University of California, Irvine
Department of Mathematics
Distinguished Lecture Series
2007-2008

Benjamin Weiss
Miriam and Julius Vinik Chair of Mathematics
Einstein Institute of Mathematics
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Professor Weiss holds the Miriam and Julius Vinik Chair of Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The numerous honors bestowed on him include the 2006 Rothschild Prize, membership in the American Academy of Sciences, Plenary Lecture at the IEEE conference on Information Theory in 2001, and an invited lecture at the 1974 ICM.

Professor Weiss is well known for giving excellent lectures to a broad mathematical audience. His prominent lecture series include the Porter Lectures at Rice University in 1998 and the Karel deLeeuw Memorial Lectures at Stanford in 2006.

On the Road Coloring Problem
Tuesday, April 8th
Reception: 9:30am
Lecture: 10:00am
MSTB 254

Determinism vs. Randomness "What Do Billiards and a Roulette Wheel Have In Common?
Thursday, April 10th
Public Lecture: 1:30pm
Reception: 2:30pm
Natural Sciences II Room 1201

For information contact Siran Kousherian at (949) 824-5502 or skousher@math.uci.edu http://www.math.uci.edu/