill Pipher will present the Presidential Faculty Award lecture on Tuesday, April 26, at 4:30 p.m. in the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University. The Presidential Faculty Award was established in 2013 by President Christina Paxson to recognize members of the faculty who are conducting especially important and innovative scholarship and to create an opportunity for recipients to present their work to colleagues in other disciplines. Congratulations to Jill! See the Brown press release