by Sarah Brauner (University of Pennsylvania), Zajj Daugherty (Reed College), Sarah Mason (Wake Forest University), and Anne Schilling (University of California, Davis)
A common story in mathematics is the following: you have a large set of data, and want to find a strategic way to group that data together that makes it simpler to understand. The challenge here is to find a good way to group things that actually distills the information you have, and removes some of the “noise” of the full data set. For example, if your data set measures income by address in a city, it might make sense to group data points by neighborhood, but grouping neighborhoods this way might oversimplify the situation.
Wein and Iyer's NSF CAREER awards. Krener recognized with Quazza Medal. Shkoller and Fraas speak at ICMP 2024. Jacob et al win 2024 Frontiers of Science Award. Vazquez elected AAAS Fellow. De Loera, Schilling, and Thomas recognized for teaching and leadership. Xu wins INFORMS award. Casals awarded MCA Prize. Shkoller to lead COMPASS team.
The equations and theorems were sand scribbles written in the beach by Anne Schilling’s father, a physicist who worked at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). As her father wrote, Schilling absorbed as much of the information as possible before the Atlantic Ocean’s waves washed the mathematics away, the seafoam acting like an eraser on a blackboard.
