Vladimir Rokhlin Jr. (born August 4, 1952) is a

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and professor of

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and

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Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

. He is the co-inventor with

Leslie Greengard Dr. Leslie F. Greengard is an American mathematician, physicist and computer scientist. 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. Gree ...

of the

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(FMM) in 1985, recognised as one of the top-ten

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of the 20th century. In 2008, Rokhlin was elected as a member into the

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for the development of fast multipole algorithms and their application to electromagnetic and acoustic scattering.

Short biography

Vladimir Rokhlin Jr. was born on August 4, 1952 in

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(now

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). In 1973 he received a M.S. in

from the

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, and in 1983 a Ph.D. in

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from

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located in

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. In 1985 Rokhlin started working at

located in

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, where he is now professor of

and

. He is the son of

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mathematician

Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin ( Russian language, Russian: Влади́мир Абра́мович Ро́хлин) (23 August 1919 – 3 December 1984) was a USSR, Soviet mathematician, who made numerous contributions in algebraic topology, ge ...

Awards and honors

Rokhlin has received several awards and honors, including: * the

Leroy P. Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research The Leroy P. Steele Prizes are awarded every year by the American Mathematical Society, for distinguished research work and writing in the field of mathematics. Since 1993, there has been a formal division into three categories. The prizes have b ...

from the

American Mathematical Society The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, and serves the national and international community through its publications, meetings, ...

in 2001 (together with

Leslie F. Greengard Dr. Leslie F. Greengard is an American mathematician, physicist and computer scientist. 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. Gree ...

), for their paper describing a new algorithm: the

(FMM) * the "

Distinguished Alumni Award" in 2001 * elected a member of both the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (2008) and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1999) * the

IEEE Honorary Membership IEEE Honorary Membership is an honorary type of membership of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), that is given for life to an individual. It is awarded by the board of directors of IEEE to people 'who have rendered meri ...

in 2006. * elected to fellow of the

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) is a professional society dedicated to applied mathematics, computational science, and data science through research, publications, and community. SIAM is the world's largest scientific socie ...

in 2009 * the ICIAM Maxwell Prize from the

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in 2011 * The William Benter Prize in Applied Mathematics from the Liu Bie Ju Centre for Mathematical Sciences in 2014 * Fellow of the

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, 2016

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