David Harold Blackwell is widely regarded as the top African-American mathematician of the 20th century. As the first African-American elected to the National Academy of Sciences who made seminal contributions to the fields of statistics, economics, probability theory, and information theory, he epitomized the word excellence in all fields he touched. We aim to honor Blackwell’s legacy by attempting to increase the number of undergraduate students who aspire to achieve his level of excellence and widen participation of African-American men and women in obtaining PhDs in the mathematical sciences. This research program will take place on the UCLA and UC Berkeley campuses, from June 16 to July 29, 2022. African Americans comprise 4% of PhDs in engineering and 3% of PhDs in mathematics granted from 2010-2020.
The David Harold Blackwell Summer Research Institute will be led by Profs. Todd Coleman (Stanford), Wilfrid Gangbo (UCLA Math), and Jelani Nelson (UC Berkeley EECS), who will mentor the students directly.
For more information visit https://ww3.math.ucla.edu/david-harold-blackwell-summer-research-institute/.
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