The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) awarded the 2012 John von Neumann Lecture to Sir John Ball of the University of Oxford in recognition of his deep contributions to our ...

Northwestern Engineering’s Bernard J. Matkowsky has received the John von Neumann Lecture Prize from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). Established in 1959, the award is SIAM’s ...

August 13, 2007—Dr. Nancy Kopell was recently awarded The John von Neumann Lecture by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), an honor in which she was recognized for her work in ...

The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) is pleased to announce that Jennifer Tour Chayes of Microsoft is the 2015 John von Neumann Lecturer. The flagship lecture, the highest honor ...

John von Neumann was without doubt one of the 20th century's greatest minds. He is considered to be one of the founders of digital computing, pioneered game theory as a model of decision-making, and ...

Unlike his much more famous colleague Albert Einstein, John von Neumann is not a household name these days, but his discoveries shape the possibilities of life for every creature on this planet. As a ...