Daniel Kane Receives 2007 AMS-MAA-SIAM Morgan Prize

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About the AMS AMS Membership Governance Giving to the AMS Prizes & Awards Contact Us 201 Charles Street Providence, RI 02904 USA Phone: 401-455-4000 or 800-321-4AMS Or email us at ams@ams.org Open Positions	Daniel Kane Receives 2007 AMS-MAA-SIAM Morgan Prize January 8, 2007 Providence, RI: Daniel Kane, an undergraduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has received the 2006 AMS-MAA-SIAM Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for Outstanding Research in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Student. The Morgan Prize is presented annually by the American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of America, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. The prize was awarded on Saturday, January 6, 2007, at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans, Louisiana. A native of Madison, Wisconsin, Kane is majoring in both mathematics and physics at MIT and expects to receive his bachelor's degree in June 2007. The prize citation says, "At this early stage of his mathematical career, Kane has already established a research record that would be the envy of many professional mathematicians." He has authored or co-authored ten articles that have appeared or will soon appear in research journals and has six other papers in progress. His work spans number theory, computer science, ergodic theory, combinatorics, computational geometry, and game theory. In addition to doing mathematical research, Kane has excelled in the Putnam Competition, a challenging nationwide mathematical contest for undergraduates. While in junior high and high school he competed in the International Mathematical Olympiad, twice earning a gold medal. Find out more about AMS prizes at http://www.ams.org/prizes-awards. Contact : Public Awareness Office American Mathematical Society 201 Charles St. Providence, RI 02904 Email: paoffice at ams dot org Phone: 401-455-4000 Fax: 401-331-3842 # # # # # 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.