Month: February 2014

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Raghu Varadhan, Founder of the Modern Theory of Large Deviations, Discusses His Lifelong Interest in the Probability of Rare Events

Born in Chennai (previously Madras), India, Sathamangalam Ranga Iyengar Srinivasa Varadhan FRS, universally known as Raghu, arrived in New York from Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1963 as a postdoctoral fellow at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. Remarkably, he has been there ever since. In fact, he and his wife, Vasu, an adjunct professor of … Continue reading Raghu Varadhan, Founder of the Modern Theory of Large Deviations, Discusses His Lifelong Interest in the Probability of Rare Events

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Yann LeCun of the Courant Institute To Direct Facebook’s New Artificial Intelligence Lab

Yann LeCun, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Silver Professor of Computer Science, Neural Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering and founding director of NYU’s Center for Data Science, was recently named director of Facebook’s laboratory devoted to artificial intelligence and machine learning research. This new laboratory will support AI research teams in New York City, London and Facebook’s … Continue reading Yann LeCun of the Courant Institute To Direct Facebook’s New Artificial Intelligence Lab

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Courant’s Raghu Varadhan To Become Interim Director of Center For Data Science

Srinivasa (Raghu) Varadhan was recently appointed Interim Director of NYU’s Center for Data Science, succeeding inaugural Director Yann LeCun. Arriving at the Courant Institute in 1963 from Calcutta, India, Raghu is unquestionably considered one of the Institute’s most accomplished faculty members, twice serving as Director, from 1980-84 and 1992-94. Gérard Ben Arous, Director of the … Continue reading Courant’s Raghu Varadhan To Become Interim Director of Center For Data Science

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Data Science Professor Profiles: David Hogg, Physics and Astronomy

This is the fourth article in a series profiling NYU Center for Data Science professors, exploring the origins of their interest in data science and their thoughts on the Moore-Sloan Data Science Environment Initiative. David W. Hogg, NYU Associate Professor with tenure, Department of Physics, Director of Undergraduate Studies—Physics, Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, … Continue reading Data Science Professor Profiles: David Hogg, Physics and Astronomy