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The Faculty of Mathematics congratulates its students who have been recently admitted to PhD programs:

Alexander Berdnikov, Sveta Makarova and Dmitry Kubrak — to MIT
Broderick Causley — to McGill University
Vadim Martynov — to Caltech
Alexey Pakharev — to Northeastern University
Dmitry Pedchenko — to Pennsylvania State University
Dmitry Pirozhkov — to Columbia University
Ivan Telpukhovsky — to Toronto University
Kirill Elson — to ETH Zürich

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.’

Applicants should hold a degree of Master of Science in Mathematics or equivalent. Application deadline: May 15, 2015

Alexandra Skripchenko, student of the Faculty of Mathematics, received Metchnikov Scholarship from the Embassy of France in Moscow. Congratulations!

In the whole history of mathematics just 8 winners of the highest award - the Field Prize - have come from Russia. One of them is Andrey Okunkov, Academic Supervisor at the International Laboratory of Representation Theory and Mathematical Physics HSE. On Hamburg Reckoning, a weekly programme which broadcasts interviews with major academics on current Russian issues on the OTR TV channel, he talked about his journey from economics to mathematics, about the Faculty of Mathematics at HSE and what makes mathematicians happy.

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.

The HSE Look welcomes aboard Postdoctoral Fellow at the Faculty of Mathematics, Alexandra Skripchenko.

The first issue of The HSE Look in 2015 brings the Faculty of Mathematics into the spotlight. The Dean of the faculty, Professor Sergei Lando, talks about the life of the collective that he heads and about mathematical education in Russia then and now.

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.