Columbus University Professor Andrey Okunkov is the Academic Supervisor of HSE’sInternational Laboratory of Representation Theory and Mathematical Physics. In an interview with Afisha, he discusses how mathematics education differs in Russia and the U.S., where his insight comes from, and whether it is true that mathematicians are in fact ‘strange individuals.’
In September 2014, new international professors and postdocs joined the Faculty of Mathematics. January issue of The HSE LooK welcomes aboard Assistant Professor Satoshi Kondo.
This year winner of the respected Fields medal Andrey Okunkov became the new head of HSE’s InternationalLaboratory of Representation Theory and Mathematical Physics. In an interview for the HSE News website, he talked about what is a good mathematical education, why mathematicians are more free than other academics and what to tell people who find figures difficult.
The Faculty of Mathematics of the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia invites applications for tenure-track positions of Assistant Professor, or higher in all areas of Mathematics.