The MIT Corporation Executive Committee has approved the following faculty promotions: Jörn Dunkel is now a full professor, and Andrew Lawrie and Yufei Zhao were each promoted to Associate Professor.
Congratulations to Jörn, Andrew, and Yufei!
The Provost has selected Assistant Professor Tristan Collins to hold the Class of 1948 Career Development Chair, and Assistant Professor Jeremy Hahn as the next Rockwell International Career Assistant Professor of Mathematics. Each will serve three-year terms beginning July 1, 2022.
Also, the Singer Professorship of Bill Minicozzi, the Leighton Family Professorship of Scott Sheffield, and the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professorship of Gigliola Staffilani have all been extended for another five-year term.
Congratulations to all!
Daniel Álvarez Gavela became our newest assistant professor as of July 1.
Specializing in symplectic and contact geometry, Dani joined our department in 2020 as a Simons postdoc, and this past year served as an instructor. Since last year, he has been an organizer of the Boston Informal Symplectic Seminar and the MIT Geometry and Topology Seminar. He is also an active member of the Department's Diversity and Community Building Committee.
Congratulations, Daniel!
The 2022 International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) hosted its virtual conference July 6-14, 2022. Department faculty members who spoke at ICM 2022 included:
Plenary Speakers
Sectional Speakers
Their lectures are available on IMU's YouTube channel.
Professor Wei Zhang was selected to receive a 2022 Simons Investigator award in Mathematics.
This program supports "outstanding theoretical scientists in their most productive years, when they are establishing creative new research directions, providing leadership to the field, and effectively mentoring junior scientists."
He is among 16 of the 2022 Simons Investigators in Mathematics, Physics, Astrophysics, and Computer Science.
Congratulations Wei!
The European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) selected Assistant Professor Dor Minzer for the 2022 EATCS Presburger Award for Young Scientists "for his deep technical contributions towards resolving the 2-to-2 Games Conjecture."
The Presburger Award is given "for outstanding contributions in theoretical computer science, documented by a published paper or a series of published papers."
Congratulations, Dor!
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