Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science

Breakthrough Prize

Daniel Spielman has won the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics for “multiple discoveries in theoretical computer science and mathematics.”

Faculty Spotlight

Daniel Spielman

Sterling Professor of Computer Science, Statistics and Data Science and Mathematics and Applied Mathematics

Daniel Spielman's research interests include the design and analysis of algorithms, graph theory, machine learning, error-correcting codes and combinatorial scientific computing. His focuses on the development of extremely fast algorithms for large computational problems often found in machine learning, scientific computing, and optimization. His work has broad application in the transfer of digital information.

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Going with the flow for clues to the spread of cancer

Scientists have long been concerned with trying to understand how cells move, for example in pursuit of new ways to control the spread of cancer. The field of biology continues to illuminate the...