We are very excited to report that our MAryland Putnam team ranked 7th among 477 institutions that participated in the 2024 Putnam math competition.
Our team members this year were Daniel Yuan, Isaac Mammel, and Clarence Lam.
Daniel Yuan ranked 26th among 3,988 participants. Clarence Lam and Isaac Mammel were recognized for being among the top 200 students. Omar Habibullah, Samuel Lidz, Adam Melrod, and Kelin Zhu were also recognized for being among the top 500 students.
Visit https://maa.org/putnam/ for more information
Maryland Global, published a great interview with our visiting professor (and diplomat), Qendrim Gashi.
The interview is available at https://marylandglobal.umd.edu/about/news/math-olympiads-diplomacy-meet-visiting-math-professor-qendrim-gashi
Eugenia Brin, a Russian immigrant and retired NASA scientist who, with her family of accomplished Terps, became an important benefactor of the University of Maryland, died on Dec. 3, 2024. She was 76 years old.
The rest of the article can be read here: https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/news/eugenia-brin-1948-2024
Math is excited to announce that Francisco Arana-Herrera has been awarded the 5th Michael Brin Dynamical Systems Prize for Young Mathematicians. The prize was shared between Francisco and Rohil Prasad.
Details about eh prize and previous winners can be found at
https://science.psu.edu/math/research/dynsys/dynamical-systems-prize-young-mathematicians
Starting Spring 2025, the Grant Family Outstanding Achievement Undergraduate Student Award will recognize graduating seniors excelling in both fields.
Link to the article can be read here: https://www.cs.umd.edu/article/2024/11/umd-launches-award-recognize-dual-majors-computer-science-and-mathematics
Congratulations to AOSC's Jonathan Poterjoy and Kayo Ide (also of math and IPST) on joining a new NOAA consortium to improve the accuracy of weather forecasts.
Called CADRE, the $6.6 million initiative will focus on data assimilation, which uses observations to improve model predictions of natural systems, like Earth's atmosphere, over time. It will also train the next generation of atmospheric scientists in this field, which has a high demand for specialists.
You can read more about CADRE in the press release: https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/news/umd-joins-consortium-improve-accuracy-weather-forecasts