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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Santosh Vempala, Frederick G. Storey Chair and professor in the College of Computing who is also an adjunct faculty member in the School of Mathematics, has been named to the 2022 class of American Mathematical Society Fellows. Vempala is recognized for contributions to research of randomized algorithms, high-dimensional geometry, numerical linear algebra, and service to the profession. Fellowship in the AMS recognizes members who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics. Vempala, who is the director of Georgia Tech's Algorithms, Combinatorics,and Optimization program, also holds adjunct membership in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
