{"614883":{"#nid":"614883","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Eric Vigoda Named American Mathematical Society Fellow","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ams.org\/profession\/ams-fellows\/new-fellows\u0022\u003EAmerican Mathematical Society\u003C\/a\u003E (AMS) named School of Computer Science (SCS) Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/eric-vigoda\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEric Vigoda\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E a new fellow for 2019.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 30,000-plus members of AMS nominate individuals who \u0026ldquo;have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics.\u0026rdquo; They selected Vigoda for his contributions to theoretical computer science, emphasizing his work on interactions with probability, combinatorics, and statistical physics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026#39;m honored to receive this recognition of my peers,\u0026rdquo; Vigoda said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVigoda joined Georgia Tech in 2004, where he has become a premier researcher on the connections between statistical physics phase transitions and Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithms. He is also the director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.arc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EAlgorithms and Randomness Center\u003C\/a\u003E in SCS.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This honor recognizes Eric Vigoda\u0026rsquo;s high standing in the academic community for his work in algorithms, notably on mixing and other random processes,\u0026rdquo; SCS Chair \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/people\/lance-fortnow\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELance Fortnow\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVigoda joins SCS faculty Professors \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/dana-randall\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDana Randall\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/prasad-tetali\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPrasad Tetali\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E as AMS Fellows.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Eric Vigoda is the third AMS fellow for SCS."}],"uid":"34541","created_gmt":"2018-12-03 17:19:09","changed_gmt":"2018-12-03 17:25:51","author":"Tess Malone","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-12-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-12-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"614885":{"id":"614885","type":"image","title":"Eric Vigoda","body":null,"created":"1543857934","gmt_created":"2018-12-03 17:25:34","changed":"1543857934","gmt_changed":"2018-12-03 17:25:34","alt":"Eric Vigoda","file":{"fid":"234140","name":"Vigoda-headshot-2017-low.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Vigoda-headshot-2017-low.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Vigoda-headshot-2017-low.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":24203,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Vigoda-headshot-2017-low.jpg?itok=NrpMPFXL"}}},"media_ids":["614885"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETess Malone, Communications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tess.malone@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etess.malone@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tess.malone@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}