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- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- 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 and stochastic analysis, graph theory and applications, mathematical biology, financial mathematics and mathematical approaches to signal analysis, information theory and graphics, and structural biology and image processing. Appointments are for one year and may be renewed if funding is available. Applicants should have a recently-completed or soon-to-be-completed doctorate. For details on specific faculty members and their research interests, please go to http://www.pacm.princeton.edu/index.shtml
Applicants should apply via the web at http://jobs.princeton.edu. Please include CV, research statement, and names and contact information for three references.
Responses will only be sent to applicants from whom we seek further information. Princeton University is an equal opportunity employer and complies with applicable EEO and affirmative action regulations. For information about applying to Princeton and how to self-identify please link to http://www.princeton.edu/dof/about_us/dof_job_openings/
Honors & Awards Collapse/Expand
- Seymor Wins Fulkerson Prize
- Prof. Paul Seymor's joint paper, "The Strong Perfect Graph Theorem," has been awarded the Fulkerson Prize! This prize is sponsored by the Mathematical Programming Society and the American Mathematical Society (9/08).
- PACM professor receives prestigious prize in mathematics
- Weinan E awarded Ralph E. Kleinman Prize (7/09)
- Rene Carmona, Ingrid Daubechies, Weinan E, Simon Levin, Bob Tarjan, and Salvatore Torquato
- have been selected as Fellows of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. (4/09)
- Massimo Fornasier
- has been awarded the 2008 START Prize of the Austrian Science Fund for the development of the project "Sparse Approximation and Optimization in High Dimensions." (11/08)
- Philip Holmes
- won the 2009 Lyapunov Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for his lifelong contributions
to the field of nonlinear dynamics. News@Princeton (10/08) - Salvatore Torquato
- is the recipient of the 2009 APS David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics, an award established to recognize an outstanding contributor to the field of materials physics, who is noted for the quality of his/her research, review articles and lecturing. Sal is receiving this award "for his highly original and deep studies of n-point correlation functions in heterogeneous materials and his outstanding communication of these results through publication and public presentation." (9/08)
- Article of Interest:
- Computer enters the picture (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Research of Ingrid Daubechies. (7/08)
- Yacine Aït-Sahalia
- has been named a fellow of the American Statistical Association. New@Princeton (7/08)
- Amit Singer and Jeroen Tromp
- join the core faculty of PACM. PWB (7/08)
- Iain Couzin
- has been named a 2008 Searle Scholar for his innovative research. New@Princeton (6/08)
- Anand Oza and Jon Ullman:
- PACM Independent Project Prize Winners. (for more info: EventPhotos, click "Prize Winners") (6/08)
- Ed Gerber '06
- has just accepted an Assistant Professor position at the Courant Institute, in the Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (5/08)
- Simon Levin
- has been selected as a foreign member of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. News@Princeton (5/08)
- 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)
News Archive Collapse/Expand
- Prof. Holmes' Poetry Showcased
- Prof. Philip Holmes was featured in the U.S. 1 Poets Invite program at the Princeton public library in November. Click here to read more. (12/09)
- Fall 2009 Newsletter
- The Fall edition of the PACM newsletter is available now. Click here to view.
- 2009 Senior Thesis Topics
- It's never too late to start thinking about your senior thesis topics. If you wish to use your mathematical skills for solving a “real-life” problems, PACM offers three exciting applied-science projects for your senior thesis. These problems are the frontier of current research and solving them, or even improving current methods, can make a big difference for a lot of people.
- PACM Graduate Lunch
- Photos from the 2009 Graduate Welcome Lunch have been posted on the Events page (9/09).
- Google Translator
- View PACM website in multiple languages! Google Translator now integrated on each page. (8/09)
- Salvatore Torquato sets world record in packing puzzle
- Click here to read more. (8/09)
- WAM/SWIM Programs
- Princeton summer programs encourage women mathematicians. Click to read more. (7/09)
- PACM Newsletter Launched
- PACM's first newsletter debuted for the Spring 2009 semester. (5/09)
- Video Section Added
- John Nash/Harold Kuhn panel discussion added on the new video page. (4/09)
- Christina Lipsky
- Joins PACM team as new Technical Coordinator. Please stop by to visit anytime in 204A. (3/09)
- 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)
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