Quanta recently featured an article on the settlement of the Langlands conjecture, and our own Dima Arinkin was one of the people involved in the proof. This problem, first presented by Robert Langlands, a professor …
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Nature article published on AI Improvement by Ellenberg and collaborators
Jordan Ellenberg was recently published in an article in Nature. He collaborated with a group of researchers working with Google Deepmind to train artificial intelligence (AI) to better evaluate responses. This is intended to better …
Jordan Ellenberg hosts First Year Course on Writing and Data
Jordan Ellenberg is expanding the impact of his service to the UW by hosting a first-year student course on writing and data. First-year Interest Groups (FIGs) are usually groups of 3 classes that are open …
Spagnolie’s research on dancing raisins leads to new ideas about bubbles and floating objects in them
Saverio Spagnolie recently published an Arxiv paper on what started as a simple exploration of the behavior of raisins in carbonated water, something he noticed during a kitchen experiment with his daughter. As he proceeded to …
Melissa Lindsey featured on L&S Podcast about Prepping for the First Day of Classes
Our own Melissa Lindsey was part of a panel discussion about preparing to teach the first day of classes. L&S Instructional Design Collaborative puts together podcasts for a variety of instructional topics. The one that …
Jean-Luc Thiffeault named as APS Fellow
Jean-Luc Thiffeault was named as an 2022 Fellow by the American Physical Society. He is cited “for innovative contributions to the understanding of mixing and transport in dynamical systems, including the development of topological methods, …
Former faculty Melanie Matchett Wood wins Macarthur Fellowship
Melanie Matchett Wood, who was a faculty member here from 2011-2019, has won a Macarthur Fellowship. These awards are unrestricted fellowships to talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits …
Ellenberg honored with Schmidt Award for Excellence in Science Communications
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced the inaugural recipients of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communication, given by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in …
Jordan Ellenberg wins 2023 Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) Communications Award
Jordan Ellenberg and Grant Sanderson will receive the 2023 Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) Communications Award during a prize reception at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Boston, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at …
Raymond Damadian, BS, 1956, inventor of the MRI scanner, dies at age 86.
Dr. Raymond Damadian, who built the first magnetic resonance imaging scanner, which revolutionized doctors’ ability to diagnose cancer and other illnesses — but who, to his dismay, saw the Nobel Prize for the science behind …