Willard L. Miranker (March 8, 1932 – April 28, 2011) was an American mathematician and computer scientist, known for his contributions to
applied mathematics and
numerical mathematics.
Raised in
Brooklyn, New York, he earned
B.A. (1952),
M.S. (1953) and
Ph.D. (1956) from the
Courant Institute at
New York University, the latter on the thesis ''The Asymptotic Theory of Solutions of U + (K
2)U = 0'' advised by
Joseph Keller.
He then worked for the mathematics department at
Bell Labs (1956–1958) before joining
IBM Research (1961). After retirement from IBM, he joined the computer science faculty at
Yale University (1989) as research faculty.
He also held professor affiliations at
California Institute of Technology (1963),
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...
(1968),
Yale University (1973),
University of Paris-Sud (1974),
City University of New York
The City University of New York ( CUNY; , ) is the Public university, public university system of Education in New York City, New York City. It is the largest urban university system in the United States, comprising 25 campuses: eleven Upper divis ...
(1966–) and
New York University (1970–1973).
Miranker's work includes articles and books on
stiff differential equation
In mathematics, a stiff equation is a differential equation for which certain numerical methods for solving the equation are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small. It has proven difficult to formulate a precise d ...
s,
interval arithmetic,
analog computing
''ANALOG Computing'' (an acronym for Atari Newsletter And Lots Of Games) was an American computer magazine devoted to the Atari 8-bit family of home computers. It was published from 1981 until 1989. In addition to reviews and tutorials, ''ANAL ...
, and
neural network
A neural network is a network or circuit of biological neurons, or, in a modern sense, an artificial neural network, composed of artificial neurons or nodes. Thus, a neural network is either a biological neural network, made up of biological ...
s and the modeling of
consciousness.
Miranker was also an accomplished and prolific painter. Over the course of his life, Willard Miranker painted ~4000 watercolors/aquarelles and ~200 oil paintings, many of which ar
displayed online He exhibited internationally in
New York City,
Paris and
Bonn.
The Guide
from New York Times (August 29, 1993).
Awards
*Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an American international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific respons ...
References
External links
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Paintings by Will Miranker
*
at Yale University
*FindaGrave entr
20th-century American mathematicians
21st-century American mathematicians
American computer scientists
1932 births
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences alumni
Scientists at Bell Labs
People from Brooklyn
IBM employees
Yale University faculty
California Institute of Technology faculty
Academic staff of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Academic staff of Paris-Sud University
City University of New York faculty
2011 deaths
Mathematicians from New York (state)
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