Author Archives: Edward Dunne

About Edward Dunne

I am the Executive Editor of Mathematical Reviews. Previously, I was an editor for the AMS Book Program for 17 years. Before working for the AMS, I had an academic career working at Rice University, Oxford University, and Oklahoma State University. In 1990-91, I worked for Springer-Verlag in Heidelberg. My Ph.D. is from Harvard. I received a world-class liberal arts education as an undergraduate at Santa Clara University.

Juan Meza, new Director of DMS

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Edward Dunne

Juan Meza has been appointed as the new director of the Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) of the NSF, as of February 20, 2018.  Meza works in scientific computing and numerical analysis. Before coming to the NSF, he was at University of … Continue reading →

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May we suggest…

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Edward Dunne

MathSciNet now has an auto-suggest feature for Author Searches and Journal Searches.  The feature uses the databases themselves to help you with your searches. 

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Mathematical Reviews at the JMM in San Diego

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Edward Dunne

Mathematical Reviews will be at the JMM in San Diego.  There is always a lot going on at the meetings:  invited lectures, special sessions, editorial meetings, exhibits, and the chance to connect with old friends.  Mathematical Reviews is planning several … Continue reading →

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MathSciNet is now a cloud atlas to the mathematics literature

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Edward Dunne

We are moving to the cloud. 

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Gravitational Waves

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Edward Dunne

The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish, and Kip S. Thorne for their work on the detection of gravitational waves. (See Note 1.)  The physics and engineering that go into this accomplishment are … Continue reading →

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Emmanuel Candès – MacArthur Fellow

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Edward Dunne

Emmanuel Candès has won a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship.  The official announcement is here.  The LA Times has a nice write-up.   Both the Los Angeles Times and the MacArthur announcement highlight Candès’s work on compressed sensing.  Terry Tao has a spot-on … Continue reading →

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Job Posting – Associate Editor at Mathematical Reviews

Posted on September 16, 2017 by Edward Dunne

Mathematical Reviews is hiring!  We are looking for a new Associate Editor to start in late spring or summer 2018.  The new editor should have expertise in algebra and an interest in a range of algebraic topics, such as representation theory, … Continue reading →

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MathSciNet at the MCA in Montreal

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Edward Dunne

I just came back from the Mathematical Congress of the Americas in Montreal.   It was an intense week of mathematics.  Besides having excellent invited and plenary lectures, there were 70 special sessions!  There were five plenary lectures:  Manuel del … Continue reading →

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Maryam Mirzakhani

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Edward Dunne

Maryam Mirzakhani is known for her work on moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces.  Some of her most cited work looks at the moduli space of a genus $g$ Riemann surface with $n$ geodesic boundary components.  In two of her papers, she computes the … Continue reading →

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Laure Saint-Raymond

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Edward Dunne

Laure Saint-Raymond is a mathematician working in partial differential equations, fluid mechanics, and statistical mechanics.  She is a professor at l’École Normale Supérieure de Paris and the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (also known as Paris VI).  In 2013, she became … Continue reading →

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