Leslie Greengard
Dr. Leslie F. Greengard is an American mathematician, physician and computer scientist.[1][2] He is co-inventor of the fast multipole method (FMM) in 1987, recognized as one of the top-ten algorithms of the 20th century.[1][3]
Short biography
Leslie Greengard was born in London, England, but grew up in the United States: in New York, Boston, and New Haven. He holds a B.A. in mathematics from the Wesleyan University (1979), an M.D. from the Yale School of Medicine (1987), and a Ph.D. in computer science from Yale University (1987).[1][2]
Greengard is a professor of mathematics and computer science at and was director of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, an independent division of the New York University (NYU).[2][4] He is also professor at Polytechnic Institute of New York University.[5]
He is the son of Paul Greengard and the nephew of actress Irene Kane, later known as Chris Chase, a writer and journalist.[6]
Awards and honors
- 2011, Wilbur Cross Medal
- 2010, Plenary Speaker, SIAM Annual Meeting
- 2010, "National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship", from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)[7]
- 2006, elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering[8]
- 2006, elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences[9]
- 2005, Plenary Speaker, 2nd National Congress on Applied and Industrial Mathematics (France)
- 2004, "Margaret and Herman Sokol Faculty Award in the Sciences" from the New York University[10][11]
- 2001, Leroy P. Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research from the American Mathematical Society (together with Vladimir Rokhlin), for their paper describing a new algorithm: the fast multipole method (FMM)[1]
- 2000, Plenary Speaker, SIAM Conference on Computational Science & Engineering
- 1999, Plenary Speaker, International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics
- 1998, Invited Speaker, International Congress of Mathematicians
- 1990, "Fellowship for Science and Engineering" from the Packard Foundation[12][13]
- 1990, Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation[14]
- 1987–1989, "Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship" from the National Science Foundation[15]
- 1987, Council of Graduate Schools/University Microfilms International Distinguished Dissertation Award, for his PhD. dissertation "The Rapid Evaluation of Potential Fields in Particle Systems"[16][17]
- 1987, "Doctoral Dissertation Award", Series Winner from the Association for Computing Machinery[18]
- 1987, Sandoz Thesis Award from the Yale School of Medicine
- 1979–1986, Public Health Service – National Research Service Award Medical Scientist Training Program
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "2001 Steele Prizes". Notices of the American Mathematical Society 48 (4): 404–407. April 2001. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Current NSSEFF Fellows - 2010 Fellows". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
- ↑ Barry Cipra (May 16, 2000). "The Best of the 20th Century: Editors Name Top 10 Algorithms". SIAM News (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) 33 (4): 2. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
- ↑ John Beckman (April 26, 2006). "NYU Names Mathematician Leslie Greengard As Director of Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences". NYU Today (New York University). Retrieved March 11, 2011.
- ↑ http://www.poly.edu/academics/departments/electrical/people
- ↑ Clem Richardson (February 3, 2003). "A Nobel Patriarch 2000 Winner Head Of Talented Family". NYDailyNews.com (Daily News). Retrieved May 31, 2011.
- ↑ "Current NSSEFF Fellows - 2010 Fellows". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
- ↑ "NAE Members Directory - Dr. Leslie Greengard". U.S. National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
- ↑ "NAS Membership Directory". U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
- ↑ "Arts & Science - 2004-2005 Faculty Honors and Awards". New York University. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
- ↑ "Events - Previous Weekly Bulletins". Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. November 16, 2004. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
- ↑ "Fellowship for Science and Engineering". David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
- ↑ "Fellowship for Science and Engineering - Leslie F. Greengard". David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
- ↑ "Presidential Young Investigator Award: Rapid Numerical Algorithms for Scientific Computation". National Science Foundation. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
- ↑ "Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship". National Science Foundation. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
- ↑ "Awards - CGS/UMI Distinguished Dissertation". Council of Graduate Schools. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
- ↑ "Hall of Scholars: past winners of the CGS/UMI Distinguished Dissertation Award". ProQuest. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
- ↑ "Doctoral Dissertation Award". Association for Computing Machinery. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
External links
- Leslie Greengard at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- "New York University - Leslie Greengard profile". nyu.edu. Retrieved March 11, 2011.