September 18, 2015 - Quanta Magazine recently published "A Tricky Path to Quantum-Safe Encryption," an article featuring ICERM director Jill Pipher, associate director Jeff Hoffstein, and Brown faculty and ICERM program organizer, Joe Silverman.
'In the drive to safeguard data from future quantum computers, cryptographers have stumbled upon a thin red line between security and efficiency.'
August 19, 2015 - Here in the 21st century, women hold less than a third of science and engineering jobs. Sustaining an interest in mathematics - quantitative ability - among high school girls keeps STEM career paths open. ICERM's GirlsGetMath day camp does exactly that. Details at: https://news.brown.edu/articles/2015/08/mathgirls
August 19, 2015 - ICERM Board of Trustees member Jennifer Chayes (Microsoft Research) was named by SIAM as the 2015 John von Neumann Lecturer. This prize, established in 1959, is awarded for outstanding and distinguished contributions to the field of applied mathematical sciences and for the effective communication of these ideas to the community. As the recipient of this prestigious prize, Dr. Chayes was invited to give a lecture at the annual ICIAM meeting. Her talk title was "Once upon a graph: How to get from now to then in massive networks".
July 17, 2015 - ICERM is pleased to announce that Dr. Brendan Hassett has been appointed the next Director of ICERM. Before succeeding Jill Pipher in July 2016, he will spend this coming academic year ramping up and getting to know faculty and students in Brown's Department of Mathematics as a full Professor. For more details, see the Brown University press release.