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Emory Mathematics Fellows search now underway.
Published Date: 2011-10-27 The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science seeks outstanding recent PhD graduates in Mathematics, for term appointments as Emory Fellows. These postdoctoral fellowships combine substantial independence with wide-ranging opportunities for professional development, and provide generous resources. Emory Fellowships are a central part of the department’s plan to enhance excellence at all levels. Fellows will have the chance to pursue research in conjunction with senior faculty members and graduate students, and will teach both undergraduate and graduate courses. Salaries are highly competitive. Fellows will also have access to research funds for travel, equipment and other expenses. Appointments are term-limited with an expected duration of two to three years, and are subject to final funding approval. For the 2012-2013 academic year, the department will consider candidates who specialize in an area of mathematics that is a focus of research within the department. More information on research emphases in the department can be found here. We invite applications from outstanding junior scholars. Candidates must have (or soon receive) a PhD in a relevant discipline, demonstrate promise of exceptional research ability, and have a commitment to excellence in teaching. Applications consisting of a cover letter, CV, research and teaching statements, and three recommendation letters directly from recommenders should be submitted via mathjobs.org. In addition, applicants must specify a potential mentor and/or research group within the department. Women and underrepresented minorities are especially encouraged to apply. Informal inquiries are also invited by email: fellows_search@mathcs.emory.edu . Screening begins January 1, 2012 and will continue until the positions are filled. Emory University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes applications from women and members of minority groups.

Emory Mathematics Fellows search now underway.

Published Date: 2011-10-27
The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science seeks outstanding recent PhD graduates in Mathematics, for term appointments as Emory Fellows. These postdoctoral fellowships combine substantial independence with wide-ranging opportunities for professional development, and provide generous resources. Emory Fellowships are a central part of the department’s plan to enhance excellence at all levels. Fellows will have the chance to pursue research in conjunction with senior faculty members and graduate students, and will teach both undergraduate and graduate courses. Salaries are highly competitive. Fellows will also have access to research funds for travel, equipment and other expenses. Appointments are term-limited with an expected duration of two to three years, and are subject to final funding approval. For the 2012-2013 academic year, the department will consider candidates who specialize in an area of mathematics that is a focus of research within the department. More information on research emphases in the department can be found here.

We invite applications from outstanding junior scholars. Candidates must have (or soon receive) a PhD in a relevant discipline, demonstrate promise of exceptional research ability, and have a commitment to excellence in teaching. Applications consisting of a cover letter, CV, research and teaching statements, and three recommendation letters directly from recommenders should be submitted via mathjobs.org. In addition, applicants must specify a potential mentor and/or research group within the department. Women and underrepresented minorities are especially encouraged to apply. Informal inquiries are also invited by email: fellows_search@mathcs.emory.edu .

Screening begins January 1, 2012 and will continue until the positions are filled.

Emory University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes applications from women and members of minority groups.

ACM Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (SIGIR) “Best Paper” Award
Published Date: 2011-08-08 This year's ACM Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (SIGIR) annual conference best paper award was presented to Mikhail Ageev (Moscow State University), and Qi Guo, Dmitry Lagun, and Eugene Agichtein (Emory University), for their paper "Find It If You Can: A Game for Modeling Different Types of Web Search Success Using Interaction Data". The paper, written while Mikhail was visiting the IR Lab at Emory, proposes a principled formalization of different types of success for informational search, and it presents a scalable game-like infrastructure for crowdsourcing search behavior studies. The SIGIR annual conference is the premier conference in information retrieval. This year, the rate of acceptance for submitted papers was 19.8%. More details on the conference and award can be found on the SIGIR website: http://www.sigir.org/awards/awards.html

ACM Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (SIGIR) “Best Paper” Award

Published Date: 2011-08-08
This year's ACM Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (SIGIR) annual conference best paper award was presented to Mikhail Ageev (Moscow State University), and Qi Guo, Dmitry Lagun, and Eugene Agichtein (Emory University), for their paper "Find It If You Can: A Game for Modeling Different Types of Web Search Success Using Interaction Data". The paper, written while Mikhail was visiting the IR Lab at Emory, proposes a principled formalization of different types of success for informational search, and it presents a scalable game-like infrastructure for crowdsourcing search behavior studies. The SIGIR annual conference is the premier conference in information retrieval. This year, the rate of acceptance for submitted papers was 19.8%. More details on the conference and award can be found on the SIGIR website:

http://www.sigir.org/awards/awards.html

The Department will host The 15th International Conference on Random Structures and Algorithms, May 24 - 28.
Published Date: 2011-05-25 The Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences is pleased to host this biennial international research meeting devoted to probabilistic methods in discrete mathematics, theoretical computer science and optimization. The purpose of the meeting is to provide a venue for these communities to explore the most recent theoretical developments and their applications. More information can be found at the conference website: http://rsa2011.amu.edu.pl/ Participants are encouraged to visit the site and to register now. We will be able to support some participants, due to the generous funding provided by Emory University, our co-hosts the Georgia Institute of Technology and Adam Mickiewicz University, and by the National Science Foundation.

The Department will host The 15th International Conference on Random Structures and Algorithms, May 24 - 28.

Published Date: 2011-05-25
The Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences is pleased to host this biennial international research meeting devoted to probabilistic methods in discrete mathematics, theoretical computer science and optimization. The purpose of the meeting is to provide a venue for these communities to explore the most recent theoretical developments and their applications.

More information can be found at the conference website: http://rsa2011.amu.edu.pl/

Participants are encouraged to visit the site and to register now. We will be able to support some participants, due to the generous funding provided by Emory University, our co-hosts the Georgia Institute of Technology and Adam Mickiewicz University, and by the National Science Foundation.

New dual degree program in Computer Science!
Published Date: 2011-04-28 Emory and Agnes Scott have joined forces to launch a dual degree program for computer science majors. Agnes Scott students will be able to take classes in the department and fulfill the requirements of the BS in Computer Science. Read all about it at the Emory Report and at the Emory Wheel.

Evans/Hall Speaker Announced!
	Published Date: 2011-04-26 The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science is pleased to announce the 17th annual Evans/Hall Lecture and Award Ceremony on Tuesday, April 26 at 4pm in E208, Mathematics and Science Center, with reception following. Our speaker this year will be Joshua M. Pollet of Michigan State University's Broad College of Business. The Evans/Hall Lecture honors graduate and undergraduate students in the department and recognizes outstanding student accomplishments via the Trevor Evans Award, Deborah Jackson Award, Marshall Hall Award, and Departmental Awards.

Evans/Hall Speaker Announced!

Published Date: 2011-04-26
The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science is pleased to announce the 17th annual Evans/Hall Lecture and Award Ceremony on Tuesday, April 26 at 4pm in E208, Mathematics and Science Center, with reception following.

Our speaker this year will be Joshua M. Pollet of Michigan State University's Broad College of Business.

The Evans/Hall Lecture honors graduate and undergraduate students in the department and recognizes outstanding student accomplishments via the Trevor Evans Award, Deborah Jackson Award, Marshall Hall Award, and Departmental Awards.

The Department will host The Georgia Scientific Computing (GSC) Symposium on Saturday, February 12.
Published Date: 2011-02-12 The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science is pleased to host the 3rd edition of The Georgia Scientific Computing (GSC) Symposium on Saturday, February 12, 2011. The purpose of the GSC Symposium is to provide an opportunity for professors, postdocs, and graduate students in the Atlanta area to meet in an informal setting, to exchange ideas, and to highlight local scientific computing research. However, it is open to the whole research community. The symposium will include seven invited talks, a poster session, and substantial time for interaction among the participants. The invited speakers include: - Alfio Quarteroni, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Politecnico di Milano - Jim Nagy, Emory University - Allen Tannenbaum, Georgia Institute of Technology - George Biros, Georgia Institute of Technology - Hao-min Zhou, Georgia Institute of Technology - Vladimir Bondarenko, Georgia State University - Thiab Taha, University of Georgia Further information, including a preliminary program and directions, can be found at: http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~lbertag/GSC/GSC.html

The Department will host The Georgia Scientific Computing (GSC) Symposium on Saturday, February 12.

Published Date: 2011-02-12
The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science is pleased to host the 3rd edition of The Georgia Scientific Computing (GSC) Symposium on Saturday, February 12, 2011. The purpose of the GSC Symposium is to provide an opportunity for professors, postdocs, and graduate students in the Atlanta area to meet in an informal setting, to exchange ideas, and to highlight local scientific computing research. However, it is open to the whole research community.

The symposium will include seven invited talks, a poster session, and substantial time for interaction among the participants. The invited speakers include:

- Alfio Quarteroni, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Politecnico di Milano
- Jim Nagy, Emory University
- Allen Tannenbaum, Georgia Institute of Technology
- George Biros, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Hao-min Zhou, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Vladimir Bondarenko, Georgia State University
- Thiab Taha, University of Georgia

Further information, including a preliminary program and directions, can be found at: http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~lbertag/GSC/GSC.html

The Number Theory of Partitions Conference
Published Date: 2011-01-21 Emory University is hosting a conference on Partitions, q-series, and Maass forms in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference will take place January 21-23, 2011. For more information, please click here

Professor Ron Gould featured on Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science
Published Date: 2011-01-20 Please click here to see the segment.

Atlanta Lecture Series in Combinatorics and Graph Theory to be held November 13-14, 2010
Published Date: 2010-11-12 Atlanta Lecture Series in Combinatorics and Graph Theory November 13-14, 2010 Emory University Atlanta, GA, 30322 Emory University, Georgia Tech and Georgia State University, with support from the National Security Agency and the National Science Foundation, will host a series of 9 mini-conferences from 2010-2013. The first of these will be held at Emory University on November 13-14, 2010. The conferences will stress a variety of areas and feature one prominent researcher giving 2 fifty minute lectures and 4 outstanding southern researchers each giving one fifty minute lecture. There will also be several 25 minute lecturers by young reseachers or graduate students. The Featured Speaker is Benny Sudakov, UCLA For more information, click here

Atlanta Lecture Series in Combinatorics and Graph Theory to be held November 13-14, 2010

Published Date: 2010-11-12
Atlanta Lecture Series in Combinatorics and Graph Theory

November 13-14, 2010
Emory University
Atlanta, GA, 30322

Emory University, Georgia Tech and Georgia State University, with support from the National Security Agency and the National Science Foundation, will host a series of 9 mini-conferences from 2010-2013. The first of these will be held at Emory University on November 13-14, 2010.

The conferences will stress a variety of areas and feature one prominent researcher giving 2 fifty minute lectures and 4 outstanding southern researchers each giving one fifty minute lecture. There will also be several 25 minute lecturers by young reseachers or graduate students.

The Featured Speaker is Benny Sudakov, UCLA

For more information, click here

Math/CS Tech Support Job Opening
Published Date: 2010-10-29 Primary duties are to support the teaching and research missions of the department in Computer Science, Scientific Computing, and Mathematics, as well as support for department administration. This involves both support of departmental infrastructure and collaboration/assistance with research projects, teaching initiatives, and administrative staff. For more information and to apply online go to the following URL and search for job #17575. http://emory.hr.emory.edu/careers/index.html

Math/CS Tech Support Job Opening

Published Date: 2010-10-29
Primary duties are to support the teaching and research missions of the department in Computer Science, Scientific Computing, and Mathematics, as well as support for department administration. This involves both support of departmental infrastructure and collaboration/assistance with research projects, teaching initiatives, and administrative staff. For more information and to apply online go to the following URL and search for job #17575. http://emory.hr.emory.edu/careers/index.html