{"618846":{"#nid":"618846","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Konstantin Tikhomirov Awarded Sloan Fellowship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKonstantin Tikhomirov\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;is an assistant professor in the School of Mathematics whose work is at the intersection of asymptotic geometric analysis and random matrix theory. He studies the geometry of high-dimensional convex sets with the help of probabilistic tools and using random linear operators, and the spectral distribution of random matrices by applying methods from discrete geometry. He holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Alberta.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHis research directions have multiple connections with applied science, in particular, for numerical analysis of large systems of linear equations, modeling communication networks and studying certain physical systems with large numbers of particles.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EValued not only for their prestige, \u003Cstrong\u003ESloan Research Fellowships\u003C\/strong\u003E are a highly flexible source of research support. Funds may be spent in any way a fellow deems will best advance his or her work. Drawn this year from 57 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, the 2019 Sloan Research Fellows represent a diverse array of research interests.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOpen to scholars in eight scientific and technical fields \u0026mdash; chemistry, computer science, economics, mathematics, computational and evolutionary molecular biology, neuroscience, ocean sciences and physics \u0026mdash; the Sloan Research Fellowships are awarded in close coordination with the scientific community. Candidates must be nominated by their fellow scientists, and winning fellows are selected by independent panels of senior scholars on the basis of a candidate\u0026rsquo;s research accomplishments, creativity and potential to become a leader in his or her field. Winners receive a two-year, $70,000 fellowship to further their research.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EProfessor Tikhomirov\u003C\/strong\u003E is one of four faculty members along with\u0026nbsp;Eva Dyer, Matthew McDowell, and Chethan Pandarinath,\u0026nbsp;including two from the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering operated jointly by Georgia Tech and Emory University, that has recently\u0026nbsp;been awarded research fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The fellowships, awarded yearly since 1955, honor early-career scholars whose achievements mark them as among the most promising researchers in their fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Sloan Research Fellows are the best young scientists working today,\u0026rdquo; says Adam F. Falk, president of the Sloan Foundation. \u0026ldquo;Sloan Fellows stand out for their creativity, for their hard work, for the importance of the issues they tackle and the energy and innovation with which they tackle them. To be a Sloan Fellow is to be in the vanguard of 21st-century science.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPast Sloan Research Fellows include many towering figures in the history of science, including physicists Richard Feynman and Murray Gell-Mann, and game theorist John Nash. Forty-seven fellows have received a Nobel Prize in their respective field, 17 have won the Fields Medal in mathematics, 69 have received the National Medal of Science and 18 have won the John Bates Clark Medal in economics, including every winner since 2007.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is a philanthropic, not-for-profit grant making institution based in New York City. Established in 1934 by Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr., then-president and CEO of the General Motors Corporation, the Foundation makes grants in support of original research and education in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and economics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPrevious SoM Sloan Fellowship Awards\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E1989 Jeff Xia\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E1994 Oscar Bruno\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E2001 Dana Randall\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E2003 Saugata Basu\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E2004 Chongchun Zeng\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E2009 Dan Margalit\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/maria-westdickenberg-wins-sloan-fellowship\u0022\u003E2010 Maria Westdickenberg\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/silas-alben-awarded-sloan-research-fellowship\u0022\u003E2011 Silas Alben\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/greg-blekherman-wins-sloan-fellowship\u0022\u003E2012 Greg Blekherman\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/jennifer-hom-receives-a-sloan-foundation-research-fellowship\u0022\u003E2015 Jennifer Hom\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.math.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/518971\u0022\u003E2016 Zaher Hani\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/602579\u0022\u003E2018 Lutz Warnke\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~ktikhomirov6\/\u0022\u003E2019 Konstantin\u0026nbsp;Tikhomirov\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis story was adapted from a story posted Feb 19th, 2019,\u0026nbsp;written by John Toon for Research News at the Georgia Institute of Technology (see the full story \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/math.gatech.edu\/news\/sloan-foundation-awards-fellowships-four-georgia-tech-emory-faculty\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor Tikhomirov is one of four faculty members\u00a0that has recently\u00a0been awarded research fellowships from the Alfred P. 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