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The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences is the home of the departments of Mathematics and Computer Science, and the Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science at New York University. Founded by Richard Courant in 1935, the Institute has a history of tackling fundamental problems in science and engineering not typically found in traditional departments. <<Read More about the Institute>>

Announcements

NYU Professor Amir Pnueli, 68, Distinguished Computer Scientist, passes away.

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our distinguished colleague and friend, Professor Amir Pnueli, on November 2,… [more]

Percy Deift Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Sciences announced its election of Percy Deift on the morning of April 28th, together with 71 other new members… [more]

Mikhael Gromov receives the Abel Prize


For his revolutionary contributions to geometry,” Courant Professor Mikhael Gromov has received the Abel Prize. … [more]

Eric Vanden-Eijnden Awarded Dahlquist Prize

SIAM has awarded its 2009 Dahlquist Prize to Eric Vanden-Eijnden. Vanden-Eijnden was chosen for the prize "for his research contributions… [more]

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News

New camera developed to take "flash-less" pictures in the dark

Rob Fergus and student Dilip Krishnan are developing a "dark camera," which emits light over a broader range of frequencies… [more]

Computer-based models to chart the growth of pancreatic cancer

A team of researchers led by Bud Mishra is currently working to create computer-based models charting the growth of pancreatic… [more]

New computer methods reveal secrets of ancient math problem

Mathematicians from North America, Europe, Australia, and South America have resolved the first one trillion cases of an ancient mathematics… [more]

Courant Awarded $10M for Climate Research

The National Science Foundation awarded CIMS a $10 million grant "to study the impact of global warming on the… [more]

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Seminars and Events

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23

MATERIALS WORKING GROUP:
12:00 Noon - 1:00 P.M., WWH 517
A Variational Theory for Point Defects in Patterns
Sylvia Serfaty, University of Paris VI and Courant
http://math.nyu.edu/faculty/kohn/working_group.html

SPECIAL APPLIED MATHEMATICS SEMINAR:
2:15 - 3:15 P.M., WWH 201
Reflector Maps and Earth Parameter Estimation from Seismic Data: From Ruler and Compass Construction to Gaussian Beam Propagators
Norman Bleistein, University Emeritus Professor, Center for Wave Phenomena, Dept. of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
http://www.cims.nyu.edu/ams/

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24

MAGNETO-FLUID DYNAMICS SEMINAR:
11:30 A.M., WWH 512
Free Boundary Magnetohydrodynamic Equilibria with Flow
Ron Schmitt, CIMS
http://www.math.nyu.edu/seminars/mfd_seminar.html

MOSTLY BIOMATHEMATICS LUNCHTIME SEMINAR:
12:00 Noon - 1:00 P.M., WWH 1314
Recent Work on the Immersed Boundary Method: Adaptivity and Finite Element Elasticity
Boyce Griffith, NYU School of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
http://math.nyu.edu/seminars/comp_neuroandbio.html

MACHINE LEARNING PH.D. SEMINAR:
1:45 - 3:45 P.M., WWH 1314
Chapter 2: Prediction, Learning, and Games
This week we have a reading group meeting. Attendees should have read the chapter and come prepared to discuss. Please see the link for electronic access to the book.
Rescheduled from Nov. 17th.
http://www.cs.nyu.edu/~rostami/ml/2009/index.html

COMPUTER SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM:
2:00 P.M., 715/719 Broadway, Room 1221
Learning Models for Scalable Content-Based Image Search
Lorenzo Torresani, Dartmouth College
Refreshments will be served at 1:45 P.M.
http://cs.nyu.edu/webapps/colloquia

GEOMETRY SEMINAR:
6:00 - 7:00 P.M., WWH 1302
The Geometrical Theorems of Pascal and Penrose
John Conway, Princeton University
Please note the change in room number.
http://cs.nyu.edu/~raghavan/geometry/index.html

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