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Prof. Martin Golubitsky
Cullen Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, University
of Houston
President, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
(SIAM)
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| Prof. Golubitsky completed his PhD at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology in 1970, under the supervision of the renowned
geometer Victor Guillemin. He has been Professor at University
of Houston since 1983. He has also been associated with the
leading mathematical centres of the world, such as the Institute
for Advanced Study at Princeton, the University of California
at Berkeley, and the Fields Institute.
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| His research areas are nonlinear dynamics, bifurcation theory,
and applications -- specifically the role of symmetry in pattern
formation and network architecture in the dynamics of coupled
systems. Recently he has focused on symmetry in biological applications:
animal gaits, the visual cortex, and coupled systems.
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| Apart from his research articles, Prof. Golubitsky has published
an undergraduate text (Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
Using MATLAB, with M. Dellnitz) as well as a non-technical work
(Symmetry in Chaos: A Search for Pattern in Mathematics, Art,
and Nature, with M. Field).
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| Professor Golubitsky will speak not only on the mathematical
frontiers that he has pushed back, but also his personal experiences
with mathematics and mathematicians. As President of SIAM he
is deeply engaged in efforts to increase the numbers of students
who study mathematics and computational science at colleges
and universities, and to improve public understanding and reinforce
positive impressions of these fields.
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The background image is a “chaotic
quilt” that was composed by Prof. Golubitsky using
the mathematics of symmetric chaos on the torus.
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