Leslie Greengard
American mathematician (born 1957)
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Leslie Frederick Greengard (born 1957) is an American mathematician, physicist and computer scientist.[2][3] He is co-inventor with Vladimir Rokhlin Jr. of the fast multipole method (FMM) in 1987, recognized as one of the top-ten algorithms of the 20th century.[2][4]
1957 (age 68–69)
Leslie Greengard | |
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| Born | Leslie Frederick Greengard 1957 (age 68–69) London, United Kingdom |
| Education | |
| Known for | Fast multipole method |
| Father | Paul Greengard |
| Relatives | Chris Chase (aunt) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Applied mathematics |
| Workplaces | |
| Thesis | The Rapid Evaluation of Potential Fields in Particle Systems (1987) |
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Greengard was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2006 for work on the development of algorithms and software for fast multipole methods.
Short biography
Leslie Frederick Greengard[1] was born in 1957 in London, England,[5] but grew up in the United States in New York City, Boston, and New Haven. He holds a B.A. in mathematics from Wesleyan University (1979), an M.D. from the Yale School of Medicine (1987), and a Ph.D. in computer science from Yale University (1987).[2][3]
From 2006 to 2011, Greengard was director of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, an independent division of the New York University (NYU)[3][6] and is currently a professor of mathematics and computer science at Courant. He is also a professor at New York University Tandon School of Engineering[7] and the director of the Simons Center for Data Analysis.[8]
He formerly served as the Director at the Center for Computational Biology at the Flatiron Institute. As of October 2018[update], he has assumed the directorship of the new Center of Computational Mathematics at the Institute.[9]
He is the son of neuroscientist Paul Greengard and the nephew of Irene Kane, later known as Chris Chase, an actress, writer, and journalist.[10]
Awards and honors
- 2016, fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[11]
- 2014, Von Neumann Lecture, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
- 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)[12]
- 2006, elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering[13]
- 2006, elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences[14]
- 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[15][16]
- 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)[2]
- 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[17]
- 1990, "Fellowship for Science and Engineering" from the Packard Foundation[18][19]
- 1990, Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation[20]
- 1987–1989, "Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship" from the National Science Foundation[21]
- 1987, Council of Graduate Schools/University Microfilms International Distinguished Dissertation Award, for his PhD. dissertation "The Rapid Evaluation of Potential Fields in Particle Systems"[22][23]
- 1987, "Doctoral Dissertation Award", Series Winner from the Association for Computing Machinery[24]
- 1987, Sandoz Thesis Award from the Yale School of Medicine
- 1979–1986, Public Health Service – National Research Service Award Medical Scientist Training Program