Wednesday, November 17, 2010
4:15 PM -
5:15 PM
Charles R. Deprima Memorial Undergraduate Mathematics Lecture
The Road Coloring Problem and Symbolic Dynamics
Benjamin Weiss,
professor of mathematics, emeritus,
Institute of Mathematics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem ,
Speaker's Bio:
Dr. Weiss received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Princeton University in 1965. The numerous honors bestowed on him include the 2006 Rothschild Prize, membership in the American Academy of Sciences, Plenary Lecture at the IEEE conference on Information Theory in 2001, and an invited lecture at the 1974 ICM. Professor Weiss is well known for giving excellent lectures to a broad mathematical audience. His prominent lecture series include the Porter Lectures at Rice University in 1998 and the Karel deLeeuw Memorial Lectures at Stanford in 2006.
Dr. Weiss received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Princeton University in 1965. The numerous honors bestowed on him include the 2006 Rothschild Prize, membership in the American Academy of Sciences, Plenary Lecture at the IEEE conference on Information Theory in 2001, and an invited lecture at the 1974 ICM. Professor Weiss is well known for giving excellent lectures to a broad mathematical audience. His prominent lecture series include the Porter Lectures at Rice University in 1998 and the Karel deLeeuw Memorial Lectures at Stanford in 2006.
"The Road Coloring Problem and Symbolic Dynamics," Benjamin Weiss, professor of mathematics, emeritus, Institute of Mathematics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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