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Yorktown Heights, NY -- May 27, 1998 -- IBM Research today announced that it will honor Dr. Herman H. Goldstine by renaming a major postdoctoral fellowship for the mathematician.
The newly-named Herman Goldstine Fellowship provides scientists an opportunity to advance their scholarship as resident members of the Mathematical Sciences Department at the T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY. Recipients of this fellowship conduct research in pure and applied mathematics, as well as theoretical and exploratory computer science. Past and present activities of fellowship holders include work on sequential and parallel algorithms, cryptography, numerical analysis, differential equations, logic design, computer music, dynamic systems and approximation theory. The fellowship lasts for one to two years.
"The Mathematical Sciences Department still benefits from the strong leadership and direction Herman Goldstine established," said William Pulleyblank, current director of mathematical sciences at IBM Research.
Goldstine's career has been long and distinguished. Although his early research was in the area of calculus of variations, during WWII he joined John von Neumann in the groundbreaking ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer) project. ENIAC was one of the early innovations that paved the way for the modern computing industry. Goldstine joined IBM in 1958 where he established the Mathematical Sciences Department and served as its first director. As recognition for his contributions to IBM and to science he was appointed an IBM Fellow in 1967, and served in this position until he retired in 1973. Most recently he served as the executive director of the American Philosophical Society.
Goldstine has received numerous awards for his impact on science and technology. The National Medal of Science, the Harry Goode Award, the IEEE Pioneer Award, and memberships in the National Academy of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Science, and the American Philosophical Society are among these awards.
IBM Research is staffed by about 2,800 researchers working at laboratories in the United States, Switzerland, Japan, Israel, India and China. Major areas of research include computer systems, applications and solutions, systems technology, physical sciences, mathematical sciences, storage and communications.
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