Leslie Greengard

American mathematician (born 1957)

Leslie Greengard

Born|

Leslie Frederick Greengard

1957 (age 66-67)

London, United Kingdom

Alma mater|

* Wesleyan University
* Yale University

Known for| Fast multipole method
Father| Paul Greengard
Relatives| Chris Chase (aunt)
Scientific career
Fields| Applied mathematics
Institutions|

* Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
* Flatiron Institute

Thesis|  The Rapid Evaluation of Potential Fields in Particle Systems  (1987)
Doctoral advisor|

* Martin Schultz[1]
* Vladimir Rokhlin Jr.[1]

Leslie Frederick Greengard (born 1957) is an American mathematician, physicist and computer scientist.[2][3] He is co-inventor with Vladimir Rokhlin Jr. of the fast multipole method (FMM) in 1987, recognized as one of the top-ten algorithms of the 20th century.[2][4]

Greengard was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2006 for work on the development of algorithms and software for fast multipole methods.

## Short biography

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Leslie Frederick Greengard[1] was born in 1957 in London, England,[5] but grew up in the United States in New York City, Boston, and New Haven. He holds a B.A. in mathematics from Wesleyan University (1979), an M.D. from the Yale School of Medicine (1987), and a Ph.D. in computer science from Yale University (1987).[2][3]

From 2006 to 2011, Greengard was director of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, an independent division of the New York University (NYU)[3][6] and is currently a professor of mathematics and computer science at Courant. He is also a professor at New York University Tandon School of Engineering[7] and the director of the Simons Center for Data Analysis.[8]

He formerly served as the Director at the Center for Computational Biology at the Flatiron Institute. As of October 2018[update], he has assumed the directorship of the new Center of Computational Mathematics at the Institute.[9]

He is the son of neuroscientist Paul Greengard and the nephew of Irene Kane, later known as Chris Chase, an actress, writer, and journalist.[10]

## Awards and honors

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* 2016, fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[11]
* 2014, Von Neumann Lecture, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
* 2011, Wilbur Cross Medal
* 2010, Plenary Speaker, SIAM Annual Meeting
* 2010, "National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship", from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)[12]
* 2006, elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering[13]
* 2006, elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences[14]
* 2005, Plenary Speaker, 2nd National Congress on Applied and Industrial Mathematics (France)
* 2004, "Margaret and Herman Sokol Faculty Award in the Sciences" from the New York University[15][16]
* 2001, Leroy P. Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research from the American Mathematical Society (together with Vladimir Rokhlin), for their paper describing a new algorithm: the fast multipole method (FMM)[2]
* 2000, Plenary Speaker, SIAM Conference on Computational Science & Engineering
* 1999, Plenary Speaker, International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics
* 1998, Invited Speaker, International Congress of Mathematicians[17]
* 1990, "Fellowship for Science and Engineering" from the Packard Foundation[18][19]
* 1990, Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation[20]
* 1987–1989, "Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship" from the National Science Foundation[21]
* 1987, Council of Graduate Schools/University Microfilms International Distinguished Dissertation Award, for his PhD. dissertation "The Rapid Evaluation of Potential Fields in Particle Systems"[22][23]
* 1987, "Doctoral Dissertation Award", Series Winner from the Association for Computing Machinery[24]
* 1987, Sandoz Thesis Award from the Yale School of Medicine
* 1979–1986, Public Health Service – National Research Service Award Medical Scientist Training Program

## References

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1. ^ a b c Greengard, Leslie Frederick (1987). The Rapid Evaluation of Potential Fields in Particle Systems (PhD). Yale University.
2. ^ a b c d "2001 Steele Prizes" (PDF). Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 48 (4): 404–407. April 2001. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
3. ^ a b c "Current NSSEFF Fellows - 2010 Fellows" (PDF). U.S. Department of Defense. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
4. ^ Cipra, Barry Arthur (May 16, 2000). "The Best of the 20th Century: Editors Name Top 10 Algorithms". SIAM News. 33 (4). Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics: 2. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
5. ^ "IEEE Author: Leslie Greengard". IEEE. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
6. ^ John Beckman (April 26, 2006). "NYU Names Mathematician Leslie Greengard As Director of Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences". NYU Today. New York University. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
7. ^ "Home | NYU Tandon School of Engineering".
8. ^ "SCDA Staff | Simons Foundation". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
9. ^ "Flatiron Institute Launches Center for Computational Mathematics". October 2018.
10. ^ Clem Richardson (February 3, 2003). "A Nobel Patriarch 2000 Winner Head Of Talented Family". NYDailyNews.com. Daily News. Archived from the original on May 15, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2011.
11. ^ Newly Elected Members, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, April 2016, retrieved 2016-04-20
12. ^ "Current NSSEFF Fellows - 2010 Fellows". U.S. Department of Defense. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
13. ^ "NAE Members Directory - Dr. Leslie Greengard". U.S. National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
14. ^ "NAS Membership Directory". U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
15. ^ "Arts & Science - 2004-2005 Faculty Honors and Awards". New York University. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
16. ^ "Events - Previous Weekly Bulletins". Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. November 16, 2004. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
17. ^ Greengard, Leslie; Sun, Xiaobai (1998). "A new version of the fast Gauss transform". Doc. Math. (Bielefeld) Extra Vol. ICM Berlin, 1998, vol. III. pp. 575–584.
18. ^ "Fellowship for Science and Engineering". David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-02-11. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
19. ^ "Fellowship for Science and Engineering - Leslie F. Greengard". David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Retrieved February 19, 2011.[permanent dead link‍]
20. ^ "Presidential Young Investigator Award: Rapid Numerical Algorithms for Scientific Computation". National Science Foundation. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
21. ^ "Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship". National Science Foundation. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
22. ^ "Awards - CGS/UMI Distinguished Dissertation". Council of Graduate Schools. Archived from the original on 2011-01-28. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
23. ^ "Hall of Scholars: past winners of the CGS/UMI Distinguished Dissertation Award". Archived from the original on 2010-12-05. Retrieved February 20, 2011 - via ProQuest.
24. ^ "Doctoral Dissertation Award". Association for Computing Machinery. Retrieved February 20, 2011.

## External links

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* Leslie Greengard at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
* "New York University - Leslie Greengard profile". nyu.edu. Retrieved March 11, 2011.

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