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Prof. Steve Batterson's book "Pursuit of genius" has been published
Published Date: 2006-06-30 Professor Steve Batterson's book "Pursuit of Genius: Flexner, Einstein, and the Early Faculty at the Institute for Advanced Study" was published by AK Peters. The book recounts the early years of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ (not affiliated with the university). From the dust jacket: "Steve Batterson has mined the Institute's archives to provide a detailed and unvarnished account of the backstage conflicts and intrigue that attended the Institute's growth and determined its future. Those unfamiliar with the Institute will learn how one man's vision shaped a couple's philanthropy and created a haven for scholars in the midst of the Great Depression. Equally, those who have had the privilege of Institute membership will enhance their appreciation of the intellectual leaders who made their own Institute experiences possible. John W. Dawson, Jr., author of Logical Dilemmas: The Life and Work of Kurt Gvdel.

Prof. Steve Batterson's book "Pursuit of genius" has been published

Published Date: 2006-06-30
Professor Steve Batterson's book "Pursuit of Genius: Flexner, Einstein, and the Early Faculty at the Institute for Advanced Study" was published by AK Peters. The book recounts the early years of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ (not affiliated with the university). From the dust jacket: "Steve Batterson has mined the Institute's archives to provide a detailed and unvarnished account of the backstage conflicts and intrigue that attended the Institute's growth and determined its future. Those unfamiliar with the Institute will learn how one man's vision shaped a couple's philanthropy and created a haven for scholars in the midst of the Great Depression. Equally, those who have had the privilege of Institute membership will enhance their appreciation of the intellectual leaders who made their own Institute experiences possible. John W. Dawson, Jr., author of Logical Dilemmas: The Life and Work of Kurt Gvdel.

Distinguished lecture by Laszlo Babai: "The abelian sandpile model"
Published Date: 2006-05-01 Read the details here.

Recent PhD graduate Mathias Schacht (graduated 2004) won the 2006 Richard Rado Prize
Published Date: 2006-04-03 Mathias Schacht, who earned his PhD in mathematics from the department in 2004, won the 2006 Richard Rado Prize for his dissertation "On the regularity method for hypergraphs".

Public lecture by Thomas Banchoff: "The fourth dimension and Salvador Dali"
Published Date: 2006-03-06 Presented by the Department of Math & Computer Science and the Emory College Program in Science and Society. Abstract: Salvador Dali was fascinated by science and mathematics. He incorporated mathematical forms and ideas into many of his paintings, for example, "The Fourth Dimension in Corpus Hypercubus" to ordinary geometry. This presentation will describe interaction with Dali over a ten-year period, as described in a recent documentary commemorating the centenary of the artist's birth. Brief bio: Thomas Banchoff is a geometer who has been a professor at Brown University for the past 40 years. He was an undergraduate at the University of Notre Dame and he received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1964. He has taught at Harvard, UCLA, and Yale, and he is currently teaching at the University of Georgia in the mathematics department and in the College of Education. In 1991, he wrote "Beyond the Third Dimension" describing his collaborations with mathematicians, computer scientists, and artists.

Public lecture by Thomas Banchoff: "The fourth dimension and Salvador Dali"

Published Date: 2006-03-06
Presented by the Department of Math & Computer Science and the Emory College Program in Science and Society. Abstract: Salvador Dali was fascinated by science and mathematics. He incorporated mathematical forms and ideas into many of his paintings, for example, "The Fourth Dimension in Corpus Hypercubus" to ordinary geometry. This presentation will describe interaction with Dali over a ten-year period, as described in a recent documentary commemorating the centenary of the artist's birth. Brief bio: Thomas Banchoff is a geometer who has been a professor at Brown University for the past 40 years. He was an undergraduate at the University of Notre Dame and he received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1964. He has taught at Harvard, UCLA, and Yale, and he is currently teaching at the University of Georgia in the mathematics department and in the College of Education. In 1991, he wrote "Beyond the Third Dimension" describing his collaborations with mathematicians, computer scientists, and artists.

Metrics Report: Mathematics and Computer Science
Published Date: 2005-03-29 click here

Faculty appointed to BOT committees
Published Date: 2003-11-03 The Board of Trustees (BOT) has agreed to appoint University faculty members for three-year terms as nonvoting counselors to the board’s eight major committees, former University Senate president William Branch announced at the Oct. 28 Senate meeting... click here for more information

Math & Science Center enjoys grand opening
Published Date: 2002-10-21 click here for more information

Distinguished Professors
Published Date: 2001-11-05 Ronald Gould Goodrich C. White Professor Gould received his B.S. in mathematics from the State University of New York and his M.S. in computer science and Ph.D. in mathematics from Western Michigan University. He was the recipient of the 1999 Emory Williams Teaching Award. Gould, currently director of graduate studies for the computer science and mathematics department, has authored many publications with heavy emphasis on the studies of graph theory and graph algorithms. click here to read about the other honorees

Distinguished Professors

Published Date: 2001-11-05
Ronald Gould Goodrich C. White Professor Gould received his B.S. in mathematics from the State University of New York and his M.S. in computer science and Ph.D. in mathematics from Western Michigan University. He was the recipient of the 1999 Emory Williams Teaching Award. Gould, currently director of graduate studies for the computer science and mathematics department, has authored many publications with heavy emphasis on the studies of graph theory and graph algorithms. click here to read about the other honorees

IT tools help expand Emory classroom walls
Published Date: 2001-04-30 A lone professor sits late at night in an assembly hall in Budapest, Hungary. On a large-screen video monitor, she sees students and faculty in a library conference room on Emory’s campus. For the next hour, they share a dynamic, interactive dialogue on the political and social ramifications of the recent Yugoslav election... click here for more information

The Pattern on the Stone, reviewed by Ron Gould
Published Date: 1999-11-15 click here to read the review