Award Winning Associate Director

Institute News

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!

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Big Data meets Number Theory

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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.

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ICERM director to deliver Presidential Faculty Award lecture on cryptography

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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

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NSF Director and RI Senator Visit ICERM and Brown

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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.

Read more on Brown's news page.

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GirlsGetMath@ICERM Awarded AMS Epsilon Funds

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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.

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