Samuel Embaye (M.Math.)
The Determination of Structured Hessian Matrices via Automatic Differentiation
Supervisor: Tom Coleman
Professor Debbie Leung has been appointed a University Research Chair.
Ashwin Nayak, a professor in the Combinatorics and Optimization department, was awarded $260,000 in funding for Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships.
Professor Henry Wolkowicz has been selected as a SIAM Fellow for contributions to convex optimization and matrix theory. Fellowships honour SIAM members who have made outstanding contributions to the fields served by the organization.
At the Math Faculty Awards Banquet on January 29, 2015, Rutger Campbell and Nathaniel Horvath received the C&O and OR book prizes for their excellent performances during their undergraduate studies. Rutger is a Combinatorics & Optimization and Pure Math double major, and has held undergraduate research assistantships with Peter Nelson and Jim Geelen.
Recently, Professor Dan Younger uncovered in his office a letter from Bill Tutte written in Newmarket, England, dated July 7, 1996.
The letter, which can be viewed as a self-portrait, describes the events
of the prior several weeks, including his first visit to Bletchley Park
since the end of World War II.
