Leslie Greengard

Dr. Leslie F. Greengard is an American mathematician, physician and computer scientist.^[1][2] He is co-inventor of the fast multipole method (FMM) in 1987, recognized as one of the top-ten algorithms of the 20th century.^[1][3]

Short biography

Leslie Greengard was born in London, England, but grew up in the United States: in New York, 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).^[1][2]

Greengard has been the director of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, an independent division of the New York University (NYU)^[2][4] 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.^[5] He is the director of the Simons Center for Data Analysis, too.^[6]

He is the son of Paul Greengard and the nephew of actress Irene Kane, later known as Chris Chase, a writer and journalist.^[7]

Awards and honors

• 2016, fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences^[8]
• 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)^[9]
• 2006, elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering^[10]
• 2006, elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences^[11]
• 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^[12][13]
• 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)^[1]
• 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
• 1990, "Fellowship for Science and Engineering" from the Packard Foundation^[14][15]
• 1990, Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation^[16]
• 1987–1989, "Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship" from the National Science Foundation^[17]
• 1987, Council of Graduate Schools/University Microfilms International Distinguished Dissertation Award, for his PhD. dissertation "The Rapid Evaluation of Potential Fields in Particle Systems"^[18][19]
• 1987, "Doctoral Dissertation Award", Series Winner from the Association for Computing Machinery^[20]
• 1987, Sandoz Thesis Award from the Yale School of Medicine
• 1979–1986, Public Health Service – National Research Service Award Medical Scientist Training Program

References

1. "2001 Steele Prizes" (PDF). Notices of the American Mathematical Society 48 (4): 404–407. April 2001. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
2. "Current NSSEFF Fellows - 2010 Fellows" (PDF). U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
3. Cipra, Barry (May 16, 2000). "The Best of the 20th Century: Editors Name Top 10 Algorithms". SIAM News (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) 33 (4): 2. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
4. John Beckman (April 26, 2006). "NYU Names Mathematician Leslie Greengard As Director of Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences". NYU Today (New York University). Retrieved March 11, 2011.
5. http://www.poly.edu/academics/departments/electrical/people
6. https://www.simonsfoundation.org/simons-center-for-data-analysis/scda-staff
7. Clem Richardson (February 3, 2003). "A Nobel Patriarch 2000 Winner Head Of Talented Family". NYDailyNews.com (Daily News). Retrieved May 31, 2011.
8. Newly Elected Members, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, April 2016, retrieved 2016-04-20
9. "Current NSSEFF Fellows - 2010 Fellows". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
10. "NAE Members Directory - Dr. Leslie Greengard". U.S. National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
11. "NAS Membership Directory". U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
12. "Arts & Science - 2004-2005 Faculty Honors and Awards". New York University. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
13. "Events - Previous Weekly Bulletins". Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. November 16, 2004. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
14. "Fellowship for Science and Engineering". David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
15. "Fellowship for Science and Engineering - Leslie F. Greengard". David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
16. "Presidential Young Investigator Award: Rapid Numerical Algorithms for Scientific Computation". National Science Foundation. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
17. "Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship". National Science Foundation. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
18. "Awards - CGS/UMI Distinguished Dissertation". Council of Graduate Schools. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
19. "Hall of Scholars: past winners of the CGS/UMI Distinguished Dissertation Award". ProQuest. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
20. "Doctoral Dissertation Award". Association for Computing Machinery. Retrieved February 20, 2011.

External links

• Leslie Greengard at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
• "New York University - Leslie Greengard profile". nyu.edu. Retrieved March 11, 2011.