Dear alumni,

Please find below an event announcement which may interest some of you.

Best regards,

PUAASC

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Dear friends:

To our greatest honor, Fields Medallist Professor Shing-Tung Yau is coming to

give a talk to CSSA members as the opening seminar for our 2003 Career

Development Seminar Series.

Dr. Yau is Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University. He was awarded the

National Medal of Sconce in 1997, in addition to the two highly distinguished

awards: a MacArthur "genius" award in 1985 and the Fields Medal, the highest

honor in mathematics, in 1982. He is also the only Chinese awarded the Fields

Medal. When he became a MacArthur Fellow, he noted that "basically, I work in

geometry; also on nonlinear equations; also a little bit on mathematical

physics. These are all related in many ways." An extensive introduction to

Professor Yau can be found at the end of this message.

Prof. Yau is going to give a public talk titled "My experience in mathematics

research" on April 20th Sunday, at 7pm in UCLA. He describe that "I will talk

on my own experience when I was young and how I learnt different discipline in

the past and my view about research in math."

The talk would be in English and all of our members are more than welcome to

attend. Considering the limit of room capacity, we encourage you to register at

our website to guarantee your seat for this seminar:

http://cssa.ucla.edu/archive/02-03/news/yau/yau-reg-form.asp

The talk will be around 1 hr followed by 30 min question section. Refreshments

will be provided after the talk.

We are sure you don't want to miss this invaluable chance to meet with one of

the greatest mind in the world! Please register before April 18 12:00 noon. If

the room capacity is reached, the registrations will be taken in a timely order.

Event Summary:

What: Public Talk: "My Experience in Mathematics Research"

Who: Shing-Tung Yau,

Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University and

Fields Medallist

Where: 3rd Floor Ballroom, Bradley International Hall

(C4 on UCLA map

www.ucla.edu/map/sectors/northwest.html#bottom)

Parking in UCLA Lot 8.

When: Sunday, April 20, 2003 7:00 - 8:30 PM.

Doors open at 6:30 PM.

Refreshments will be served after the talk.

RSVP at

http://cssa.ucla.edu/archive/02-03/news/yau/yau-reg-form.asp

About Prof. Yau:

Prof. Yau, ( http://www.math.cuhk.edu.hk/~yau/ ) who came to Harvard in 1987,

was cited for "profound contributions to mathematics that have had a great

impact on fields as diverse as topology, algebraic geometry, general

relativity, and string theory. His work insightfully combines two different

mathematical approaches and has resulted in the solution of several

longstanding and important problems in mathematics."

The National Medal of Science can be added to his long list of other prizes. He

won a MacArthur "genius" award in 1985 and the Fields Medal, the highest honor

in mathematics, in 1982. When he became a MacArthur Fellow, he noted that

"basically, I work in geometry; also on nonlinear equations; also a little bit

on mathematical physics. These are all related in many ways."

Born in Swatow, China, in 1949, Yau fled the country with his family after the

communist takeover in 1949. He studied mathematics in high school in Hong Kong

and credits his math teacher and his father, an economist, for his lifelong

interest in the subject.

In 1971, at age 22, Yau earned his Ph.D. from the University of California,

Berkeley. He taught at Berkeley and was recognized as California Scientist of

the Year in 1979.

Yau did research and taught at Stanford University, the Institute for Advanced

Study at Princeton, the University of Texas, and the University of California,

San Diego. When he came to Harvard, Arthur Jaffe, now Landon T. Clay Professor

of Mathematics and Theoretical Science, said that, "Yau's versatility makes him

a Renaissance mathematician."

Yau, whose field combines differential geometry and partial differential

equations, received the National Medal of Science for his impact on fields as

diverse as topology, algebraic geometry, general relativity, and string theory.

Yau's combination of two different mathematical approaches has resulted in the

solution of several longstanding and important problems in mathematics.

Previously, his collaborative work has used the positivist of space-time and

the condensation of matter to explain the problems of relativity theory and

black holes.

Organizer:

CSSA-UCLA

Co-Sponsor:

UCLA Dashew International Center for Students and Scholars

CSSA-UCLA Committee

4/10/03