Stevens hosts American Mathematical Society, April 28-29
More than 250 mathematicians from 31 states and 22 countries will come to the campus of Stevens Institute of Technology for the Eastern Section Spring Meeting of the American Mathematical Society. The scheduled talks, symposia, and other presentations will take place the weekend of April 28-29, 2001, at various locations on the Stevens campus.
Note: Registration fees are waived for members of the press who wish to attend. For the official AMS website regarding the event, including contact information and the full program for the two days, please visit www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2056_program.html.
Among the presentations will be four from members of Stevens' Department of Mathematical Sciences. Also, five of the department's faculty have organized sessions on six different areas of research. Officiating at the occasion will be Dr. Robert Gilman, associate dean for research affairs at Stevens' School of Applied Sciences and Liberal Arts.
A special invited address will be delivered on Sunday, April 29, by Dr. Robert Calderbank, director of the Information Sciences Research Laboratory at AT&T Labs. The topic of the talk will be Combinatorics, quantum computers, and cellular phones. Calderbank will explore the use of algorithmic codes in quantum error correction for wireless phone transmission. Quantum computers are the next frontier in computing technology, harnessing the power of atoms and molecules to perform memory and processing tasks. Applied to wireless communications, that technology promises to bring forth the next major revolution in everyday human affairs.
Under the leadership of Dr. Erich Kunhardt, this "physics of communications" field will become a major focus at Stevens' School of Applied Sciences and Liberal Arts. Kunhardt is the school's dean.
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.
Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.
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