presents

 

“Research Funding: Developments in Washington”

 

featuring

 

Professor Gilbert Strang, Department of Mathematics, MIT

 

Friday, September 19th, 2003

2 to 3 PM (refreshments at 1:30 PM)

Olin Center Auditorium, Olin College

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABSTRACT:

I was lucky to have two opportunities to explain to committees of the Congress why mathematics is important to our nation.  The testimony was short !  This talk will build on those experiences to discuss the budget process for research funding (especially at the National Science Foundation, but not limited to mathematics) and how we can try to play a part in shaping the decisions. 

 

BIO:

Gilbert Strang was an undergraduate at MIT and a Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College, Oxford. His doctorate was from UCLA and since then he has taught at MIT. He has been a Sloan Fellow and a Fairchild Scholar and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a Professor of Mathematics at MIT and an Honorary Fellow of Balliol College. Professor Strang has published a monograph with George Fix, "An Analysis of the Finite Element Method", and six textbooks: Introduction to Linear Algebra (1993, 1998, 2003), Linear Algebra and Its Applications (1976, 1980, 1988), Introduction to Applied Mathematics (1986), Calculus (1991), Wavelets and Filter Banks, with Truong Nguyen (1996), Linear Algebra, Geodesy, and GPS, with Kai Borre (1997).  Strang served as president of SIAM during 1999 and 2000. He is chair of the US National Committee on Mathematics                 for 2003-2004. His home page is

http://math.mit.edu/~gs

and his courses are on

http://ocw.mit.edu.