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Positions Available Collapse/Expand
- Research Associate (Postdoctoral) Search
- The Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics invites applications for postdoctoral research associates to join in research efforts of interest to its faculty. Domains of interest include computational fluid dynamics and material science, dynamical systems, numerical analysis, stochastic problems, graph theory and applications, mathematical biology, financial mathematics and mathematical approaches to signal analysis, information theory and graphics. Appointments are for one year. The appointments may be renewed if funding is available. Applicants should have a recently-completed or soon-to-be-completed doctorate. Applicants should send a letter of application, current vita, description of research, and three letters of recommendation to: Manager, Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University, Fine Hall, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544. Regretfully, responses will only be sent to applicants from whom we seek further information. Princeton University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.
For information about applying to Princeton and for voluntary self-identification, please go to http://www.princeton.edu/dof/about_us/dof_job_openings/.
Honors & Awards Collapse/Expand
- Emily Carter
- has been elected a Fellow of both the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors that can be accorded a scientist or engineer, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and independent policy research centers. (5/08)
- Taniecea Arceneaux
- has been awarded a Ford Foundation Predoctoral Diversity Fellowship. Click here for more information on the Ford Foundation's Fellowships. (4/08)
- Robert Calderbank
- has been recognized with the 2008 Graduate Mentoring Award. This is an "annual award to honor Princeton faculty members who are exemplary in supporting the development of their graduate students as teachers, scholars, and professionals." The recipients of the award will be officially recognized at the Graduate School hooding ceremony, to be held on June 2nd. See the McGraw Center website for more information. (3/08)
- Jeremiah Ostriker
- has been elected treasurer of the National Academy of Sciences. News@Princeton (2/08)
- Sergio Verdú
- awarded the IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal “For fundamental contributions to information theory and the development of multiuser detection.” More info at IEEE. (12/07)
- Jianqing Fan
- received the Morningside Gold Medal of Applied Mathematics for his ground-breaking and seminal work in nonparametric modeling and inferences, for his fundamental contributions to high-dimensional statistical learning, nonlinear time series and biostatistics, and his achievements toward the development of novel statistical techniques in finance and molecular biology. news.xinhuanet.com. (12/07)
- Sergio Verdú
- awarded the 2007 Claude E. Shannon Award by the Information Theory Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for his "consistent and profound contributions to the field of information theory." News@Princeton. (8/07)
News Archive Collapse/Expand
- Research: Discovery at Princeton University
- provides a snapshot of research at Princeton... [The Office of the Dean for research] hopes the report conveys the excitement and importance of research at Princeton today. Research report 2007-08
(2/08) - Sal Torquato
- awarded the SIAM Ralph E. Kleinman Prize for outstanding research, or other contributions, that bridge the gap between mathematics and applications. The value of the work is measured by the quality of the mathematics and its impact on the application. (6/07)
- Tamara A. Broderick and Adam M. Epstein
- winners of the APC Independent Project Prize for Certificate Students. (5/07)
- Jeremiah Ostriker
- elected to the Royal Society, the United Kingdom's national academy of science. News@Princeton. (5/07)
- Christodoulos Floudas
- honored for his work mentoring graduate students. He was awarded the Graduate Mentoring Award by the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning. News@Princeton. (5/07)
- Katy Bold
- named on the SEAS's Fall 2006 Commendation List for Outstanding Teaching. (4/07)
- Lester Mackey
- a PACM certificate student, won the Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize. New@Princeton. (2/07)
- Sergio Verdú
- elected a Member of the National Academy of Engineering. NAE press release and News@Princeton. (2/07)
- Martin David Kruskal
- the founding director of PACM, passed away on December 26, 2006. He will be truly missed. Princeton University; Rutgers University
- Philip Holmes
- elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society for fundamental contributions to the theory of nonlinear dynamics and the development of groundbreaking applications in classical, solid and fluid mechanics, neuroscience, and cognitive psychology. (12/06)
- William Massey
- featured in the Princeton Weekly Bulletin for his mentorship of minority and women mathematicians. News@Princeton. (10/06)
- Manuel Torrilhon
- was awarded the 2006 EURYI Award for Multi-Physics Scientific Computing. Click here for more details. (10/06)
- Ingrid Daubechies
- was recently interviewed by the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences. See full article (PDF). (fall 2006)
- Christodoulos Floudas
- to receive the American Institute for Chemical Engineers 2006 Computing in Chemical Engineering Award, recognizing "outstanding contributions in the application of computing and systems technology to chemical engineering." Click here for more details. (9/06)
Condolences Collapse/Expand
- Tony Dahlen
- affiliate faculty in PACM, passed away Sunday, June 3, 2007. He will be greatly missed by his colleagues and collaborators in Applied Mathematics. Princeton University
