Summer 2023 marked the 3rd year of the Midwest Research Experience for Graduates (MREG). MREG is conceptualized and coordinated by U-M graduate students in mathematics. This year’s 2-week, in-person summer workshop in Ann Arbor built off of the past two years of successful operation as a virtual program. MREG has the dual focus of immersing…
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MCAIM Director Lydia Bieri Elected to 2023 Class of AMS Fellows
Professor Lydia Bieri has been elected to the 2023 Class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (AMS). According to the AMS web site, “The Fellows of the American Mathematical Society program recognizes members who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics.” Congratulations Professor Bieri!
Random Matrix Theory Summer School teaches new techniques to and builds community among global group of grad students and postdocs
Forty-nine graduate students and beginning postdocs from 32 (^1) universities around the world participated in the 2022 Random Matrix Theory (RMT) Summer School program at the University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor campus from June 13-24. The participants applied and were accepted into the rigorous 2-week program that each day included two lectures and complimentary group…
May 2022 Midwest Numerical Analysis Day
In collaboration with the Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering (MICDE), and U-M’s Department of Mathematics, MCAIM is supporting the 2022 Midwest Numerical Analysis Day (MWNAD) regional conference. The event will be held in-person and online at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, on Friday afternoon and Saturday, May 20-21, 2022. Participants are invited…
MCAIM Director Lydia Bieri Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society
Professor Lydia Bieri has been elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). The number of APS Fellows elected each year is limited to no more than one half of one percent of the membership. It is a prestigious recognition by her peers of her outstanding contributions to physics. The citation on her certificate…
Impact of Van Loo Gift Continues Today
In 2014 the Department of Mathematics received a gift from the estate of alumnus James Van Loo (BS 1967) to support various initiatives in the area of Applied Mathematics. MCAIM oversees the James Van Loo Post-Doctoral Fellowship fund which supports fellows who conduct interdisciplinary research and teaching in Applied Mathematics. The fund allows MCAIM to…