TSVP Talk: "Swimming in Data" by Ken Ono

Title: Swimming in Data

Speaker: Ken Ono, University of Virginia
 
Abstract: Ken Ono will talk about how mathematics and physics has played an important role in elite swimming. Hear about science that has helped set 12 world records, 50+ American records, and 100+ Olympic and World Championship medals in the last five years. 

Profile: Ken Ono is the STEM Advisor to the Provost and the Marvin Rosenblum Professor of Mathematics at the University of Virginia. His research expertise includes data science, mathematics, and statistics. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, Packard Fellowship, Sloan Fellowship, an NSF CAREER Award, and a PECASE Award from President Clinton. In 2005, he was named an NSF Director’s Distinguished Teaching Scholar. He is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, an Honorary Member of the Indian Academy of Sciences, and an Honorary Member of the Romanian Academy of Sciences. His service has included various leadership roles, such as Vice President of the American Mathematical Society, Chair of the Mathematics Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, member of the NSA Advisory Board, member of the US National Committee for Mathematics at the US National Academy of Sciences, member of the advisory board of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences, US delegate to the General Assembly of the International Mathematics Union, and Chairman of the UVA Department of Mathematics. He earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from UCLA in 1993, and his B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Chicago in 1989.  

Language: English

Target audience: General audience/everyone at OIST and beyond.
Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration.

This talk will also be broadcast online via Zoom:
Zoom link
Meeting ID:  984 7296 8156
Passcode: 621064

※ Please note that this event may be recorded and the videos uploaded. In addition, photos may be taken during the event. These are intended for publication online (the OIST website, social media, etc.)※