Wednesday, September 14, 2005

WRITER: Philip Lee Williams, 706/542-8501, phil@franklin.uga.edu
SOURCE: Valery Alexeev, 706/542-2545, valery@math.uga.edu

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA PROFESSOR ALEXEEV INVITED TO SPEAK AT INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MATHEMATICIANS IN MADRID

ATHENS, Ga. – Valery Alexeev, Distinguished Research Professor in Mathematics at the University of Georgia, has been invited to speak at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Madrid in August 2006.

Professor Alexeev is a world-renowned expert in algebraic geometry. He grew up in Russia, and earned his Ph.D. from Moscow University in 1990. He joined the UGA faculty in 1994.

The International Congress of Mathematicians meets every four years and last met in Beijing in 2002. It is the largest international gathering of mathematicians. Up to four Fields Medals, the analogue in mathematics to a Nobel Prize, are presented at the opening ceremony of each International Congress.

An invitation to speak at an International Congress is considered to be one of the most prestigious speaking engagements in mathematics.

Professor Alexeev is the fourth member of the UGA mathematics department to be invited to speak at an ICM. Jon Carlson spoke at the 1990 Congress in Kyoto, and Andrew Granville and Carl Pomerance spoke at the 1994 Congress in Zurich.