Vladimir Rokhlin was recently designated as the Arthur K. Watson Professor of Computer Science.Vladimir RokhlinRokhlin, who joined the Yale faculty in 1985, focuses his research on randomized algorithms of numerical analysis, partial differential...
Brian Penprase, a Pomona College astronomer, is a frequent presence at Yale these days, and not chiefly at the observatory.Brian Penprase says astronomers make good university leaders because they “are used to contemplating the big picture.”As a 2012-2013...
Nicholas Read, the newly appointed Henry Ford II Professor of Physics, is a theoretical physicist who studies quantum many-particle systems. His field is part of condensed matter physics, the study of large assemblies of matter, especially in solid or...
A new program dedicated to promoting cross-disciplinary dialogue and collaboration — the Franke Program in Science and the Humanities — will launch in November with a lecture and panel discussion on the topic of violence, a central issue for both fields....
In the Dwight H. Terry lectures to be delivered at Yale Oct. 9–18, distinguished historian of science and former dean of Yale Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Keith S. Thomson will explore how two of the most acclaimed thinkers of the 18th and 19th...