Mark Shusterman, Van Vleck Professor from 2018-2020, has won the prestigious Levitzki Prize. The prize is awarded every two years to a young Israeli mathematician for research in Algebra or related areas. The Levitzki prize committee decided to award the 2022 prize to Mark Shusterman in light of his many contributions to group theory and …
Tonghai Yang together with a team of four other mathematicians have won the fourth Alexanderson Award for their paper “Modularity of generating series of divisors on unitary Shimura varieties” (Asterisque 421 (2020), pages 7-125). You can glimpse the beginning of the paper here: https://smf.emath.fr/sites/default/files/2020-11/smf_ast_7-125__sample.pdf The Alexanderson Award recognizes the best paper from an AIM workshop …
Congratulations to Hung Tran for winning a Vilas Faculty Early-Career Investigator Award! Through the generosity of the Vilas Trust, the Vilas Faculty Early & Mid-Career Investigator Awards recognize research and teaching excellence in early and mid-career faculty. These awards come from the Provost, based on nominations first by the department and then by the Dean. …
Daniel Erman has won the Alliant Energy James R. Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award, which is a UW system level award given to only 4 instructors system wide. Congratulations Daniel!
Sebastien Roch has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). IMS is the main scientific society for probability and the mathematical end of statistics. Among its various activities, IMS publishes the Annals series of flagship journals of probability. Link: https://imstat.org/2022/04/22/2022-ims-fellows-announced/
UW-Madison did very well during the annual MAA Putnam Competition. Our university ranked #25 nationwide, including Canada, out of 427 other institutions. Our student Ivan Hu received honorable mention. Joseph Cai and Nitit Jongsawatsataporn ranked among the top 500. Link to results: https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/Putnam/2021/AnnouncementOfWinnersFall2021.docx%20%283%29.pdf
We are pleased to congratulate David Anderson, Chanwoo Kim and Jin-Yi Cai (CS/Math Affiliate) for being awarded Simons Fellowships. They are 3 of 38 announced 2022 Fellows. The Simons Fellows program extends academic leaves from one term to a full year, enabling recipients to focus solely on research for the long periods often necessary for …
Congratulations to Tatyana Shcherbyna and Andrew Zimmer for both being named 2022 Sloan Fellows. They are 2 of 118 early-career scholars that 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. and Canada. Winners receive $75,000, which may be spent …
Mariya Soskova was one of 26 faculty winners of the 2022-23 Vilas Associates Competition. 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. Link: https://news.wisc.edu/2022-23-vilas-associates-competition-awardees-announced/ Congratulations to Mariya!
Justin Sukiennik, Associate Faculty Associate, has been named a recipient of one of the 2021 Forward in Access Awards. Justin, who serves as our Co-Director of the Precalculus Program, was honored for creating an inclusive educational experience for all students. He was recognized, among with 7 others, and awarded with a commemorative plaque. Link: https://students.wisc.edu/news/2021-forward-in-access-awards-2/