MIT professors Leonid Mirny, Davesh Maulik, Aram Harrow, Virginia Vassilevska Williams, and Vinod Vaikuntanathan have been selected to receive the 2023 Simons Investigator Awards from the Simons Foundation in support of their work on fundamental theoretical questions of math, physics, and computer science.
MIT won the 83rd William Putnam Mathematical Competition, sweeping the top five spots for third consecutive year. MIT also took home the Elizabeth Lowell Putnam Prize for the top-scoring woman.
For the second time in the history of the annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, all five of the top spots in the contest, known as Putnam Fellows, came from a single school MIT.In its 82nd year, the Putnam Competition is the premie
For the second time in the history of the annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, all five of the top spots in the contest, known as Putnam Fellows, came from a single school MIT.