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/