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Josue Ortega
Josue Ortega is a lecturer in economics at Queen's University Belfast. He is the author of a controversial article that suggests that the emergence of online dating has caused an increase in the number of interracial marriages in the US. Ortega's findings have been covered by international media, including ''Forbes'', ''the Times'', ''New Scientist'', ''Business Insider'' and the ''MIT Technology Review''. Ortega has been interviewed by '' Thinking Allowed'' at BBC Radio 4. Ortega obtained his PhD at the University of Glasgow under the supervision of Professor Hervé Moulin. He received the Catherine Richards prize by the UK Institute for Mathematics and its Applications in 2016. He sits in the editorial board of Palgrave Communications and has published his research in the Journal of Mathematical Economics, the Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Economics and Computation, Economics Letters Economics Letters is a scholarly peer-reviewed journal of economics that publishes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen's University Belfast
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Institute For Mathematics And Its Applications
The Institute for Mathematics and its Applications located at the University of Minnesota is an organization established in 1982 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States. Mission The primary mission of the IMA is to increase the impact of mathematics by fostering interdisciplinary research and linking mathematics and scientific and technological problems from other disciplines and industry. Activities The IMA hosts long-term visitors, funds postdoctoral research positions, and holds several conferences annually. The NSF has granted the IMA $19.5 million over the period 2005–2010, the largest single mathematics grant the NSF has ever awarded Prize in Mathematics and its Applications The IMA annually awards a prize to a mathematician who has received their PhD within the last 10 years. This a ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academics Of The University Of Essex
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece. Etymology The word comes from the ''Academy'' in ancient Greece, which derives from the Athenian hero, ''Akademos''. Outside the city walls of Athens, the gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning. The sacred space, dedicated to the goddess of wisdom, Athena, had formerly been an olive grove, hence the expression "the groves of Academe". In these gardens, the philosopher Plato conversed with followers. Plato developed his sessions into a method of teaching philosophy and in 387 BC, established what is known today as the Old Academy. By extension, ''academia'' has come to mean the accumulation, de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
