16 Facts About Weinan E

Weinan E is known for his pathbreaking work in applied mathematics and machine learning.

Weinan E has made contributions to homogenization theory, theoretical models of turbulence, stochastic partial differential equations, electronic structure analysis, multiscale methods, computational fluid dynamics, and weak KAM theory.

Weinan E is currently a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics at Princeton University, and the Center for Machine Learning Research and the School of Mathematical Sciences at Peking University.

Weinan E was an invited Plenary Speaker of the International Congress of Mathematicians 2022.

Weinan E completed his undergraduate studies in the Department of Mathematics at University of Science and Technology of China in 1982, and his master's degree in Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science at Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1985.

Weinan E then became a visiting member in Courant Institute, New York University from 1989 to 1991, and a member in Institute for Advanced Study from 1991 to 1992.

Weinan E currently holds a professorship at the Center for Machine Learning Research and the School of Mathematical Sciences at Peking University.

Weinan E has made contributions to homogenization theory, theoretical models of turbulence, stochastic partial differential equations, electronic structure analysis, multiscale methods, computational fluid dynamics, and weak KAM theory.

Weinan E has made significant contributions to the mathematical understanding of the microscopic foundation to the macroscopic theories for solids.

Weinan E is a cofounder of Moqi Inc in Beijing, which has developed and provided fingerprint recognition AI technology for the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China.

Weinan E is a major stakeholder of Beijing based big data analysis company PrinceTechs and the director of a project of Program 973, a basic research program initiated by the People's Republic of China to achieve technology and strategic edge in various scientific fields and especially the development of the rare earth minerals industry.

Weinan E received Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering in 1996, and Feng Kang Prize in Scientific Computing in 1999.

Weinan E was elected as a fellow of Institute of Physics in 2005, a fellow of SIAM in 2009, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2011, and a fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2012.

Weinan E was invited to speak at the International Congress of Mathematicians, and at Annual Meeting of the American Mathematical Society.

Weinan E is an invited Plenary Speaker of International Congress of Mathematicians 2022 in St Petersburg.

Weinan E will receive the ICIAM Maxwell Prize 2023 at the 9th International Congress for Industrial and Applied Mathematics for "his seminal contributions to applied mathematics and in particular on analysis and application of machine learning algorithms, multi-scale modeling, the modeling of rare events and stochastic partial differential equations".