April 4, 2018 - Homer Walker (WPI) was recently named a SIAM Fellow. Homer, an ICERM Deputy Director Emeritus, was recognized for his contributions to theory and software of iterative methods for nonlinear systems and optimization, as well as application of these methods to scientific simulations.
Bjorn Sandstede Named New DSI Director
March 31, 2018 - Bjorn Sandstede, one of ICERM's founding Associate Directors, has been named the director of Brown's Data Science Initiative. He will succeed Jeff Brock (a founding ICERM Deputy Director), who has accepted a position at Yale as inaugural dean of science for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS).
Juan Meza Appointed DMS Director
February 23, 2018 - Congratulations to founding ICERM science board member, Juan Meza, who has been appointed as the Division Director for the Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) at the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Jill Pipher, President-elect of the AMS
February 8, 2018 - Jill Pipher, founding director of ICERM, began her term as president-elect of the American Mathematical Society on February 1 - a position which she will hold until she officially becomes president next February.
Inaugural Simons Collaboration Conference
February 6, 2018 - The Simons Collaboration on "Arithmetic Geometry, Number Theory, and Computation", led by ICERM, announced that its first conference will be held this summer at MIT on August 20-24, 2018.