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ORAU sponsors leading students, researchers at Heidelberg Laureate Forum

Posted at 1:47 pm October 15, 2017
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Part of the ORAU campus in central Oak Ridge is pictured above on May 29, 2017. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

Part of the ORAU campus in central Oak Ridge is pictured above on May 29, 2017. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

ORAU and the National Science Foundation sponsored 21 top U.S. students and postdoctoral researchers in the fields of mathematics and computer science at the 2017 Heidelberg Laureate Forum in Heidelberg, Germany.

Similar to the Lindau Laureate Meetings for Physics, Chemistry, and Life Sciences, students and postdoctoral researchers attended the week-long Heidelberg Forum to network with Laureates in their STEM fields, as well as with international colleagues. (STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.)

Laureates who are invited to attend the meeting are recipients of the Abel Prize, the Fields Medal (including the Nevanlinna Prize for contributions in “Mathematical Aspects of Information Science”), the ACM A.M. Turing Award, and the ACM Prize in Computing. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Front Page News Tagged With: 2017 Heidelberg Laureate Forum, computer science, Cornell University, Heidelberg Forum, Laureates, mathematics, Michelle Goodson, National Science Foundation, ORAU, Sam Gutekunst, Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics, STEM careers, STEM leaders

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