Today
the
Faculty
of
Mathematics
adds
594
alumni
for
a
total
of
39,476
in
106
countries.
This
includes:
-
418
Undergraduates
-
145
Masters
-
31
PhDs
Our
newest
honorary
doctorate,
Ingrid
Daubechies,
addressed
convocation.
Professor
Daubechies
has
worked
in
academia
and
industry
where
she
has
received
numerous
honours,
including
the
National
Academy
of
Sciences
Award
in
Mathematics,
John
von
Neumann
Lecture
Prize,
MacArthur
Fellowship,
and
being
made
a
Baroness
by
the
King
of
Belgium.
Currently
the
James
B.
Duke
professor
of
Mathematics
and
Electrical
&
Computer
Engineering
at
Duke
University,
she
started
her
academic
career
at
the
Vrije
Universiteit
Brussels
and
in
1994
became
the
first
female
full
professor
in
Mathematics
at
Princeton
University.
However
it
was
at
AT&T
Bell
Laboratories,
where
she
published
her
discoveries
regarding
wavelet
theory
that
helped
lead
to
the
image
compression
we
use
today.
Amir-Hossein
Karimi
(Computer
Science)
was
named
the
Alumni
Gold
Medalist
for
outstanding
performance
in
a
graduate
program.
Ahmad
Abdi
(Combinatorics
and
Optimization)
was
one
of
the
University
Finalists
for
the
Alumni
Gold
Medal
(formerly
known
as
the
Outstanding
Achievement
in
Graduate
Studies).
We
congratulate
Amir-Hossein
and
Ahmad,
as
well
as
all
our
graduates.
