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Invited Speakers
Maryna Viazovska
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Biosketch
Maryna Viazovska is a full professor at the École
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Previously, she was
a postdoctoral researcher at the Berlin Mathematical School and the
Humboldt University of Berlin and a Minerva Distinguished Visitor at
Princeton University. Her research interests include number theory and
optimal configurations on manifolds.
In 2016, Viazovska solved the sphere-packing problem in dimension 8
and, in collaboration with others, in dimension 24. As well as for her work
on sphere packing, Viazovska is also known for her research on spherical
designs with Bondarenko and Radchenko. With them she proved a
conjecture of Korevaar and Meyers on the existence of small designs in
arbitrary dimensions.
Viazovska was an invited speaker at the 2018 International Congress
of Mathematicians, and is the recipient of numerous awards. In 2016,
she received the Salem Prize and, in 2017, the Clay Research Award
and the SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for her work on sphere packing and
modular forms. She has also been awarded a 2018 New Horizons Prize in
Mathematics, and, in 2019, the Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics and
the Fermat Prize.
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Maryna Viazovska
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Biosketch
Maryna Viazovska is a full professor at the École
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Previously, she was
a postdoctoral researcher at the Berlin Mathematical School and the
Humboldt University of Berlin and a Minerva Distinguished Visitor at
Princeton University. Her research interests include number theory and
optimal configurations on manifolds.
In 2016, Viazovska solved the sphere-packing problem in dimension 8
and, in collaboration with others, in dimension 24. As well as for her work
on sphere packing, Viazovska is also known for her research on spherical
designs with Bondarenko and Radchenko. With them she proved a
conjecture of Korevaar and Meyers on the existence of small designs in
arbitrary dimensions.
Viazovska was an invited speaker at the 2018 International Congress
of Mathematicians, and is the recipient of numerous awards. In 2016,
she received the Salem Prize and, in 2017, the Clay Research Award
and the SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for her work on sphere packing and
modular forms. She has also been awarded a 2018 New Horizons Prize in
Mathematics, and, in 2019, the Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics and
the Fermat Prize.
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