Call for Nominations

Julian Cole Lectureship

The Julian Cole Lectureship is awarded every four years to a member of the scientific or engineering community for an outstanding contribution to the mathematical characterization and solution of a challenging problem in the physical or biological sciences, or in engineering, or for the development of mathematical methods for the solution of such problems.

SIAM will present the third award of the Julian Cole Lectureship at the 2010 SIAM Annual Meeting (AN10) to be held jointly with the SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences (LS10), July 12-16, 2010, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Description of the Award

The award consists of a hand-calligraphed certificate and a cash prize of $1,000. The winner is expected to present the Julian Cole Lecture as part of the award ceremony. Travel expenses to the award ceremony will be provided by SIAM.

Nominations

A letter of nomination including a description of the contribution(s), should be sent, preferably by e-mail, to the address below. Nominations must be received in the SIAM office by September 15, 2009.

Professor Mark H. Holmes, Chair
Julian Cole Lectureship Committee
c/o J. M. Littleton
SIAM
3600 Market Street, 6th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688

E-mail: littleton@siam.org
Telephone: 215-382-9800 ext. 303
Fax: 215-386-7999

Selection Committee

Members of the selection committee are:
Mark H. Holmes (Chair), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
S. J. Chapman, Oxford University, UK
Barbara Wagner, Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics, Berlin, Germany