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50-626: Patrick Cousot (born 3 December 1948) is a French computer scientist, currently Silver Professor of Computer Science at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences , New York University , USA. Before he was Professor at the École Normale Supérieure (ENS), Paris, France, the École Polytechnique , Palaiseau, France and the University of Metz , France and a Research Scientist at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) at

100-420: A Humboldt Research Award in 2008 and the 2018 IEEE John von Neumann Medal "for introducing abstract interpretation , a powerful framework for automatically calculating program properties with broad application to verification and optimisation". In 2020 Cousot was recognized ACM Fellow "for contributions to programming languages through the invention and development of abstract interpretation". In 2022, Cousot

150-517: A PhD in computer science. In addition it offers Master of Science degrees in computer science, information systems (in conjunction with the Stern School of Business ), and in scientific computing. For the PhD program, every PhD computer science student must receive a grade of A or A− on the final examination for algorithms, systems, applications, and a PhD-level course chosen by the student that does not satisfy

200-504: A host of accelerated Bachelor's-Master's and pre-professional programs offered through 30 departments, many of which also offer courses at NYU's 13 study away sites. Additionally, students may select from over 60 minors offered within the College as well as 40 cross-school minors at other colleges within NYU. Admission to the College of Arts & Science is competitive, with an acceptance rate of 4% for

250-402: A period of research and the preparation and defense of the doctoral thesis. Courant Students in PhD programs may earn a master's degree while in progress toward the PhD program. Areas where there are special funding opportunities for graduate students include: Mathematics, Mechanics, and Material Sciences, Number Theory, Probability, and Scientific Computing. All PhD candidates are required to take

300-670: A radio station WNYU-FM 89.1, which broadcasts to the entire New York metropolitan area . Several undergraduate secret societies have existed at the College of Arts & Science. Starting in 1832, the Philomathean Society and the Eucleian Society were formed, making rivals of each other. When the Philomathean Society died out, its remnants formed the Andiron Club in 1904. The most selective and famous club on campus

350-607: A variety of industries and researchers from private and government research laboratories, top universities, and NYU. Every academic year, CIMS holds award ceremonies, showcases, and parties to celebrate their faculty and undergraduate and graduate students and keep the academic atmosphere fun and enjoyable at CIMS. One such example is the NYU Computer Science Department Showcase held every semester to showcase projects that have been completed in various computer science graduate and undergraduate courses. This

400-498: A variety of research activities. It is housed in Warren Weaver Hall on Mercer Street in NYU's Greenwich Village campus. The building contains lecture halls on the first and second floors, two meeting/seminar rooms on every floor from the 3rd floor to the 13th floor, a large common lounge on the 13th floor used for studying and open discussions in topics of mathematics and computer science, and its own extensive Courant library on

450-544: A visiting professor at NYU. He was given the task of building up the Department of Mathematics at the NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science . He was later joined by Kurt O. Friedrichs and James J. Stoker . In 1946, the department was renamed "Institute for Mathematics and Mechanics". Also in 1946, NYU Professor Morris Kline focused on mathematical problems of electromagnetic wave propagation. This project gave rise to

500-584: A visualization and simulation facility. The Center for Atmosphere-Ocean Science is also housed at CIMS and is an interdisciplinary research and graduate program within the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. Every year, CIMS offers cSplash or Courant Splash, a festival mathematics and computer science program for high school students. It is a one-day festival of classes in the mathematical and computer sciences, designed and taught by graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, and others associated with

550-613: A written comprehensive examination, oral preliminary examination, and create a dissertation defense. Each supported doctoral student has access to his or her own dedicated Unix workstation. Many other research machines provide for abundant access to a variety of computer architectures, including a distributed computing laboratory. The Courant Institute houses New York University's undergraduate programs in computer science and mathematics. In addition, CIMS provides opportunities and facilities for undergraduate students to do and discuss mathematical research, including an undergraduate math lounge on

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600-448: Is a small selection of Courant's famous faculty over the years and a few of their distinctions: This is a small selection of Courant's alumni: 40°43′43″N 73°59′44″W  /  40.72858°N 73.99552°W  / 40.72858; -73.99552 NYU College of Arts and Science The New York University College of Arts & Science ( CAS ) is the primary liberal arts college of New York University (NYU) . The school

650-503: Is consistently ranked in the United States as #1 in applied mathematics. Other strong points are Analysis (#6 as of 2022) and geometry (#12 as of 2022). Within the field of computer science , CIMS concentrates in machine learning , theory , programming languages , computer graphics and parallel computing . In 2022, the computer science program was ranked #19 among computer science and information systems programs globally. In 2022,

700-547: Is its highly interdisciplinary character — with courses, seminars, and active research collaborations in areas such as financial mathematics , materials science, visual neural science, atmosphere/ocean science, cardiac fluid dynamics, plasma physics, and mathematical genomics. Another special feature is the central role of analysis , which provides a natural bridge between pure and applied mathematics. The Department of Computer Science has strengths in multimedia, programming languages and systems, distributed and parallel computing, and

750-481: Is located near Gould Plaza next to the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and the Stern School of Business , adjoining Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village . As the oldest and largest college within NYU, the College of Arts & Science currently enrolls 7,660 undergraduate students (as of 2017). CAS enrolls the largest number of undergraduate students for a private liberal arts college in

800-455: Is named after Richard Courant , one of the founders of the Courant Institute and also a mathematics professor at New York University from 1936 to 1972, and serves as a center for research and advanced training in computer science and mathematics. It is located on Gould Plaza next to the Stern School of Business and the economics department of the College of Arts and Science . The director of

850-624: The Academic Ranking of World Universities placed the Courant Institute as #9 worldwide in the subject ranking for mathematics. Six (at the time of award) faculty members have been awarded the National Medal of Science ( Kurt O. Friedrichs , Peter Lax , Cathleen Synge Morawetz , Louis Nirenberg , Charles S. Peskin , S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan ), one ( Mikhail Gromov ) was honored with the Kyoto Prize, and nine have received career awards from

900-507: The Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute , including Washington Square News , NYU Local , Washington Square Local , and the literary journals Washington Square Review and The Minetta Review . The university also associated (though not officially affiliated) with the campus comedy magazine, The Plague , which started to poke fun at popular culture as well as campus life and the idiosyncrasies of NYU in 1978. The university also runs

950-534: The Diaspora (software) social network. The undergraduate division of the Department of Mathematics offers Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (BS) degrees in Mathematics. It consists of a wide variety of courses in pure and applied mathematics taught by a distinguished faculty with a tradition of excellence in teaching and research. Students in advanced coursework often participate in formulating models outside

1000-545: The Joseph Fourier University , Grenoble, France. Together with his wife Radhia Cousot (1947–2014), Patrick Cousot is the originator of abstract interpretation , an influential technique in formal methods . In the 2000s, he has worked on practical methods of static analysis for critical embedded software ( Astrée ), such as found in avionics . In 1999 he received the CNRS Silver Medal and in 2006

1050-562: The MSDN Academic Alliance and specialized computing resources used primarily for research. CIMS houses an advanced multimillion-dollar Courant Applied Mathematics Laboratory that opened in 1998, co-founded by Stephen Childress and Michael J. Shelley , and sponsored by US Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation . It comprises an experimental facility in fluid mechanics and other applied areas and

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1100-462: The Tandon School of Engineering . The Department of Mathematics at Courant occupies a leading position in analysis and applied mathematics, including partial differential equations , differential geometry , dynamical systems , probability and stochastic processes , scientific computation , mathematical finance , mathematical physics , and fluid dynamics . A special feature of the institute

1150-412: The analysis of algorithms . Since 1948, Courant Institute has maintained its own research journal, Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics . While the journal represents the full spectrum of the institute's mathematical research activity, most articles are in the fields of applied mathematics, mathematical analysis, or mathematical physics. Its contents over the years amount to a modern history of

1200-474: The 11th floor and an undergraduate computer science lounge on the 3rd floor of Warren Weaver Hall. The mathematics and computer science undergraduate and graduate programs at the Courant Institute has a strong focus on building quantitative and problem-solving skills through teamwork. An undergraduate computer science course on Computer Vision, for example, requires students to be in small teams to use and apply recently developed algorithms by researchers around

1250-596: The 12th floor. It also houses a variety of well-equipped laboratories and offices in Warren Weaver Hall for students and faculty to do research and discuss topics in mathematical sciences. In addition to Warren Weaver Hall, the Computer Science Department and Center for Data Science are located at 60 fifth Avenue. The Courant Institute has an IBM eServer BladeCenter system capable of peak performance of 4.5 TeraFlops. The acquisition of this supercomputer

1300-515: The Board of Trustees at the IMDEA Software Institute . This article about a French computer specialist is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (commonly known as Courant or CIMS ) is the mathematics research school of New York University (NYU). Founded in 1935, it

1350-400: The College of Arts and Science to create a personalized joint major. Two specific combined degrees are the joint major in computer science/economics and the joint major in computer science/mathematics. The Department of Computer Science also offers a BS/BE Dual Degree in computer science and engineering and an accelerated master's program available to qualifying undergraduates in conjunction with

1400-638: The Courant Institute directly reports to New York University's provost and president and works closely with deans and directors of other NYU colleges and divisions respectively. The undergraduate programs and graduate programs at the Courant Institute are run independently by the institute, and formally associated with the NYU College of Arts and Science , NYU Tandon School of Engineering , and NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science respectively. In 1934, Richard Courant left Göttingen University in Germany to become

1450-677: The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. There are many clubs within the Courant Institute open to undergraduate and graduate students alike. These clubs include the Courant Student Organization, The ACM at NYU, Women-in-Computing (WinC), The Mathematics Society, Masters Association for Computer Science and many more. Additionally, CIMS sponsors and holds seminars and colloquiums almost daily on weekdays on topics of interest, in which some of whom may be held outside of Warren Weaver Hall. Many speakers of these seminars and colloquiums are experienced researchers from corporations from

1500-410: The Department of Computer Science offers a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree, and fours minors. These are the computer science minor, web programming and applications minor, joint minor in computer science/mathematics, and the computer science education minor available in collaboration with NYU Steinhardt . The BA degree can also be pursued with honors. Students may combine the degree with other majors within

1550-637: The National Science Foundation. Courant Institute professors Lax, Varadhan, Gromov, Nirenberg won the 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2015 Abel Prize respectively for their research in partial differential equations, probability and geometry. Louis Nirenberg also received the Chern Medal in 2010, and Subhash Khot won the Nevanlinna Prize in 2014. Amir Pnueli and Yann LeCun won the 1996 and 2018 Turing Award respectively. In addition, Jeff Cheeger

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1600-587: The United States; its size and complexity owe to NYU's overall profile of enrolling the largest number of students in the country for a private, nonprofit, residential, and nonsectarian institution of higher education. The College of Arts & Science offers Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degrees. In 1914, Washington Square College was established in downtown Manhattan to serve commuter students. The college provides an undergraduate liberal arts education through its Core Curriculum. Undergraduate students may select from 66 majors as well as

1650-667: The class of 2027. The school also hosts multiple student organizations, including greek life , political , religious , ethnic , and music performance groups (often alongside the Tisch School of Arts ). The university also sponsors some traditions for undergraduates including Apple Fest, the Violet Ball, Strawberry Festival, and the semi-annual midnight breakfast where Student Affairs administrators serve free breakfast to students before finals . The College of Arts and Science runs several student journalism clubs and publication with

1700-561: The competitive Research Experiences for Undergraduates program funded by the National Science Foundation or research funded primarily by the Dean's Undergraduate Research Fund. The Courant Institute has one of the highest percentage of undergraduate students doing research within New York University . With permission of their advisers or faculty, undergraduate students may take graduate-level courses. Courant undergraduate students through

1750-795: The computer industry or important application areas. Those who receive a doctoral degree are in a position to hold faculty appointments and do research and development work at the forefront of this rapidly changing and expanding field. The emphasis for the MS in Information Systems program is on the use of computer systems in business. For the Master of Science in Scientific Computing, it is designed to provide broad training in areas related to scientific computing using modern computing technology and mathematical modeling arising in various applications. The core of

1800-669: The curriculum for all computer science graduate students consists of courses in algorithms, programming languages, compilers, artificial intelligence, database systems, and operating systems. Advanced courses are offered in many areas such as natural language processing, the theory of computation, computer vision, software engineering, compiler optimization techniques, computer graphics, distributed computing, multimedia, networks, cryptography and security, groupware and computational finance . Adjunct faculty, drawn from outside academia, teach special topics courses in their areas of expertise. Unless outside fellowships or scholarships are available to

1850-536: The field of mathematics as well as in analyzing them. For example, an advanced mathematics course in Computers in Medicine and Biology requires a student to construct two computer models selected from the following list: circulation, gas exchange in the lung, control of cell volume, and the renal countercurrent mechanism. The student uses the models to conduct simulated physiological experiments. The undergraduate division of

1900-431: The first three requirements, such as cryptography and numerical methods. Students may take the final exam for any these courses without being enrolled in the course. The Computer Science Masters program offers instruction in the fundamental principles, design and applications of computer systems and computer technologies. Students who obtain an MS degree in computer science are qualified to do significant development work in

1950-638: The great prize of the EADS Foundation. In 2001, he was bestowed an honorary doctorate by Saarland University , Germany . With Radhia Cousot , he received the ACM SIGPLAN Programming Languages Achievement Award in 2013 and the IEEE Computer Society Harlan D. Mills award in 2014, "For the invention of ' abstract interpretation ', development of tool support, and its practical application". He received

2000-662: The institute welcomes applicants whose primary background is in quantitative fields such as economics, engineering, physics, or biology, as well as mathematics. Undergraduate program admissions are not directly administrated by the institute but by the NYU undergraduate admissions office of College of Arts and Science. The Department of Mathematics at the Courant Institute offers PhDs in Mathematics, Atmosphere-Ocean Science, and Computational Biology; Masters of Science in Mathematical Finance, Mathematics, and Scientific Computing. The Graduate Department of Computer Science offers

2050-465: The institute's Division of Wave Propagation and Applied Mathematics. In 1952, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission installed one of the first (electronic) computers at New York University, which led to the creation of the Courant Mathematics and Computing Laboratory. The Division of Magnetofluid Dynamics was initiated by a project on plasma fusion by NYU Professor Harold Grad in 1954. The institute

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2100-490: The institute's network. Undergraduate students are provided CIMS accounts with the approval of their advisor, sponsorship by a Courant professor, advanced coursework, or for research purposes. The institute's computing resources are not accessible to others without sponsorship by a CIMS professor or approval by either the Department of Mathematics or Department of Computer Science. Faculty, staff, and students with Courant account have access to free full-featured software provided by

2150-512: The students, all admitted Courant PhD students are granted with the GSAS MacCracken award. The fellowship covers the tuition and provides 9 months of stipend along with other benefits such as health insurance and special housing opportunities. The MacCracken funding is renewable for a period of up to five years, assuming satisfactory progress toward the degree. Doctoral students take advanced courses in their areas of specialization, followed by

2200-493: The theory of partial differential equations. Most articles originate within the institute or are specially invited. The institute also publishes its own series of lecture notes. They are based on the research interests of the faculty and visitors of the institute, originated in advanced graduate courses and mini-courses offered at the institute. CIMS consists of the NYU Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science as well as

2250-620: The world on their own. One example assignment requires a student to study a paper written by researchers from Microsoft Research Cambridge in order to do an assignment on Segmentation and Graph Cut. To encourage innovation, students in advanced coursework are allowed to use any means to complete their assignment, such as a programming language of their choice and hacking a Kinect through legal means. The Courant Institute's undergraduate program also encourages students to engage in research with professors and graduate students. About 30% of undergraduate students participate in academic research through

2300-609: The years and alumni contribute greatly to the vitality of the Mathematics and Computer Science departments. Some accomplishments by current and former undergraduate Courant students include an Apple Worldwide Developers Conference Scholarship Winner, development of Object Category Recognition Techniques to sort garbage for recycling for the NYC's trash program, placement in 7th out of 42 in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), and inventors of

2350-864: Was also awarded the Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences in 2021. The Courant Institute offers Bachelor of Arts , Bachelor of Science , Master of Science and PhD degree programs in both mathematics and computer science with program acceptance rates ranging from 3% to 29%. The overall acceptance rate for all CIMS graduate programs is 15%, and program admissions reviews are holistic. A high undergraduate GPA and high GRE score are typically prerequisites to admission to its graduate programs but are not required. Majority of accepted candidates met these standards. However, character and personal qualities and evidence of strong quantitative skills are very important admission factors. Consistent with its scientific breadth,

2400-612: Was awarded an honorary doctorate from Ca' Foscari University of Venice . He received the 2022 EATCS award , which is given by EATCS to acknowledge extensive and widely recognized contributions to theoretical computer science over a life long scientific career. He is a knight ( Chevalier ) in the Ordre National du Mérite and the Ordre des Palmes académiques , member of the Academia Europaea , Informatics section (since 2006) and member of

2450-652: Was funded by IBM and federal funding and is used primarily for research by the faculty and graduate and undergraduate students of the institute. Computers at the institute run Windows , Solaris , Mac OS X , and Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems. There are also many other specialized Linux-based operating systems for research purposes. Every faculty and student office room is fully equipped with scientific software and computer stations. Wi-Fi and X terminals are available in public locations and every faculty and student office. All graduate students are provided with an account to access computers and other resources within

2500-458: Was in the forefront of advanced hardware use, with an early IBM 7094 and the fourth produced CDC 6600 . The Division of Computational Fluid Dynamics was created in 1978, arising from a project of NYU Professor Paul R. Garabedian . The Courant Institute specializes in applied mathematics , mathematical analysis and scientific computation . There is emphasis on partial differential equations and their applications. The mathematics department

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