UF Mathematics

Ulam Colloquium

Stan Ulam (1909-1984) was a Graduate Research Professor at the University of Florida from 1974-1984, and directed the dissertation of Edward Howorka, Ph.D. 1979. He interacted with many engineering and science faculty on campus, and attracted a wide variety of visitors, including Mark Kac, with whom he is pictured below. (This photo, donated by Francoise Ulam, hangs in the Atrium of Little Hall.)

In 1998-99, under the leadership of chair Krishnaswami Alladi, the Department of Mathematics initiated the annual Ulam Colloquium Lecture Series in applied mathematics at the University of Florida.

• 2012-13 Ulam Colloquium by Robert Devaney (Boston University)
• 2011-12 Ulam Colloquium by Rudolph Kalman (University of Florida & Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
• 2010-11 Ulam Colloquium by Sebastian Schreiber (UC Davis)
• 2009-10 Ulam Colloquium by James Keener (University of Utah)
• 2008-09 Ulam Colloquium by R. Daniel Mauldin (University of North Texas)
• 2007-08 Ulam Colloquium by Dominique Foata (Univ. Strasbourg, France)
• 2006-07 Ulam Colloquium by Anil Nerode (Cornell University)
• 2005-06 Ulam Colloquium by Louis Nirenberg (Courant Institute)
• 2004-05 Ulam Colloquium by Richard P. Stanley (MIT)
• 2003-04 Ulam Colloquium by Stan Osher (UCLA)
• 2002-03 Ulam Colloquium by Gerhard Frey (Essen)
• 2001-02 Ulam Colloquium by John Milnor (Stony Brook)
• 2000-01 Ulam Colloquium by Persi Diaconis (Stanford)
• 1999-00 Ulam Colloquium by Gilbert Strang (MIT)
• 1998-99 Ulam Colloquium by James Keener (Utah)