David Mumford, University Professor of Applied Mathematics at Brown University and winner of the Fields Medal (often called the Nobel Prize of mathematics) will deliver this year’s James C. Cantrell Lectures.
Mumford’s general lecture, “Mathematics and the Diversity of Cultures,” is April 15 at 3:30 p.m. in Room 102 of the Miller Student Learning Center.
Mumford will deliver two additional lectures during his visit to UGA. On April 16 at 3:30 p.m. in Room 328 of Boyd Graduate Studies, his lecture will give a less technical introduction to the range of mathematical problems concerning “shape” that arise from object recognition and medical diagnosis.
On April 17, also in Room 328 of Boyd Graduate Studies, Mumford will continue his comments on the mathematical theory of shape and its applications to computer vision and medical imaging.
The Cantrell lectures were started in 1994, in honor of Professor Emeritus James Cantrell.
