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Heinz Gumin Prize ceremoniously presented to Wolfgang Hackbusch
Published Jul 26, 2022
In a festive award ceremony last Friday, Prof. Thomas Höllmann, Chairman of the Carl Friedrich von Siemens's Board of Directors, presented the Heinz Gumin Prize for Mathematics to our director emeritus Wolfgang Hackbusch. With this highest endowed prize for mathematics in Germany, which was already officially awarded to him in 2020, the foundation honored his pioneering contributions to numerical mathematics, in particular to the development of H-matrices.
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26.02.24
Teubner Science Award goes to Viviane Baladi
This year’s Teubner Science Prize for the Promotion of Mathematical Sciences goes to Viviane Baladi. The public award ceremony takes place on March 1 at 11:00 am at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, followed by an Institute Colloquium at 3:30 pm. We cordially invite to both festive events.
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10.01.24
Bernd Sturmfels Granted Honorary Doctorate from Uni Chicago
In recognition of his outstanding scientific contributions in the field of algebraic geometry, our director Bernd Sturmfels has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Chicago. Warmest congratulations!
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07.12.23
Bernd Sturmfels Granted Honorary Doctorate for Outstanding Contributions to Mathematics
Our director, Bernd Sturmfels, was recently awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Bern during its Dies Academicus festivities. The recognition comes in light of his remarkable contributions to mathematical research and the promotion of gender diversity.
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21.11.23
Exploring Complexity - Hanna Tseran's PhD Thesis on Deep Maxout Neural Networks
Hanna Tseran successfully defended her PhD thesis on activation functions in neural networks. She continues to work on deep learning theory in the Matsuo Laboratory at the University of Tokyo. Well done Hanna, and our best wishes!
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21.11.23
Anna Wienhard Appointed to Leopoldina
Our director, Anna Wienhard, was recently elected to the German Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina. Acceptance into the Academy is considered one of the highest academic honors. We extend our sincere congratulations!
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15.09.23
Angkana Rüland Awarded Prestigious New Horizons Prize
Former group leader Angkana Rüland, renowned for her work in applied analysis, is to receive the New Horizons Prize from the Breakthrough Prize Foundation, a $100,000 accolade. Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition!
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