
Sad News of the Passing of our Colleague and Friend, Professor Marco Avellaneda 1955 - 2022
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Sad News of the Passing of our Colleague and Friend, Professor Marco Avellaneda 1955 - 2022
Sad News of the Passing of our Colleague and Friend, Professor Marco Avellaneda 1955 - 2022

Jeff Cheeger awarded the 2021 Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences
For more information, read the press release here. Congratulations!
Jeff Cheeger awarded the 2021 Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences
Jeff Cheeger awarded the 2021 Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences

Sloan Fellowship
Courant faculty Jonathan Niles-Weed has been awarded a 2022 Research Fellowship by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The fellowship honors "early-career scholars who represent the most promising researchers working today." Congratulations Jonathan!
Sloan Fellowship
Sloan Fellowship

National Academy of Sciences
Yann LeCun has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Congratulations!
National Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences

Marsha Berger awarded Norbert Wiener Prize
Marsha Berger will be awarded the 2019 Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics for her fundamental contributions to adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) and to Cartesian mesh techniques for automating the simulation of compressible flows in complex geometry. Congratulations!
Marsha Berger awarded Norbert Wiener Prize
Marsha Berger awarded Norbert Wiener Prize

NSF CAREER award
Benjamin Peherstorfer has received an NSF CAREER Award. Congratulations!
NSF CAREER award
NSF CAREER award

Sylvia Serfaty elected to the European Academy of Sciences
Congratulations!
Sylvia Serfaty elected to the European Academy of Sciences
Sylvia Serfaty elected to the European Academy of Sciences

Sloan Fellowship
Daniele Panozzo has been awarded a Sloan Fellowship for his work in solving partial differential equations on complex geometrical domains. Congratulations!
Sloan Fellowship
Sloan Fellowship

Silver Professor Margaret Wright is the recipient of the John von Neumann Prize
Congratulations!
Silver Professor Margaret Wright is the recipient of the John von Neumann Prize
Silver Professor Margaret Wright is the recipient of the John von Neumann Prize

Joan Bruna and Leif Ristroph receive CAREER Awards
Joan Bruna and Leif Ristroph are recipients of National Science Foundation CAREER Awards!
Congratulations to Joan and to Leif!
Joan Bruna and Leif Ristroph receive CAREER Awards
Joan Bruna and Leif Ristroph receive CAREER Awards

Denis Zorin receives ACM Computer Graphics Achievement Award
Denis Zorin has received the 2019 Computer Graphics Achievement Award "in recognition of his fundamental contributions to computer graphics and geometric modeling."
Congratulations!
Denis Zorin receives ACM Computer Graphics Achievement Award
Denis Zorin receives ACM Computer Graphics Achievement Award

Julia Kempe elected to Academia Europaea
Congratulations to Julia Kempe, Director of the NYU Center for Data Science and Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics, on being elected as a Member of Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe)
Julia Kempe elected to Academia Europaea
Julia Kempe elected to Academia Europaea

American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Nader Masmoudi has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Congratulations!
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Guido DePhilippis named 2021 Simons Investigator
Further information is available here. Congratulations!
Guido DePhilippis named 2021 Simons Investigator
Guido DePhilippis named 2021 Simons Investigator

Anasse Bari has won NYU's Golden Dozen award for outstanding contributions to learning in the classroom. Congratulations!
Anasse Bari has won NYU's Golden Dozen award for outstanding contributions to learning in the classroom. Congratulations!
Anasse Bari has won NYU's Golden Dozen award for outstanding contributions to learning in the classroom. Congratulations!
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Warren Weaver Hall Construction
Updates on the building construction
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NIST selects a winning algorithm based on Oded Regev's work
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has selected the first group of encryption tools designed to withstand the assault of a future quantum computer. The winning algorithm for public key encryption—the CRYSTALS-Kyber algorithm—relies upon the work of Courant's Oded Regev. Read More
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Jonathan Niles-Weed chosen as a Sloan Research Fellow
Courant faculty Jonathan Niles-Weed has been awarded a 2022 Research Fellowship by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The fellowship honors "early-career scholars who represent the most promising researchers working today." Congratulations Jonathan! Read More
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NYU Courant Mourns the Loss of Professor Marco Avellaneda
Marco was on the faculty of NYU Courant for almost 40 years, starting as a Courant Instructor in 1985. After his early work on applied math, he spent most of his career working on mathematical finance. Marco was a tremendously creative and energetic person and we will greatly miss him. … Read More
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NYU Launches Pathways to AI Program
Sponsored by DeepMind Technologies, the program seeks to expand the field of scientists historically underrepresented in AI. Students will take a series of introductory classes and participate in lab rotations to help them prepare for a career in AI research.
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Terri Burns, Courant'16, Becomes Youngest Member of the NYU Board of Trustees
At age 27, Terri Burns, graduate of NYU Courant's Computer Science department in 2016 and first Black female partner at GV (formerly Google Ventures) recently became the youngest member of the NYU Board of Trustees.