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Former UW Math undergrad, Noah Giansiracusa, will receive the 2026 Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) Communications Award “for his extraordinary contributions to public understanding of the societal impacts of algorithms through his acclaimed books and influential me
From CRM News
The 2025 CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award is presented to Professor Courtney Paquette (McGill University and member of the CRM) in recognition of her fundamental contribution to the analysis of stochastic optimization algorithms and their applications to machine learning.
John Jaech, UW mathematics alumnus (1951, BA; 1953, M.Sc.), passed away on January 3, 2025, at the age of 95. Internationally recognized for contributions to nuclear safeguards, John’s career spanned working for General Electric on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and the Va
Former UW math graduate student, Peter Littig, co-hosts a math podcast with Noah King. The Math Club is a witty and humorous discussion of mathematical concepts, history, paradoxes, and puzzles.
Excerpt from PERSPECTIVES | Article courtesy of Nancy Joseph
Each year, the Dean’s Medal honors one graduating senior from each of the College’s four divisions — Arts, Humanitie
Article by Ruth A. Situma | The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences
Amy Wiebe has gone places, but her heart is truly at home in the Pacific Northwest.
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Samantha Davies (advisor: Thomas Rothvoss) | Postdoc at Northwestern
Dissertation: Designing Scheduling Algorithms via a Mathematical Perspective
Congratulations to Amzi Jeffs and Anthony Sanchez, who have been awarded Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships by the National Science Foundation! Amzi Jeffs will be going to Carnegie Mellon University and Anthony Sanchez to UC San Diego.