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THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

Appointment of Michael Shub as Distinguished Professor at City College

WHEREAS, Professor Michael Shub is an internationally recognized leader in dynamical systems and computational complexity; and

WHEREAS, In addition to over 95 peer-reviewed journal articles, three authored or co-authored books and one edited book, 5 patents and over 100 invited addresses, Professor Shub was elected Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2016, Fellow of the Fields Institutes in 2010 and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2000; now therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees of The City University of New York appoint Michael Shub as Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at City College effective November 1, 2018, with compensation of $28,594 per annum in addition to his regular academic salary, subject to financial ability.

EXPLANATION: One of his reviewers notes that Professor Shub “has, over several decades, made invaluable research contributions on well-known hard problems. Moreover, he has played a seminal role in constructing bridges between two foundational scientific areas of great research interest, dynamical systems and computational complexity; and his creative works on these have been very influential both in pure mathematics and in theoretical computer science. They’re also valuable for the study of chaotic phenomena in current physics, with yet further applications.” Another notes that “Mike Shub is very creative and plays the role of pioneer. He has proposed questions and ideas which have opened important new directions and that have been developed by large groups of dynamicists. To my mind, he is among the mathematicians who had the biggest influence on the theory of dynamical systems.” As another reviewer points out, “Mike Shub is one of a small select group of first rate, internationally renowned mathematicians who have made substantial contributions to Dynamical Systems and related areas over the past several decades. This group includes Fields Medal winners and winners of several other distinguished prizes. I mention this relation to prize winners to emphasize that the areas Shub works in are at the center of many of the most significant mathematical developments in the past half century.”

Dr. Shub joined the City College Department of Mathematics in 2016 as Martin and Michele Cohen Professor. He is also Professor of Mathematics at the CUNY Graduate Center. Previously, he served as Principal Investigator at the University de Buenos Aires from 2010 – 2014; Professor and then Distinguished Professor at the from 2004 – 2010; Research Staff Manager and Manager of Special Math Studies at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center from 1985 to 2004; Associate Professor and then Professor at Queens College from 1973 to 1985; and Assistant and then Associate Professor at the University of California at Santa Cruz from 1971 to 1973. He is currently the chair of the Department of Mathematics at City College, a position he has held since he joined the college in 2016. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley and an A.B. from Columbia University.

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City College and The City University of New York will be well-served by Professor Shub’s appointment as Distinguished Professor.