University of Wisconsin - Madison
The MS in Applied and Computational Mathematics provides students with a rigorous, modern training in applied and computational mathematics and in the mathematics of data. The program is targeted to students with an undergraduate degree in mathematics or other quantitative disciplines such as computer science, statistics, economics and engineering. Through foundational and advanced coursework, students …
Congratulations to Alexei Poltoratski, Dima Arinkin, and Andreas Seeger for being recipients of the 2026 Simons Fellowship! Once again this is a very impressive haul for our department; about 50 are awarded across all math departments in the US and Canada each year. Our department has received 23 of these since 2012. Link: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-fellows-in-mathematics/?tab=awardees
Congrats to Dallas Albritton and Paul Apisa! They were selected as 2 of the 21 Sloan fellows in Mathematics for the US and Canada for 2026. The award recognizes scholars who represent the most promising scientific researchers working today. Their achievements and potential place them among the next generation of scientific leaders in the U.S. …
Qin Li was named as one of 24 faculty members to receive a Vilas Associate Award. The competition recognizes “new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance.” Tenure-track assistant professors and tenured faculty within 20 years of their tenure date are eligible. 2026-27 Vilas Associates Competition awardees announced | Research | UW–Madison
Nan Chen recently received one of the new “Reimagining Next Phase Research” awards. Growing from a need to diversify our research funding sources, the UW Foundation developed this new award to help smooth over interruptions from federal sources to help researchers continue to innovate. Congratulations, Nan! Link: https://research.wisc.edu/reimagining-next-phase-research-initiative/
The Madison Experimental Math (MXM) program was featured as part of an article published to the UW Foundation’s website on the Badger experience and how donations help fund extraordinary programs for students. MXM was founded in 2021. Since it’s inception, 297 students have participated, gaining experience with hands-on investigative experiences, working in a team, and …
Professor Shamgar Gurevich, with Roger Howe (Yale) and Sophie Kriz (Princeton) organized an Institute for Advanced Study (IAS, Princeton) workshop devoted to the discovery of the notion of size of symmetry. Lecture 1: Special Joint IAS/PU Group Theory AfternoonA Look at Representations of SL(2,q)Via the Lens of Size: Motivations, Rank, Eta CorrespondenceSpeaker: Shamgar Gurevich (UW)November …
Aaron Naber, Professor of Mathematics from the Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, is set to give a distinguished lecture and a seminar the week of October 20-24, 2025. The lecture will be on October 22, 2025, at 4pm in B239 Van Vleck Hall. The title is Structure of Singular Sets: Nonlinear Harmonic Maps and the …
Betsy Stovall, University of Wisconsin Professor of Mathematics, Letters and Science Mary Herman Rubinstein Professor, and AMS Associate Secretary for the Central Section, who is being recognized for spearheading the local organizing efforts to create a spectacular 2025 AWM Research Symposium in Madison. The AWM Service Award, established by the AWM Executive Committee in November …
Caglar Uyanik was awarded an NSF-CAREER award, entitled “Group actions, rigidity, and dynamics in low dimensions.” The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education …