University of California, Irvine

Department of Mathematics

Distinguished Lecture Series

2007-2008

 

Benjamin Weiss

Miriam and Julius Vinik Chair of Mathematics

Einstein Institute of Mathematics

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 

Professor Weiss holds the Miriam and Julius Vinik Chair of Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The numerous honors bestowed on him include the 2006 Rothschild Prize, membership in the American Academy of Sciences, Plenary Lecture at the IEEE conference on Information Theory in 2001, and an invited lecture at the 1974 ICM.

 

Professor Weiss is well known for giving excellent lectures to a broad mathematical audience. His prominent lecture series include the Porter Lectures at Rice University in 1998 and the Karel deLeeuw Memorial Lectures at Stanford in 2006.

 

 

On the Road Coloring Problem

Tuesday, April 8th

Reception:  9:30am

Lecture:  10:00am

MSTB 254

 

Determinism vs. Randomness ­– What Do Billiards and a

Roulette Wheel Have In Common?

Thursday, April 10th

Public Lecture:  1:30pm

Reception:  2:30pm

Natural Sciences II  Room 1201

 

 

For information contact Siran Kousherian at (949) 824-5502 or skousher@math.uci.edu http://www.math.uci.edu/