Duke University Mathematics Department

https://today.duke.edu/2021/11/experts-discuss-redistricting-north-carolina?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=AsherHilderbran%20and%20Jonathan%20Mattingly%20on%20redistricting&utm_campaign=dukedaily2021_11_04

Experts Discuss Redistricting in North Carolina DURHAM, N.C. -- As North Carolina lawmakers debated new district maps for the state legislature and the United States House of Representatives, two Duke experts spoke to journalists about what the newly drawn maps could mean for North Carolina voters and future elections for the next decade: Watch t...

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/magazine/ingrid-daubechies.html?fbclid=IwAR30IsF9YtyVBG5GGGo5tDID7oJ5fe44cl716fSxPIaU9DFmYlq5E7jZ0XQ

The Godmother of the Digital Image The mathematician Ingrid Daubechies’ pioneering work in signal processing helped make our electronic world possible — and beat a path for women in the field.

https://today.duke.edu/2021/02/three-duke-named-sloan-fellows

Three From Duke Named Sloan Fellows Three Duke faculty have been selected to receive Sloan Research Fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. They are among 128 early-career researchers to receive the fellowships this year. The two-year, $75,000 fellowship is intended to advance the recipient’s research. Candidates are nomina...

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A New Look at Ancient Handwriting | Research Researchers have been analyzing the handwriting on these 2,800-year-old pottery fragments, with help from artificial intelligence. Duke mathematician Barak Sober and colleagues at Tel-Aviv University used a machine learning algorithm they developed to determine how many people wrote on pieces of bro...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/mathematics-pioneer-ingrid-daubechies-has-more-barriers-to-break-11579888523?fbclid=IwAR0pGdnXFOCienXzIlgHRsBx8SNY02gwwaHfHTyRvUBt1mHiO__pCDaDZeU

Mathematics Pioneer Ingrid Daubechies Has More Barriers to Break Best known for her work on “wavelets,” she wants to reduce the obstacles to women entering the sciences.