Sapir and Yu Professors of Mathematics Mark Sapir and Guoliang Yu have been invited to deliver 45-minute lectures on their work at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in
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Held once every four years, the ICM brings together mathematicians from all over the world to discuss the latest developments in all areas of mathematics. The Fields Medals, which many consider the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in mathematics, are presented at the ICM meetings.
“An ICM invitation is one of the most significant recognitions of a mathematician's work. Professors Sapir and Yu have conducted research at the highest level for many years and we are proud of their achievements and the acclaim they receive through this prestigious invitation,” said Prof. Dietmar Bisch, Chair of the Department of Mathematics.
Sapir’s specialty is algebra and geometric group theory. He is part of an international team recently awarded a major grant by the National Science Foundation to tackle several unsolved problems in these areas. (For more about that project, click here.)
Yu’s work is focused in the field of noncommutative geometry. He is part of a Vanderbilt team of mathematicians recently awarded an NSF Research Training Group (RTG) grant - one of only six of its kind awarded last year. (For more about this research, click here.)
Sapir and Yu’s invitations brings the number of Vanderbilt mathematics faculty who have presented invited talks to the ICM to seven – the others being Dietmar Bisch, Alain Connes, Bjarni Jónsson, Gennadi Kasparov and Alexander Ol’shanskii.
Date Posted: Aug. 10, 2005
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