2010 February

February 25, 2010 By

Two former students of Professor Askold Khovanskii have won significant awards in Mathematics.

$Valentina Kiritchenko$

Valentina Kiritchenko was one of 3 winners of the
2009 Dynasty Foundation Award

$Vladelen Timorin$

Vladlen Timorin was one of 2 winners of the
2009 Pierre Deligne Award.

From their websites: “The Pierre Deligne Contest is a competition of young mathematicians of Russia, Ukraine and Byelorussia. The contest winner is awarded a three-year research grant. The aim of the contest is to help young mathematicians to carry out scientific research staying in their home countries. It was established in 2005 to support the most active young mathematicians working in Russia, Ukraine and Byelorussia. Any person not older than 35 who has a PhD in mathematics and lives in any of the countries: Russia, Ukraine, Byelorussia, is eligible for the competition.”

The Dynasty Foundation contest for young mathematicians takes place in parallel with the Pierre Deligne Contest and pursues the same goals.

The department sends it’s warmest congratulations to both of them and wishes them all the best!

Faculty Honoured

February 6, 2010 By

Professor’s Yael Karshon and Stephen Kudla were recently honoured by the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) for their great contributions to teaching and research.

Professor Yael Karshon was honoured with the 2009 Krieger-Nelson Prize. Awarded for her work with symmetries of symplectic manifolds, formalized as Hamiltonian group actions.

Professor Stephen Kudla was honoured with the 2009 Jeffery-Williams Prize. He was awarded for his work on forming connections between the theory of automorphic forms and the theory of algebraic cycles on Shimura varieties.

Further information on both these prestigious awards can be found in the CMS Notes, Volume 41, No. 6 (October 2009) (pages 8 and 9)

Congratulations to them both!

Former Students Win Prestigious Awards

Faculty Honoured