Eight PKU Math Alumni to be invited speakers at ICM
The next International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM2018) will be held in Rio de Janeiro from August 1st to 9th, 2018. The website of ICM2018 has published the full list of invited speakers in June 15, 2017. There are 180+ outstanding mathematicians across 19 disciplines named on this impressive list, among them there are 12 Chinese mathematicians. Eight of these 12 distinguished mathematicians are alumni of Peking University, namely, Zhang Wei in number theory, Chenyang Xu and Zhiwei Yun in algebraic geometry and complex geometry, Xuhua He in Lie group and related, Jiangong You in dynamical systems and ordinary differential equations, and Pingwen Zhang, Tao Tang, Shi Jin in numerical analysis and scientific computing. Pingwen Zhang and Chenyang Xu are professors of the School of Mathematical Sciences and the Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research at Peking Univerdity, respectively.
The ICM is the academic conference in mathematics of the largest scale and highest level. It is a major honor to be an invited speaker at the ICM. Having 8 PKU allumni as ICM invited speakers demonstrates the strength and international reputation of PKU math. Peking Mathematics will continue to work hard contributing to new heights in the goals of building top discipline and creating world-class university at Peking.
A brief introduction of each of these 8 invited speakers in ICM2018 can be found here:
Pingwen Zhang graduated from Peking University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1988. He obtained his Ph.D. in mathematics from PKU in 1992. He is a professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences at PKU, a Changjiang Scholar, a Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and an academician of TWAS.
Chenyang Xu, graduated from Peking University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 2002. He obtained his master degree from Peking in 2004 and obtained his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2008. Now he is a professor of BICMR and a Changjiang Scholar. He was the Ramanujan Prize winner in 2016.
Jiangong You obtained his Ph.D. in mathematics from PKU in 1989. He has served as a lecturer, an associate professor, a professor and a ChangjiangScholar since 1991 at Nanjing University and he was appointed full professor at Shern Institute of mathematics, Nankai University in 2016.
Tao Tang received his B.Sc. in Mathematics from Peking University in 1984. He pursued his further studies at the University of Leeds and received his Ph.D. degree in Applied Mathematics in 1989. From 1990 to1998, he was a faculty member of Department of Mathematics at Simon Fraser University. He joined Hong Kong Baptist University in 1998, serving as Chair Professor in 2003 of Mathematics. He came back to China in May 5, 2015 and became a professor of South University of Science and Technology of China.
Shi Jin obtained his B.S. in Mathematics from Peking University in 1983 and his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from University of Arizona in 1991. He worked as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor of Georgia Institute of Technology. Since 2000, he was a full professor in the mathematics department, University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2009, he was appointed the Chair Professor of Sequoia Capital China, at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Xuhua He obtained his B.S. in Mathematics from Peking University in 2001 and Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005. Now he is a professor of Maryland University.
Zhiwei Yun obtained his B.S. in Mathematics from Peking University in 2004 and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2009. From 2012 to 2016, he worked as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor of Stanford University. Now he is a professor of Yale University.
Wei Zhang obtained his B.S. in Mathematics from Peking University in 2004 and his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2009. Now he is a professor at Columbia University and he will assume the position of professor at MIT in September 2017.
北京大学八位校友成为2018年国际数学家大会邀请报告人
下一届国际数学家大会（简称ICM2018大会）将于2018年8月1日至9日在巴西里约热内卢举行。2017年6月15日，ICM2018大会网站公布了邀请报告人名单，共有来自19个研究领域的180余名杰出数学家入选大会邀请报告人，其中华人数学家有12名。数论方向的张伟，代数几何方向的许晨阳和恽之玮，李群方向的何旭华，动力系统方向的尤建功，数值分析和科学计算方向的张平文、汤涛、金石等八名华人数学家都是北大数学学科校友。张平文和许晨阳现分别为北京大学数学科学学院和北京国际数学研究中心的教授。
国际数学家大会是国际数学界规模最大、水平最高的学术会议，受邀成为大会邀请报告人是一种很高的学术荣誉。此次多名北大数学学科校友成为邀请报告人，彰显了北大数学学科的实力和国际影响力。北大数学学科将继续努力，在推进世界一流大学和一流学科建设的道路上踏实进取，再立新功。
附ICM2018大会邀请报告人简介：
张平文，1988年毕业于北京大学数学系，获学士学位，1992年获北京大学理学博士学位。现为北京大学数学科学学院教授，长江学者，中国科学院院士，发展中国家科学院院士。
许晨阳，2002年毕业于北京大学数学科学学院，获学士学位，2004年获北京大学硕士学位。2008年获普林斯顿大学博士学位。现为北京国际数学研究中心教授，长江学者。2016年度拉马努金奖获得者。
尤建功，1989年获得北京大学理学博士学位。1991年起历任南京大学讲师、副教授、教授、长江学者，2016年起任南开大学陈省身数学研究所教授。
汤涛，1984年毕业于北京大学数学系，获学士学位。1989年获英国利兹大学数学博士学位。1990年至1998年执教于加拿大西门菲莎大学，1998年加入香港浸会大学，2003年任数学讲座教授。2015年5月回到国内工作，任南方科技大学教授。
金石，1983年毕业于北京大学数学系，获学士学位。1991年获美国亚利桑那大学应用数学博士学位。后在美国乔治亚理工数学系历任助理教授、副教授，2000年起任美国威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校教授，他还于2009年起兼任上海交通大学红杉中国讲席教授。
何旭华，2001年毕业于北京大学数学科学学院，获学士学位。2005年获美国麻省理工学院博士学位。现为美国马里兰大学教授。
恽之玮，2004年毕业于北京大学数学科学学院，获学士学位。2009年获美国普林斯顿大学博士学位。2012年至2016年历任美国斯坦福大学助理教授、副教授，现为美国耶鲁大学教授。
张伟，2004年毕业于北京大学数学科学学院，获学士学位。2009年获美国哥伦比亚大学博士学位。现为美国哥伦比亚大学教授，并将于2017年9月成为美国麻省理工学院教授。
