Henry Kim Receives 2003-2004 AMS Centennial Fellowship

April 29, 2003

Providence, RI:

Henry H. Kim of the University of Toronto has been chosen to receive an AMS Centennial Fellowship for 2003-2004.

Each year the AMS Centennial Fellowships are awarded to between two and four outstanding mathematicians to help further their careers in research. The amount of the fellowship is US$57,000, with an additional expense allowance of US$1,600.

Kim's main research interest is in the theory of automorphic forms and L-functions via Langlands' program. He plans to use the Centennial Fellowship to visit Purdue University and Yale University.

Further information about the AMS Centennial Fellowship may be found at http://www.ams.org/prizes/centennial-fellowship.html.

For more information, contact:
Michael Breen or Annette Emerson
AMS Public Awareness Officers
Email: paoffice@ams.org
Telephone: 401-455-4000
Fax: 401-331-3842

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