James Sethian Receives 2004 AMS Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics

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January 8, 2004

PROVIDENCE, RI---James Sethian of the University of California, Berkeley, is receiving the 2004 Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics. Presented every three years by the American Mathematical Society, the Wiener Prize is awarded for outstanding contributions to applied mathematics in the highest and broadest sense. The prize will be awarded today at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Phoenix, Arizona.

Sethian is being honored for his seminal work on the computer representation of the motion of curves, surfaces, interfaces, and wave fronts, and for his brilliant applications of mathematical and computational ideas to problems in science and engineering. The prize citation states: "A particularly noteworthy aspect of Sethian's work is that he pursues his ideas from a first formulation of a mathematical model all the way to concrete applications in national laboratory and industrial settings; his algorithms are currently distributed in widely available packages. Sethian's work is a shining example of what applied mathematics can accomplish to benefit science as a whole."

Further information about AMS prizes may be found at http://www.ams.org/prizes-awards.

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