Scott Sheffield
American mathematician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Scott Sheffield?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
For the American businessman, see Scott D. Sheffield.
Scott Sheffield (born October 20, 1973) is a professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1] His primary research field is theoretical probability.
Quick Facts Born, Nationality ...
Scott Sheffield | |
---|---|
Born | (1973-10-20) October 20, 1973 (age 50) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Stanford University |
Children | 4 |
Awards | Loève Prize (2011) Rollo Davidson Prize (2006) Clay Research Award (2017) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematician |
Institutions | MIT |
Thesis | Random surfaces: large deviations and gradient Gibbs measure classifications (2003) |
Doctoral advisor | Amir Dembo |
Doctoral students | Ewain Gwynne, Nina Holden, Xin Sun |
Website | math |
Close