The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) is pleased to announce the SIAM Fellows Class of 2009 and the inauguration of the SIAM Fellows Program. Fellowship is an honorific designation conferred on members distinguished for their outstanding contributions to the fields of applied mathematics and computational science. During this inaugural year of the program, SIAM will confer Fellows status on 183 noteworthy professionals who will be recognized during the 2009 SIAM Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado.

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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