Willard L. Miranker

Willard L. Miranker (March 8 1932) is an American mathematician and computer scientist, known for his contributions to
applied mathematics and numerical mathematics.

Raised in Brooklyn, New York, he earned B.A. (1952), M.S. (1953) and Ph.D. (1956) from the Courant Institute at New York University,the latter on the thesis "The Asymptotic Theory of Solutions of U + (K²)U = 0" advised by Joseph Keller. [ [http://www.genealogy.ams.org/id.php?id=33383 entry] at Mathematics Genealogy Project] He then worked for the mathematics department at Bell Labs (1956–58) before joining
IBM Research (1961). He also held professor affiliations at California Institute of Technology (1963),
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1968), Yale University (1973), University of Paris-Sud (1974),
City University of New York (1966–) and New York University (1970–73).He finally joined the computer science faculty at Yale University (1989), from where he has studied neural networks and the modeling of consciousness. [ [http://www.cs.yale.edu/people/miranker.html short page] from Yale University]

Miranker is also a expressionistic painter, having exhibited internationally in New York City, Paris and Bonn. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7DC1E3CF93AA1575BC0A965958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all The Guide] from New York Times (August 29, 1993).]

Publications

*"Numerical Methods for Stiff Equations And Singular Perturbation Problems" (Kluwer, 1980)
*"Accurate Scientific Computations" (Springer-Verlag, 1986)

Awards

*Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

References