Lai-Sang Young Awarded the 2023 Heinz Hopf Prize
Every two years, ETH Zurich awards the Heinz Hopf Prize for outstanding scientific work in the field of pure mathematics. This year's honoree is Professor Lai-Sang Young. Congratulations! Read more here.
Lai-Sang Young Awarded the 2023 Heinz Hopf Prize
Lai-Sang Young Awarded the 2023 Heinz Hopf Prize
Yann LeCun Announced as Inaugural Jacob T. Schwartz Chair
Yann LeCun has been named as the first recipient of the Jacob T. Schwartz Chaired Professorship in Computer Science. Read more about the honor and inaugural honoree here.
Yann LeCun Announced as Inaugural Jacob T. Schwartz Chair
Yann LeCun Announced as Inaugural Jacob T. Schwartz Chair
Lerrel Pinto Wins Packard Foundation Fellowship
Lerrel Pinto, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, has received a 2023 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Read more here.
Lerrel Pinto Wins Packard Foundation Fellowship
Lerrel Pinto Wins Packard Foundation Fellowship
Alumni Q&A with Wojciech Zaremba, Co-Founder of OpenAI
An in-depth conversation with Wojciech Zaremba, Co-Founder and Research Scientist at OpenAI, about his time at NYU Courant and his vision for the future of artificial intelligence. Read it here.
Alumni Q&A with Wojciech Zaremba, Co-Founder of OpenAI
Alumni Q&A with Wojciech Zaremba, Co-Founder of OpenAI
S.R. Srinivasa Varadhan Awarded 2023 Padma Vibhusan Medal
Professor Raghu Varadhan has been honored with the Padma Vibhusan, the second-highest civilian award distributed by the Republic of India. The medal acknowledges his "exceptional and distinguished service" in the fields of science and technology. Read more.
S.R. Srinivasa Varadhan Awarded 2023 Padma Vibhusan Medal
S.R. Srinivasa Varadhan Awarded 2023 Padma Vibhusan Medal
Rajesh Ranganath Receives NSF CAREER Award
Rajesh Ranganath, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, has been named as recipient of the prestigious CAREER Award by the National Science Foundation. CAREER Awards are presented "in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through research and education, and the integration of these endeavors in the context of their organizations' missions." Congratulations!
Rajesh Ranganath Receives NSF CAREER Award
Rajesh Ranganath Receives NSF CAREER Award
Julia Kempe Named a Silver Professor
Congratulations to Julia Kempe, who is now a Silver Professor of Computer Science, Mathematics and Data Science. Silver Professorships are one of the University's highest honors, chosen in recognition of professor's academic accomplishments as well as their exemplary commitment to undergraduate education.
Julia Kempe Named a Silver Professor
Julia Kempe Named a Silver Professor
Leslie Greengard Awarded the 2023 ICIAM Pioneer Prize
Professor Greengard has been honored for his pioneering work on fast algorithms, including the fast multipole method, fast Gauss transform, and fast direct solvers. Congratulations! Read more.
Leslie Greengard Awarded the 2023 ICIAM Pioneer Prize
Leslie Greengard Awarded the 2023 ICIAM Pioneer Prize
Launching a New Initiative, NYU and DeepMind Clear the Path for Future AI Researchers
Launching a New Initiative, NYU and DeepMind Clear the Path for Future AI Researchers
Dennis Shasha Named a Senior Member by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
Dennis Shasha, Silver Professor of Computer Science, was named a senior member by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The NAI describes senior members as "rising stars who foster a spirit of innovation within their communities." Congratulations! Read more
Dennis Shasha Named a Senior Member by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
Dennis Shasha Named a Senior Member by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
Joseph Bonneau Receives NSF CAREER Award
Joseph Bonneau, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, has received the prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). CAREER Awards are presented to junior faculty who "exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through research and education." Professor Bonneau's project aims ensure the fairness of lotteries by developing new tools in the emerging field of temporal cryptography. Congratulations!
Joseph Bonneau Receives NSF CAREER Award
Joseph Bonneau Receives NSF CAREER Award
Sylvia Serfaty and Fang-Hua Lin Receive 2023 NSF Awards
Sylvia Serfaty, Silver Professor of Mathematics, and Fang-Hua Lin, Silver Professor of Mathematics, have received grants from the National Science Foundation to support their research projects. You can read more here.
Sylvia Serfaty and Fang-Hua Lin Receive 2023 NSF Awards
Sylvia Serfaty and Fang-Hua Lin Receive 2023 NSF Awards
Subhash Khot Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Subhash Khot, Silver Professor of Computer Science, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Read more about the honor here.
Subhash Khot Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Subhash Khot Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Nina Holden Wins Rollo Davidson Prize
Nina Holden, Assosciate Professor of Mathematics, has won the 2023 Rollo Davidson Prize for her "leading work on random planar maps and Liouville quantum gravity." You can read more about the honor here.
Nina Holden Wins Rollo Davidson Prize
Nina Holden Wins Rollo Davidson Prize
Vlad Vicol Named a 2023 Simons Investigator in Mathematics
Vlad Vicol, Professor of Mathematics, has been chosen as a 2023 Investigator by the Simons Foundation. The selective program is designed to "support outstanding theoretical scientists in their most productive years." Congratulation! You can read more about the honor here.
Vlad Vicol Named a 2023 Simons Investigator in Mathematics
Vlad Vicol Named a 2023 Simons Investigator in Mathematics
Seminars and Events
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
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Warren Weaver Hall, Room 1302
Dec. 06, 2023, 3:30PMPavel Perezhogin, Courant
Thursday, December 7, 2023
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Warren Weaver Hall, Room 317
Dec. 07, 2023, 11AMKevin Pratt, New York University -
Warren Weaver Hall, Room 1302
Dec. 07, 2023, 12:30PMSonia Reilly and Vicente Gomez, Courant Institute
Friday, December 8, 2023
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Warren Weaver Hall, Room 512
Dec. 08, 2023, 11AMYanyan Li, Rutgers -
Warren Weaver Hall, Room 1302
Dec. 08, 2023, 11:10AMPu Yu, MIT -
Warren Weaver Hall, Room 109,
Dec. 08, 2023, 1:30PM
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
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Warren Weaver Hall, Room 1314
Dec. 12, 2023, 6PMJie Gao, Rutgers University
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
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Warren Weaver Hall, Room 517,
Dec. 13, 2023, 4PMProf. Lev Ginzburg, Stony Brook
News & Announcements
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Lai-Sang Young Awarded the 2023 Heinz Hopf Prize
Lai-Sang Young, Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science, has been awarded the 2023 Heinz Hopf Prize for her outstanding scientific work in the field of pure mathematics. Read More
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Courant Mourns the Loss of Professor Aleks Donev
With great sadness, we share the news that Aleks Donev, a beloved member of our faculty, passed away on November 2nd. Read More
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Alumni Spotlight: Deepti Saravanan and Jahnavi Swetha Pothineni Use Predictive Analytics to Track Temperature Rise
As Courant graduate students, Deepti and Jahnavi began a research project that tracks the correlation between human behavior and average land temperature. Read More
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Yann LeCun Announced as Inaugural Jacob T. Schwartz Chair
Yann LeCun, esteemed scholar and leader of the AI revolution, has been named as the first recipient of the Jacob T. Schwartz Chaired Professorship in Computer Science. Read More
Special Events and Activities
Friday, December 8, 2023
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Warren Weaver Hall, Room 109,
Dec. 08, 2023, 1:30PM
Friday, January 26, 2024
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Warren Weaver Hall, Room TBA,
Jan. 26, 2024, 1PM