Michael Stillman

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Michael Stillman
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Michael Stillman in 2006 at Oberwolfach
Born
Michael Eugene Stillman

(1957-03-24) March 24, 1957 (age 67)
Nationality American
Alma mater
Known for Macaulay2
Scientific career
Fields Mathematics
Institutions Cornell University
Thesis Construction of Holomorphic Differential Forms on the Moduli Space of Abelian Varieties (1983)
Doctoral advisor David Mumford
Doctoral students Hal Schenck
Website pi.math.cornell.edu/~mike/

Michael Eugene Stillman (born March 24, 1957) is an American mathematician working in computational algebraic geometry and commutative algebra. He is a Professor of Mathematics at Cornell University. He is known for being one of the creators (with Daniel Grayson) of the Macaulay2 computer algebra system.

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Education and career

Michael Stillman completed his PhD at Harvard University in 1983 under the direction of David Mumford. He had postdoctoral positions at the University of Chicago, Brandeis University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before moving to a permanent position at Cornell University in 1987.

Stillman is best known for his work on computer algebra systems. In 1983, he began work with Dave Bayer on the Macaulay computer algebra system, which they continued to improve until 1993. To get beyond several limitations in the design of Macaulay, Stillman and Daniel Grayson began work on the Macaulay2 system in 1993. [1] Macaulay2 remains in active development as of 2019, [2] and has been cited in over 2000 articles. [3]

Stillman has over 30 mathematical publications, and has advised 11 PhD students. [4] [5]

Awards and honors

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References

  1. Eisenbud, David; Grayson, Daniel; Stillman, Michael; Sturmfels, Bernd (2002). Computations in algebraic geometry with Macaulay 2. Berlin New York: Springer. ISBN   3-540-42230-7. MR   1949544.
  2. "Macaulay2".
  3. "Macaulay2 citations on Google Scholar" . Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  4. Michael Eugene Stillman at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  5. "Michael Stillman's CV (dated 2011)" (PDF). Michael Stillman's homepage. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  6. "2015 Class of the Fellows of the AMS" (PDF). Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 62 (3): 285–287. March 2015. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  7. Jacobs, Peter (November 7, 2013). "The 10 Best Professors At Cornell University". Business Insider. Retrieved September 11, 2019.