Professor Edriss Titi receives a Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists in recognition of his past accomplishments in research and teaching.

The award is granted in recognition of a researcher's entire achievements to date to academics whose fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline and who are expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements in future are eligible to be nominated for a Humboldt Research Award.

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Two former UCI Math VAPs have been invited to speak at the 2010 International Congress of Mathematicians which will be held in Hyderabad, India in August 2010.

Andras Stipsiicz, who was a VAP from 1994-96, is currently a Professor at Renyi Institute for Mathematics in Budapest and Jongil Park, who was a VAP from 1996-97, is currently a Professor at Seoul National University in Korea. Both worked under the direction of Professor Ron Stern while at UCI.

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Let us congratulate Professor Frederic Wan who was named a SIAM Fellow for his contributions to the theory of elasticity and to developmental biology, and for outstanding service to the mathematical sciences. Fellowship is an honorific designation conferred on members distinguished for their outstanding contributions to the fields of applied mathematics and computational science.

List of SIAM Fellows: Class of 2010