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33: 328:, Edelman is known for the Edelman distribution of the smallest singular value of random matrices (also known as Edelman's law), the invention of beta ensembles, and the introduction of the stochastic operator approach, and some of the earliest computational approaches. 110: 391:
In 2011, Edelman was selected a Fellow of SIAM, "for his contributions in bringing together mathematics and industry in the areas of numerical linear algebra, random matrix theory, and parallel computing."
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In high performance computing, Edelman is known for his work on parallel computing, as the co-founder of Interactive Supercomputing, as an inventor of the
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In 2021, he became an ACM Fellow of Class 2020 "for contributions to algorithms and languages for numerical and scientific computing."
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In 2017, he became an IEEE Fellow Class of 2018 "for contributions to the development of technical-computing languages."
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as a Morrey Assistant Professor and Levy Fellow, 1990–93. He joined the MIT faculty in applied mathematics in 1993.
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Rudelson, Mark; Vershynin, Roman (2011). "Non-asymptotic Theory of Random Matrices: Extreme Singular Values".
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Edelman's research interests include high-performance computing, numerical computation, linear algebra, and
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in 1984, and a Ph.D. in applied mathematics from MIT in 1989 under the direction of
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Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians 2010 (ICM 2010)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science faculty
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Edelman received B.S. and M.S. degrees in mathematics from
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MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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Brooklyn, New York
Yale University
BS
MS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PhD
Chauvenet Prize
IEEE Computer Society Charles Babbage Award
Sidney Fernbach Award
Applied mathematics
Computer science
MIT
Thesis
Eigenvalues and Condition Numbers of Random Matrices
Doctoral advisor
Lloyd N. Trefethen
Jeff Bezanson
Ioana Dumitriu
Yanyuan Ma
math.mit.edu/~edelman
applied mathematics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Microsoft
American Mathematical Society
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Association for Computing Machinery
Julia

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