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2018 Steele Prize to honor Andrei Zelevinsky posthumously
The 2018 Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research in Discrete Mathematics/Logic will be awarded to Sergey Fomin and Andrei Zelevinsky (posthumously) for their paper “Cluster algebras I: Foundations,” published in 2002 in the Journal of the American Mathematical Society.
November 18, 2017
Annual luncheon honors life and legacy of Northeastern Math Professor Andrei Zelevinsky
The College of Science welcomed this year's group of Zelevinsky Research Instructors at a luncheon this October, joined by the Zelevinsky family.
November 04, 2017
Northeastern math professor’s new study models cooperative behavior of animals
Watch the video to learn about the recent study published by Professor Gabor Lippner, who has worked to create a mathematical model to study cooperative behavior among groups of animals. This study has applications that can help understand other behavioral patterns, as well as human interactions related to economic theory.
November 03, 2017
Lecture Series, October 10-13, 2017
Speaker: Francois Charles (Universite’ Paris-Sud, Orsay) Title: Algebraic cycles and Arakelov geometry Time: Tuesday, October 10, 9-10:30am Behrakis 204 Wednesday, October 11, 5-6:30pm Cargill 097 Friday, October 13, 10-11:30am Ryder 155 Abstract: Arakelov geometry gives a way to work geometrically with schemes defined over the integers. We will discuss some applications of Arakelov geometry to some problems in algebraic cycles and periods, trying to […]
October 10, 2017
Two New Faculty Positions
The Department of Mathematics is accepting applications at the Assistant/Associate Professor level in Mathematics . Outstanding candidates in all areas of Pure and Applied Mathematics are encouraged to apply and will be seriously considered. The Department of Mathematics and the College of Computer and Information Science (CCIS), at Northeastern University invite applications for an open tenure-track/tenured faculty […]
October 03, 2017
Bi-Annual conference on algebraic geometry is coming to Northeastern
This October, Northeastern University's Department of Mathematics will be hosting the bi-annual AGNES (Algebraic Geometry Northeastern Series) Conference, the largest conference in the U.S. for graduate students in algebraic geometry.
September 27, 2017
Northeastern Math Professor Named an NEF Fellow
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Jonathan Esole, from the Department of Mathematics, for being named a Next Einstein Fellow. The Next Einstein Forum’s Fellow (NEF) is a select program that recognizes Africa’s best young scientists and technologists. The NEF Fellowship provides the opportunity for scientific career advancement and to be an inspiration to the next generation of […]
September 14, 2017
Northeastern math professor begins new NSF-funded research on moduli spaces
Math Professor Ana-Maria Castravet's research project on moduli spaces of rational curves has just been approved by the National Science Foundation, and she is eager to get to work.
August 07, 2017
Position for Part Time Lecturer in Applied Mathematics
This position involves teaching one to six courses per year in applied mathematics contingent upon enrollment, funding, and departmental need. Successful applicants would be expected to teach new courses in applied mathematics. Specific areas of interest for the department are Statistics, Data Analysis, Numerical Analysis, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Financial Mathematics. The Part-Time Lecturer would participate […]
July 20, 2017
NSF award for Focused Research Group in Algebraic Geometry.
The National Science Foundation has awarded the multi-institutional Focused Research Group grant “FRG: Collaborative Research: Moduli Spaces, Birational Geometry, and Stability Conditions” (August 1, 2017 to July 31, 2020) to Professor Emanuele Macri (Principal Investigator), together with co-PI’s at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Penn State University, and University of Utah. The topic of the project is to study moduli spaces of […]
June 19, 2017
Simons Foundation Research Awards for Mathematics Faculty
The Simons Foundation has awarded five year Collaboration Grants separately to Professors Gabor Lippner and Peter Topalov. Both awards will commence in September 2017 and will support collaborations with other research groups in the US and around the world. Professor Lippner’s award is titled “Analytic methods in Graph Theory” and Professor Topalov’s award is titled “Non-linear PDEs […]
May 30, 2017
Outstanding Teacher Award
Teaching Professor Prasanth George has been selected to receive the College of Engineering Outstanding Teacher of First year Engineering Students Award for his teaching of first year engineering students in Mathematics. This award is a recognition of Professor George’s skill and dedication as a teacher. Awardees are chosen from departments who teach first year students […]
April 27, 2017
Teaching Award for graduate student Chen He
The College of Science has awarded the Dean’s Graduate Student Excellence Award in Teaching to PhD student Chen He, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the teaching mission of the Mathematics Department and the College of Science. Chen will receive the award at a ceremony on Thursday, April 20, 2017, 10:00am-12:00pm in The Cabral Center, John […]
March 21, 2017
Research Award for graduate student Antoni Rangachev
The College of Science has awarded the Dean’s Graduate Student Excellence Award in Research to PhD student Antoni Rangachev, in recognition of his outstanding research in the mathematics of singularities. Antoni will receive the award at a ceremony on Thursday, April 20, 2017, 10:00am-12:00pm in The Cabral Center, John D. O’Bryant African American Institute. Antoni is planning […]
March 21, 2017