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OF the AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY 157 Notices February 2019 of the American Mathematical Society ISSN 0002-9920 (print) ISSN 1088-9477 (online) Notices ofof the American MathematicalMathematical Society February 2019 Volume 66, Number 2 THE NEXT INTRODUCING GENERATION FUND Photo by Steve Schneider/JMM Steve Photo by The Next Generation Fund is a new endowment at the AMS that exclusively supports programs for doctoral and postdoctoral scholars. It will assist rising mathematicians each year at modest but impactful levels, with funding for travel grants, collaboration support, mentoring, and more. Want to learn more? Visit www.ams.org/nextgen THANK YOU AMS Development Offi ce 401.455.4111 [email protected] A WORD FROM... Robin Wilson, Notices Associate Editor In this issue of the Notices, we reflect on the sacrifices and accomplishments made by generations of African Americans to the mathematical sciences. This year marks the 100th birthday of David Blackwell, who was born in Illinois in 1919 and went on to become the first Black professor at the University of California at Berkeley and one of America’s greatest statisticians. Six years after Blackwell was born, in 1925, Frank Elbert Cox was to become the first Black mathematician when he earned his PhD from Cornell University, and eighteen years later, in 1943, Euphemia Lofton Haynes would become the first Black woman to earn a mathematics PhD. By the late 1960s, there were close to 70 Black men and women with PhDs in mathematics. However, this first generation of Black mathematicians was forced to overcome many obstacles. As a Black researcher in America, segregation in the South and de facto segregation elsewhere provided little access to research universities and made it difficult to even participate in professional societies. Even David Blackwell, despite Author photo courtesy of Tom Zasadzinski/Cal Poly Pomona. Zasadzinski/Cal Poly of Tom photo courtesy Author his contributions, had the experience of being turned away from American Mathematical Society (AMS) meetings because of exclusive housing practices.1 Change did not occur in a vacuum, and it took the courageous leadership of mathematicians Etta Falconer and Lee Lorch, among others, to urge the AMS and the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) to take steps to prevent non-discriminatory practices at their meetings.2 The above examples remind us that the history of our American mathematics community is a complicated one, and we should take lessons from it in order to build a more successful future. In this spirit, we hope to give a voice to stories of individuals that often go untold, as we celebrate 94 years of Black mathematicians making contributions in a diverse range of research areas at many different types of institutions. The articles in this issue honor the accomplishments and sacrifices of the previous generations of Black math- ematicians by highlighting the work of four individuals who represent a generation of scholars that are standing on the shoulders of those who came before them. University of Central Florida professor Talea Mayo describes her work in storm surge modeling involving interdisciplinary teams of mathematicians, computer scientists, engineers, architects, and public policy experts. Statistician Jacqueline Hughes-Oliver from North Carolina State University shares her work on assessment of ranking algorithms in the context of drug discovery. Ryan Hynd from the University of Pennsylvania explains his work on the dynamics of inelastic collisions and its applications to the study of the large-scale structure of the universe. And Pomona College professor and National Association of Mathematicians (NAM) President Edray Goins writes about applications of elliptic curves. Offering historical perspective, one of the founders of NAM, Johnny Houston, shares the story of David Blackwell on the year of his 100th birthday and reflects on his remarkable life and accomplishments. Mathematician and Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs at Occidental College Ron Buckmire discusses the Blackwell–Tapia Award, which is the only research award for minority mathematicians. His article highlights its most recent winner Ronald Mickens, whose work in applied mathematics has spanned over 50 years. Finally, we include a memorial article remembering the life of Morehouse professor Rudy Horne, who became well known for his work as mathematical consultant on the film Hidden Figures, and whose impact at Morehouse College and throughout the mathematics community will be long-lasting. Robin Wilson is a professor of mathematics at Cal Poly Pomona and an associate editor of Notices. His email address is [email protected]. 1David Blackwell, “An Oral History with David Blackwell,” conducted by Nadine Wilmot in 2002 and 2003, Regional Oral History Office University of California, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2003. 2Parshall, Karen Hunger. Mathematics and the Politics of Race: The Case of William Claytor (PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1933), The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 123, No. 3 (March 2016), pp. 214-240, Mathematics Association of America. FEBRUARY 2019 NOTICES OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY 157 Notices February 2019 of the American Mathematical Society FEATURED ALSO IN THIS ISSUE Feature 182 Assessment of Prediction Algorithms for Ranking Objects Jacqueline M. Hughes-Oliver 157 A Word from...Robin Wilson Early Career 191 On Choosing a Thesis Advisor 162 Robert Lipshitz 194 Moving Ahead in Your Research Sticky Particle Dynamics on the E. E. Eischen Real Line Ryan Hynd 196 Finding New Problems to Work On Chris Woodward ® P*Q 197 Writing for Mathematical Reviews Kelly Jabbusch 50 Q 199 Research With Undergraduates Amanda Folsom and Sam Payne P -8 -4 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 Memorial Tributes 202 Rudy Lee Horne: -50 The Hidden Figure of Hidden Figures 169P+Q Della Dumbaugh The Ubiquity of Elliptic Curves Edray Herber Goins 212 Education: Doctoral Programs in Mathematics Educa- tion: A Status Report Robert Reys, Barbara Reys, Jeff Shih, Farshid Sa 218 Recognizing Black and Latinx Mathematical Excellence: The Blackwell–Tapia Prize Ron Buckmire 221 History: A Centennial Year Re ection on the Life and Contributions of Mathematican David Blackwell (1919–2010) 176 Johnny L. Houston Predicting the 100-Year Flood to 227 Math Reviews News: Looking at the Mathematics Literature Improve Storm Surge Resilience Edward Dunne Talea Mayo Notices of the American Mathematical Society FROM THE AMS SECRETARY IN EVERY ISSUE 231 2018 AMS Election Results 258 Community Updates 261 Mathematics People 233 2019 Election: Nominations by Petition 266 Mathematics Opportunities 268 Classied Advertising ALSO IN THIS ISSUE CONT'D 269 New Books Offered by the AMS 273 Meetings and Conferences of the AMS 236 Plans for ICM 2022 Andrei Okounkov 239 Thinking Positive: Arithmetic Geometry in Char- acteristic p CURRENT INVITATIONS Renee Bell, Julia Hartmann, Valentijn Karemaker, FROM THE AMS Padmavathi Srinivasan, Isabel Vogt 161 AMS Fellowship Program 242 Representation Theory and the Elliptic Frontier Daniel Berwick Evans, Emily Cliff, Nora Ganter, 201 AMS-Simons Travel Grant Program Arnav Tripathy, Josh Wen cover 3 2019 AMS Einstein Public Lecture 247 Math Outside the Bubble: Making Dance, Making 257 Calls for Nomination: 2020 Steele Prize Math: Parallels Sophia D. Merow 251 Book Review: Power in Numbers Emille Davie Lawrence ERRATA AND CORRIGENDA 254 Bookshelf Erratum. In the January issue, an erroneous credit line ran on page 59 of an AMS Communication. The credit read, “Photo of Sergei Gelfand by Eric Buck.” The credit should have read, 255 AMS Bookshelf “Photo of Sergei Gelfand by Erin Buck.” Notices apologizes to our colleague for the misprint. 256 Mathematical Moment: Winning the Race! Corrigendum. Author Alladi Krishnaswami wishes to direct readers to the following correction 296 Upcoming Features and Memorial Tributes for The Origins section of his January Com- munication, page 64. The sentence regarding Srinivasa Ramanujan's birth and early life should read: "Ramanujan was born in Erode on December 22, 1887, but it is in the Tanjore region steeped in culture that he lived in the town of Kumbakonam until he completed high school." 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