April 8, 2016 - National Science Foundation Director France Córdova and U.S. Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island joined students, faculty and administrators at Brown on April 8 for a firsthand look at some of the NSF-supported research happening at the University. Their visit kicked off with a tour of ICERM.
GirlsGetMath@ICERM Awarded AMS Epsilon Funds
February 17, 2016 - ICERM was pleased to learn that the American Mathematical Society (AMS) had awarded $5,000 to the institute from the AMS Epsilon Fund. This award will be used to support the 2016 GirlsGetMath@ICERM program, a summer day camp for Providence-area high school girls. Part of this award will be used to provide full scholarships to those who request assistance.
The Color of Birds
February 17, 2016 - ICERM was pleased to host Dr. Rodolfo Torres for a public lecture on "The Beautifully Mathematically Ordered Color of Birds". The event drew people of all ages from the general and Brown community.
ICERM Featured in "Notices of the AMS"
February 6, 2016 - ICERM was pleased to be featured in the Communications section of the February 2016 issue of the "Notices of the AMS". The article features details about ICERM programs, ranging from faculty and student research programs to our week-long day camp for high school girls. Check it out!
Congratulations to 2015 Summer@ICERM students
January 11, 2016 - January 22, 2016 - Chang He and Frank Yang were recognized at the 2016 Joint Mathematics Meeting with the "Outstanding Presentation" Award for their poster based on research conducted during Summer@ICERM 2015. Their winning poster, "Mixing Time in Robotic Explorations" (link to PDF of poster I will email) came about under the direction of Professor Yuliy Baryshnikov and Professor Maxim Arnold, the faculty organizers for ICERM's summer undergraduate research program.