News Release
ALEXANDRE CHORIN RECEIVES
AMS-SIAM WIENER PRIZE
Contact at AMS: Dr. John H. Ewing,
AMS Executive Director
e-mail: jhe@ams.org
telephone: 401-455-4100
fax: 401-331-3842
January 20, 2000
Providence, RI -- Alexandre J. Chorin of the University of
California, Berkeley has won the 2000 AMS-SIAM Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied
Mathematics. Presented by the American Mathematical Society and the Society for
Industrial and Applied Mathematics, the Wiener Prize is one of the highest
distinctions given in applied mathematics. The prize will be awarded at the
Joint Mathematics Meetings in Washington, DC on January 20, 2000.
According to the prize citation, Chorin is receiving the prize "in recognition
of his seminal work in computational fluid dynamics, statistical mechanics, and
turbulence. His work has stimulated important developments across the entire
spectrum from practical engineering applications to convergence proofs for
numerical methods From the 1960s to the present day, Chorin has led and
inspired applied mathematicians everywhere to tackle the most difficult
real-world problems and to make full use of the combined power of advanced
computers and sophisticated mathematical analysis. In the process, he has done
more than anyone else to create and shape the important discipline of
computational applied mathematics."
Founded in 1888 to further mathematical research and scholarship, the
30,000-member American Mathematical Society fulfills its mission through
programs and services that promote mathematical research and its uses,
strengthen mathematical education, and foster awareness and appreciation of
mathematics and its connections to other disciplines and to everyday life.
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