UCLA Mathematics

Photo courtesy: American Academy of Arts & Sciences. It is with great sadness to announce the passing of Mathematician and Rice University Professor Richard Tapia (1939-2026). Tapia’s family immigrated from Mexico to Los Angeles, where he was born and raised. Richard Tapia was the first in his family to attend college, earning his B.A., M.A., […] The post In Memoriam: Richard Tapia (1939-2026) ap…

UCLA Mathematics Professor Chenfanfu Jiang is collaborating with the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) as a part of the next five-year phase of their University Research Program, known as URP 3.0. This marks Jiang’s second collaboration with TRI. “Starting in 2026, URP 3.0 supports 69 research projects across 31 universities, bringing together 88 TRI researchers and 104 […] The post Professor Chenf…

Under the guidance of Professor Mason Porter, six UCLA Undergraduate Math students were named Finalists in the 42nd annual Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) and the 28th annual Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM). This year, 32,213 teams representing 28 countries and regions participated, with 93,977 students working in teams of up to three to research […] The post UCLA Undergraduate…

Image Courtesy of Laude Institute “A team of six UCLA faculty members spanning artificial intelligence, computer science and mathematics has received a $250,000 seed grant from the Laude Institute as part of its inaugural Moonshots initiative, which supports university-led efforts to solve some of humanity’s hardest, undiscovered problems. The UCLA team was one of just eight selected […] The post…

In the 86th annual Putnam Competition held on December 6th, 2025, the UCLA team was ranked #31. Listed below are the students who ranked in the top 500, listed alphabetically by first name: Ricky HuJason LiuAkash MadirajuKenneth RenHaoran SunMuztaba SyedDiana ToluSahan WijetungaThomas Wu The Basil Gordon Prize, for the top scorer among UCLA students, will […] The post UCLA Putnam Team ranks #31 a…

It is with great sadness to announce that Professor Emeritus Hector Fattorini passed away on October 20th, 2025.  Hector received his bachelor’s degree from the Universidad de Buenos Aires before completing his PhD at NYU in 1965. Hector first joined the UCLA Mathematics Department in 1967 as a Visiting Professor and gradually rose in the […] The post In Memoriam: Hector Fattorini (1938-2025) app…

Thirty-nine UCLA faculty members, including UCLA Mathematics Professor Mason Porter, have been named among the world’s most influential scholars in the sciences and social sciences. The annual Highly Cited Researchers list compiled by international data and analytics firm Clarivate identifies scholars whose work has been cited most often in papers published by other researchers in their […] The p…

UCLA Mathematics Professor Wilfrid Gangbo has been awarded the 2026 Award for Distinguished Public Service, presented by the American Mathematical Society. He is being recognized for his efforts to promote the professional careers of mathematicians from underrepresented groups, especially from the African and African-American communities. He will be honored at an Awards Celebration on January […]…

Professor Ziyang Gao has been awarded the Compositio Prize for the period 2020-2022 for his paper, Generic rank of Betti map and unlikely intersections. Gao will be honored at the Compositio Prize Symposium in Utrecht on Friday, November 14th, 2025.  “The Compositio Prize is a prize awarded every third year by the Foundation Compositio Mathematica […] The post Professor Ziyang Gao awarded the Com…

Pictured: Mathematicians Horng-Tzer Yau (right) and Jun Yin (left). Harvard Math Professor Horng-Tzer Yau has spent decades studying the interplay of randomness and order in matrices. UCLA Math Professor Jun Yin joined Yau’s group after completing his Ph.D in Physics at Princeton University in 2008. They first tackled the one-dimensional case together, proving that most […] The post Mathematician…

Professor Dimitri Shlyakhtenko has been named the recipient of the 2025 College of Science Professional Achievement Award, awarded by the College of Science at the University of Nevada, Reno. This award is given to an alumnus with an outstanding record of career accomplishments, who is distinguished in their profession, demonstrates a continuing interest in the […] The post Professor Dimitri Shly…

Pictured from left to right: UCLA Mathematics Professor Andrea Bertozzi, UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Professor Anne Andrews. “Stress is a silent force impacting human health. In addition to roles in mental health, stress is linked to diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and neurodegenerative disorders through chronic inflammation. But while existing stress monitors rely on measurements of […] The p…