Allyn Jackson
Writer and editor
Selected Articles by Allyn Jackson
“A Pioneer in Participatory Design Turns 80”, Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery, 16 May 2023
“Why the Simplex Method, at Age 75, is Still the Go-to Algorithm”, Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery, 31 January 2023
“When Existence is Inefficient”, Inference: International Review of Science, October 2022
“Pushing the Frontiers of Mathematical Research”, Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery, 8 September 2022
Articles about awards presented at the 2022 International Congress of Mathematicians, posted on the web site of the International Mathematical Union on 5 July 2022: Abacus Medal to Mark Braverman, Chern Medal to Barry Mazur; Gauss Prize to Elliott Lieb; Leelavati Prize to Nikolai Andreev
“Dear Julia, Dear Yuri: A Mathematical Correspondence”, Celebratio Mathematica, May 2022
"`Ich weiß jetzt, dass es wahr ist, dass es schön ist, dass es wunderbar ist': Porträt über die Mathematikerin Julia Robinson" ("`Now I know it is true, it is beautiful, it is wonderful: Portrait of the Mathematician Julia Robinson"), Süddeutsche Zeitung, 3 January 2022 (subscription required)
"Life as a Logician" (interview with Martin Davis), Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery, 26 August 2021
"Russischer Mathematiker: Strafkolonie und Folter für eine zerbrochene Fensterscheibe (Russian Mathematician: Penal colony and torture for a broken window)", Süddeutsche Zeitung, 28 June 2021
"Honoring the Ties between Computer Science and Mathematics" (on the 2021 Abel Prize winners László Lovász and Avi Wigderson), Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery, 15 June 2021
"Election Security: A Scientific View" (on the work of Barbara Simons), Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery, 11 May 2021
“Die Macht des Zufalls [The power of randomness]” (on the 2021 Abel Prize winners László Lovász and Avi Wigderson), Süddeutsche Zeitung, 19 March 2021
“Interview with Alain Connes”, Celebratio Mathematica, February 2021
"The World of TFNP [on work of Christos Papadimitriou]", Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery, 27 October 2020
"`An Exciting Time to be at the Helm': Interview with NSF Director Sethuranam Panchanathan", Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery, 23 September 2020
“Why Did We Go Digital? (Interview with Ken Steiglitz)”, Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery, 27 August 2020
“Interview with Augustin Banyaga”, Celebratio Mathematica, June 2020
“Interview with Margaret Wright”, Celebratio Mathematica, May 2020
“Exploring the Theory of Computing (Interview with Avi Wigderson)”, Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery, 16 January 2020
“Women in STEM: No Simple Answers”, Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery, 3 October 2019
“Theoretical Computer Scientist Receives Waterman Award (Mark Braverman)”, Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery, 19 September 2019
“Making AI Systems Fairer Will Require Time, Guidelines”, Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery, 10 September 2019
“Interview with Ingrid Daubechies”, Celebratio Mathematica, July 2019
“Founder of Geometric Analysis Honored with Abel Prize”, Science, 19 March 2019
“Sie ist in vielerei Hinsicht eine Wegbereiterin (She is in many ways a trailblazer)”, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 19 March 2019
“Interview with Karen Uhlenbeck”, Celebratio Mathematica, February 2019
“Seeking Equilibria in Economics, Computer Science”, Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery, 13 December 2018
“Emil Post: Psychological Fidelity”, Inference: International Review of Science, October 2018
Articles about 2018 Fields Medalists (Caucher Birkar, Alessio Figalli, Peter Scholze, Akshay Venkatesh) and 2018 Nevanlinna Prize winner (Constantinos Daskalakis)
Articles in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society
Articles about Alexander Grothendieck
Comme Appelé du Néant: As if Summoned from the Void: The Life of Alexandre Grothendieck
Grothendieck at 80, IHES at 50
September 2008
Q-and-A Interviews
May 2008
(with co-interviewer Lisa Traynor)
January 2007
Interview with Heisuke Hironaka
October 2005
June/July 2005
August 2004
Interview with Louis Nirenberg
April 2002
August 2001
April 2001
August 1999
Interview with Shiing-Shen Chern
August 1998
Series on Mathematics Institutes
A Trio of Institutes (Aarhus University, Denmark; Centre de Recerca Matemàtica, Barcelona; Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio De Giorgi, Pisa)
December 2009
A Different Kind of Institute: The American Institute of Mathematics
December 2005
RIMS, An Institute for Japan and the World
February 2004
September 2002
Oberwolfach, Yesterday and Today
August 2000
The Dream of a Swedish Mathematician: The Mittag-Leffler Institute
October 1999
March 1993
Bonn's Max Planck Institute: A New Building and a New Era
May 1998
Selected Articles on Other Topics
Native Script in MathSciNet: Celebrating Diversity (with sidebar about Donald Knuth)
January 2018
Michèle Audin, Mathematician and Writer
August 2017
Can Mathematics Light the Way?
May 2017
The Welcoming Side of Mathematics
March 2014
Simplicity, in Mathematics and in Art
August 2013
Presidential Report Draws Criticism from Mathematicians
October 2012
Strikes Sweep French Universities
September 2009
April 2008
October 2007
A Labor of Love: the Mathematics Genealogy Project
September 2007
Bers Library Finds a Home---and Resonance---at Charles University
August 2007
Jumping Ship: Editorial Board of Topology Resigns
May 2007
New York City Programs Provide a Model for National Teaching Corps
March 2007
International Congress of Mathematicians 2006
December 2006
Conjectures No More? Consensus Forming on the Proofs of Poincaré and Geometrization Conjectures
September 2006
Textbook Tempest: Students and Professors Decry Price Surges
August 2006
Business Week Looks at Mathematics
June/July 2006
In High Gear: Spanish Mathematics Looks to the Future—and to ICM2006
February 2006
June/July 2005
The Budget Vise Tightens: NSF Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Request
June/July 2005
Teachers, Exams, Standards: AMS Committee on Education Examines Issues
February 2005
Mathematicians' Group to Provide Advice on Math Standards
December 2004
Oberwolfach Celebrates its 60th Anniversary
October 2004
Has the Women-in-Mathematics Problem Been Solved?
August 2004
Has Math Funding Hit the Deficit Wall?
June/July 2004
Supporting a National Treasure
November 2003
The Digital Mathematics Library
September 2003
June/July 2003
The Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate
May 2003
The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Celebrates its Twentieth Birthday
May 2003
International Congress of Mathematicians 2002 in Beijing
January 2003
The World of Blind Mathematicians
November 2002
Teaching Math in America: An Exhibit at the Smithsonian
October 2002
Theft of Words, Theft of Ideas
June/July 2002
June/July 2002
From Preprints to E-prints: The Rise of Electronic Preprint Servers in Mathematics
June/July 2002
Older Articles
Multiculturalism in Mathematics: Historical Truth or Political Correctness? (in Heeding the Call for Change: Suggestions for Curricular Action, edited by Lynn Arthur Steen, Mathematical Association of America, 1992)
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