Chao-Ming Jian

Assistant Professor

Publications

  1. Chao-Ming Jian, Yi-Zhuang You, Romain Vasseur, and Andreas W.W. Ludwig, Measurement-induced criticality in random quantum circuits, Phys. Rev. B 101, 104302 (2020)
  2. Maissam Barkeshli, Parsa Bonderson, Meng Cheng, Chao-Ming Jian, and Kevin Walker, Reflection and time reversal symmetry enriched topological phases of matter: path integrals, non-orientable manifolds, and anomalies, Commun. Math. Phys 374, 1021 (2020)
  3. Xiao-Chuan Wu, Chao-Ming Jian, and Cenke Xu, Lattice models for non-Fermi liquids with tunable transport scalings, Phys. Rev. B 100, 075101(2019)
  4. Chao-Ming Jian and Cenke Xu, Interacting topological insulators with synthetic dimensions, Phys. Rev. X 8, 041030 (2018)
  5. Chao-Ming Jian, Alex Thomson, Alex Rasmussen, Zhen Bi, and Cenke Xu, Deconfined quantum critical point on the triangular lattice, Phys. Rev. B 97, 195115 (2018)
  6. Chao-Ming Jian, Zhen Bi, and Cenke Xu, Lieb-Schultz-Mattis theorem and its generalizations from the perspective of the symmetry-protected topological phase, Phys. Rev. B 97, 054412 (2018)
  7. Xue-Yang Song, Chao-Ming Jian, and Leon Balents, Strongly correlated metal built from sachdev-ye-kitaev models, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 216601(2017)
  8. Zhen Bi, Chao-Ming Jian, Yi-Zhuang You, Kelly Ann Pawlak, and Cenke Xu, Instability of the non-Fermi-liquid state of the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model, Phys. Rev. B 95, 205105 (2017)
  9. Chao-Ming Jian and Xiao-Liang Qi, Layer construction of 3D topological states and string braiding statistics, Phys. Rev. X 4, 041043 (2014)
  10. Maissam Barkeshli, Chao-Ming Jian, and Xiao-Liang Qi, Twist defects and projective non-Abelian braiding statistics, Phys. Rev. B 87, 045130 (2013)
Klarman Hall
510 Clark Hall
chao-ming.jian@cornell.edu
607/2552176

Education

B.S, Fundamental Science, Tsinghua University, 2007-2011. Ph.D., Physics, Stanford University, 2011-2016. Graduate Fellow, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2015. Moore Foundation Fellow, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2016-2017 and 2018-2019. Postdoctoral researcher, Microsoft Station Q, 2017-2018 and 2019-2020. Assistant Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 2020-present.

 

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Debanjan Chowdhury

Assistant Professor

Publications

  1. J.F. Mendez-Valderrama*, E. Tulipman*, E. Zhakina, A.P. Mackenzie, E. Berg and Debanjan Chowdhury,  T-linear resistivity from magneto-elastic scattering: application to PdCrO2, arXiv:2301.10776.

  2. D. Mao and Debanjan Chowdhury, Diamagnetic response and phase stiffness for interacting isolated narrow bands, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120 (11), e2217816120 (2023).

  3. S. Kim, A. Agarwala and Debanjan Chowdhury, Fractionalization and topology in amorphous electronic solids, Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 026202 (2023).

  4. S. Kim, T. Senthil and Debanjan Chowdhury, Continuous Mott transition in moiré semiconductors: role of long-wavelength inhomogeneities, Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 066301 (2023).

  5. Debanjan Chowdhury, A. Georges, O. Parcollet and S. Sachdev, Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev Models and Beyond: A Window into Non-Fermi Liquids, Rev. Mod. Phys. 94, 035004 (2022). 

  6. T. Li, S. Jiang, L. Li, Y. Zhang, K. Kang, J. Zhu, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, Debanjan Chowdhury, L. Fu, J. Shan, K.F. Mak, Continuous Mott transition in semiconductor moiré superlattices, Nature 597, 350 (2021).

  7. C. Lewandowski, S. Nadj-Perge and Debanjan Chowdhury, Does filling-dependent band renormalization aid pairing in twisted bilayer graphene?, npj Quantum Materials 6, 82 (2021).

  8. L. Zou and Debanjan Chowdhury, Deconfined metallic quantum criticality: a U(2) gauge theoretic approach, Phys. Rev. Research 2, 023344 (2020).

  9. J.S. Hofmann, E. Berg and Debanjan Chowdhury, Superconductivity, pseudogap and phase separation in topological flat bands, Phys. Rev. B 102, 201112(R) (2020).

  10. Y. Cao*, Debanjan Chowdhury*, D. Rodan-Legrain, O. Rubies-Bigorda, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, T. Senthil and P. Jarillo-Herrero, Strange metal in magic-angle graphene with near Planckian dissipation, Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 076801 (2020).

  11. Debanjan Chowdhury, Y. Werman, E. Berg and T. Senthil, Translationally invariant non-Fermi liquids with critical Fermi-surfaces: Solvable models, Phys. Rev. X 8, 031024 (2018).

  12. Debanjan Chowdhury, I. Sodemann and T. Senthil, Mixed-valence insulators with neutral Fermi-surfaces, Nature Communications 9, 1766 (2018).

  13. Debanjan Chowdhury and B. Swingle, Onset of many-body chaos in the O(N) model, Phys. Rev. D 96, 065005 (2017).

  14. B. Swingle and Debanjan Chowdhury, Slow scrambling in disordered quantum systems, Phys. Rev. B 95, 060201(R) (2017).

Klarman Hall
514A Clark Hall
debanjanchowdhury@cornell.edu
607/2543318

Education

Integrated M.Sc. in Physics, IIT Kanpur, India, 2010. A.M. in Physics, Harvard University, 2012. Ph.D. in Physics, Harvard University, 2016. Moore foundation fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 2016-2019. Assistant Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 2020. NSF CAREER Award, 2023, Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 2023.

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Jane Wang

Professor

Publications

Z. J. Wang, J. Melfi Jr., A. Leonardo, Recovery mechanisms in the dragonfly righting reflex, Science (2022).

H. Li, T. Goodwill, Z. J. Wang, and L. Ristroph, Center of mass location, flight modes, stability and dynamic modeling of gliders, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2022)

 Z. J. Wang, R. Chang, L. Ristroph, Dragonfly righting reflex, APS-DFD Gallery of Fluids (2021)

A. El-Yacoubi, S. Xu, Z. J. Wang, A New method for computing particle collisions in Navier-Stokes flows , Journal of Computational Physics (2019)

R.M. Noest, Z. J. Wang, Optimal wing hinge location for fast ascent in a model fly , Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2018)

Z. Jane Wang, Insect Flight: From Newton's Law to Neurons , Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics (2016)

S. Chang, Z. J. Wang, Predicting fruit fly's sensing rate with insect flight simulations, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1314738111 (2014)

A. J. Bergou, L. Ristroph, J. Guckenheimer, I. Cohen, Z. J. Wang, Fruit Flies Modulate Passive Wing Pitching to Generate In-Flight Turns, Physical Review Letters 104,148101 (2010)

U. Pesavento, Z. Jane Wang, Flapping Wing Flight Can Save Aerodynamic Power Compared to Steady Flight, Physical Review Letters 103,118102 (2009)

G. Berman, and Z. J. Wang, Energy-minimizing kinematics in hovering insect flight, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 582, 153-168 (2007)

Sheng Xu and Z. Jane Wang, An Immersed Interface Method for Simulating the Interaction of a Fluid with Moving Boundaries, Journal of Computational Physics 201, 454-493 (2006)

A. Andersen, U. Pesavento, and Z. Jane Wang, Unsteady aerodynamics of fluttering and tumbling plates, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 541, 65-90 (2005)

Z. Jane Wang, Dissecting Insect Flight, Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech. 2005.37, 183-210 (2005)

Z. Jane Wang, Two Dimensional Mechanism for Insect Hovering, Physical Review Letters 85.10, 2216-2219 (2000)

Klarman Hall
536 Clark Hall
zw24@cornell.edu
607/255-5354

Education

BS physics, Fudan University 1989. PhD physics, University of Chicago, 1996. NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellow, Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, 1997. Visiting Member, Courant Institute of the Mathematical Sciences, New York University, 1997-1999. Assistant Professor, TAM, Cornell 1999-2004. Associate Professor, TAM, Cornell, 2004-2009. Professor, MAE, Cornell, 2009-Present. Professor, Physics, Cornell, 2011-Present. NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellow (1997). NSF Early Career Award (2001-2006). ONR Young Investigator Award (2001-2004). David and Lucille Packard Fellow (2002-2007). Cornell Provost’s Award for Excellence (2005). Radcliffe Fellow (2007). Fellow of American Physical Society (2014). Visiting Scientist, Janelia Research, HHMI,  2010-2015. Simons Fellow, Newton Institute, University of Cambridge (2017). Simons Fellowship in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (2020). 

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Cyrus Umrigar

Adjunct Professor

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Klarman Hall
511 Clark Hall
cyrusumrigar@cornell.edu
607/254-8710

Education

B.Sc.,1972, Physics and Mathematics, Bombay University. M.Sc., 1974, Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Ph.D., 1980, Physics, Northwestern University. Post-doctoral Associate, Cornell University, Physics, 1981-84. Research Associate, Cornell University, Center for Theory and Simulation in Science and Engineering, 1984-88. Senior Research Associate, Ohio State University, Physics, 1988-89. Research Associate, Cornell University, Center for Theory and Simulation in Science and Engineering, 1989-1992. Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Rhode Island, Physics, 1992-1995. Consultant, Corning Inc., 2000-2001. Senior Research Associate, Cornell Theory Center, 1992-2007. Adjunct Physics Professor, Cornell University, Physics, 2004-present.  Program committee of the Recent Developments in Electronic Structure Methods Workshop, 1990-present. Fellow of the American Physical Society.  Member-at-large, DCOMP, APS, 2006-2009.

 

 

 

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James Sethna

James Gilbert White Professor of Physical Sciences

Publications

Visualizing probabilistic models with Intensive Principal Component Analysis, Katherine N. Quinn, Colin B. Clement, Francesco De Bernardis, Michael D. Niemack, and James P. Sethna, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116, 13762-13767 (2019). See also Data visualization could reveal nature of the universe (Cornell Chronicle article by Melanie Lefkowitz), and Algorithm to map universe, solve mysteries: Study(Times of India, June 26, 2019).

Chebyshev approximation and the global geometry of sloppy models , Katherine N. Quinn, Heather Wilber, Alex Townsend, and James P. Sethna Phys. Rev. Lett 122, 158302 (2019)

Cluster representations and the Wolff algorithm in arbitrary external fields, Jaron Kent-Dobias and James P Sethna, Phys. Rev. E 98, 063306 (2018).

Normal form for renormalization groups, Archishman Raju, Colin B. Clement, Lorien X. Hayden, Jaron P. Kent-Dobias, Danilo B. Liarte, D. Zeb Rocklin and James P. Sethna, Phys. Rev. X 9, 021014 (2019).

Deformation of crystals: Connections with statistical physics, James P. Sethna, Matthew K. Bierbaum, Karin A. Dahmen, Carl P. Goodrich, Julia R. Greer, Lorien X. Hayden, Jaron P. Kent-Dobias, Edward D. Lee, Danilo B. Liarte, Xiaoyue Ni, Katherine N. Quinn, Arichishman Raju, D. Zeb Rocklin, Ashivni Shekhawat, Stefano Zapperi, Annual Review of Materials Research 47 217-246 (2017).

Canonical sectors and evolution of firms in the US Stock markets, Lorien X. Hayden, Ricky Chachra, Alexander A. Alemi, Paul H. Ginsparg, and James P. Sethna, Quantitative Finance, 1-16 (2018). See also our stock analysis website.

Weirdest martensite: Smectic liquid crystal microstructure and Weyl-Poincaré invariance, Danilo B. Liarte, Matthew Bierbaum, Ricardo A. Mosna, Randall D. Kamien, and James P. Sethna, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 147802 (2016), pdf. (Cover story and Editor's Choice for PRL, Cornell chronicle story, and "Two different crystals can be described by the same mathematical rules", by Lisa Zyga at Phys.org.)

You Can Run, You Can Hide: The Epidemiology and Statistical Mechanics of Zombies, Alexander A. Alemi, Matthew Bierbaum, Christopher R. Myers, and James P. Sethna Phys. Rev. E 92, 022146 (2015). Much national media coverage (over 75 articles in the first week, starting with Popular Science, New Scientist, and the Washington Post; over half a million hits on both the Zombie simulator and the photo views.)

Sloppiness and Emergent Theories in Physics, Biology, and Beyond, Mark K. Transtrum, Benjamin B. Machta, Kevin S. Brown, Bryan C. Daniels, Christopher R. Myers, and James P. Sethna, J. Chem. Phys. 143, 010901 (2015).

Parameter Space Compression Underlies Emergent Theories and Predictive Models, Benjamin B. Machta, Ricky Chachra, Mark K. Transtrum, James P. Sethna, Science 342, 604-607 (2013); pdf, full text. See also Physicists unify the structure of scientific theories in the Cornell Chronicle (Anne Ju) and Kathryn McGill's vblog Soft Matters with Jim Sethna from The Physics Factor.

Collective motion of humans in mosh and circle pits at heavy metal concerts, Jesse L. Silverberg, Matthew Bierbaum, James P. Sethna, and Itai Cohen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 228701 (2013). See Jesse Silverberg's TED talk.  Extensive press coverage (Atlantic, Physics World, Popular Science, New Scientist, NBC, National Geographic ...); full listing at Silverberg's Mosh-pit page

Klarman Hall
412 Physical Sciences Building
sethna@lassp.cornell.edu
607/255-5132

Education

BA, 1977, Physics, Harvard University. PhD , 1981, Princeton University. Postdoctoral research associate, Cornell University, 1981-84. Postdoctoral research associate, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1981-84. Assistant Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 1984-89. Associate Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 1989-95. Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 1995-present. Sloan Research Fellow, 1985. Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1985.

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Erich Mueller

Professor

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Selected Publications

Patrick M. Harrington, Erich Mueller, Kater Murch, Engineered Dissipation for Quantum Information Science, Nature Reviews Physics 4, 660 (2022).

Thomas G. Kiely, Erich J. Mueller, Transport in the two-dimensional Fermi-Hubbard model: Lessons from weak coupling, Phys. Rev. B 104, 165143 (2021).

Eliot Kapit, Paul Ginsparg, Erich Mueller, Non-Abelian Braiding of Lattice Bosons, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 066802 (2012) (arXiv:1109.4561)

Yean-an Liao, Ann Sophie C. Rittner, Tobias Paprotta, Wenhui Li, Guthrie B. Partridge, Randall G. Hulet, Stefan K. Baur, Erich J. Mueller, Spin-Imbalance in a One-Dimensional Fermi Gas, Nature 467, 567 (2010) (arXiv:0912.0092)

Erich J. Mueller, Artificial electromagnetism for neutral atoms: Escher staircase and Laughlin liquids, Phys. Rev. A, 70, 041603 (2004)

Tin-Lun Ho, Erich J Mueller, High Temperature Expansion Applied to Fermions near Feshbach Resonance, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 160404 (2004); (cond-mat/0306187)

Klarman Hall
418 Physical Sciences Bldg.
em256@cornell.edu
607/255-1568

Education

B.Sc., Mathematics/Physics, 1996, University of British Columbia. Ph.D., Physics, 2001, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Postdoctoral fellow, Physics, The Ohio State University 2001-2003. Assistant Professor, Physics, Cornell, 2003-2009.  Associate Professor, Physics, Cornell, 2009-2015.  Professor, Physics, Cornell, 2015-Present.  Director, Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics 2015-2023.  Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 2005-2007. Robert A and Donna B Paul Award for excellence in advising 2013. Fellow, American Physical Society, 2015.

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Keywords

  • Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
  • Quantum Information

 

Michael Lawler

Adjunct Professor

Publications

Frustrated quantum mechanical systems:

[1] “Spin origami with Weyl and Dirac line nodes in distorted kagome antiferromagnets”, Krishanu Roychowdhury, D. Zeb Rocklin and Michael J. Lawler (2017), unpublished. See https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.00015)

[2] “Decision making by Berry's flux”, Benjamin O. Sung, Michael J. Lawler. Phys. Rev. B  94, 144438 (2016) (see also https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.03797).

[3] “Theory of supersymmetry protected topological phases of isostatic lattices and highly frustrated magnets”, Michael J. Lawler. Phys. Rev. B 94, 165101 (2016) (see also https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.03697).

 Quantum electronic liquid crystals:

[1] “Mechanism for nematic superconductivity in FeSe”, Jian-Huang She, Michael J. Lawler and Eun-Ah Kim (2017), unpublished. See https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.07813).

[2] “Nematic fluctuations balancing the zoo of phases in half-filled quantum Hall systems”, Andrej Mesaros, Michael J. Lawler, Eun-Ah Kim, Phys. Rev. B 95, 125127 (2017). See also https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.01171).

[3] “Commensurate 4a0 period Charge Density Modulations throughout the  Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x Pseudogap Regime”, A. Mesaros, K. Fujita, S. D. Edkins, M. H. Hamidian, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, J. C. Séamus Davis, M. J. Lawler, Eun-Ah Kim, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., vol. 113, no. 45, 12661-12666 (2016). See also https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.06180).

Klarman Hall
109 Clark Hall
mjl276@cornell.edu

Education

B.Sc., Engineering Physics, 1999, Queen's University. PhD., Physics, 2006, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto, 2006-2008.  Adjunct Assistant Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 2008 - 2017. Adjunct Associate Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 2017 - present. Assistant Professor, Physics, State University of New York at Binghamton, 2008-2016. Associate Professor, Physics, State University of New York at Binghamton, 2016-present. John Bardeen Award for outstanding contributions to electronic materials, 2006. Signal Processing Engineer, Computing Devices Canada, 1998-1999. Software Engineer, Aluminum Canada, 1996-1997.

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Eun-Ah Kim

Professor

Publications

Y. Zhang and E.-A. Kim, “Quantum Loop Topography for Machine Learning”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 118 (2017) 216401 (Featured in Physics Viewpoint).

Y.-T. Hsu, A. Vaezi, M.H. Fischer, E.-A. Kim, “Topological Superconductivity in Monolayer Transitionmetal Dichalcogenides”, Nat. Comm. 8 (2017) 14985.

A. R. Mellnik, J. S. Lee, A. Richardella, J. L. Grab, P. J. Mintun, M. H. Fischer, A. Vaezi, A. Manchon, E.-A. Kim, N. Samarth, and D. C. Ralph, “Spin Transfer Torque Generated by the Topological Insulator Bi2Se3,” Nature 511 (2014) 449.

M. J. Lawler, K. Fujita, J. Lee, A. R. Schmidt, Y. Kohsaka, C. K. Kim, H. Eisaki, S. Uchida, J. C. Davis, J. P. Sethna, E.-A. Kim, “Intra-unit-cell electronic nematicity of the high-Tc copper-oxide pseudogap states,” Nature 466 (2010) 347.

E.-A. Kim and A. Castro-Neto, “Graphene as an electronic membrane,” Euro. Phys. Lett. 84  (2008), 57007.

 

 

 

Klarman Hall
507 Clark Hall
eun-ah.kim@cornell.edu
650/7964135

Education

B.S., Physics, 1998, Seoul National University. M.S., Physics, 2000, Seoul National University. Ph.D., Physics, 2005, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University, 2005-2008. Assistant Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 2008-2014. Associate Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 2014-2018. Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 2019.Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005. John Bardeen Award, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. NSF CAREER Award, 2010-2014. DOE CAREER Award, 2012-2017.

 

 

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Veit Elser

Professor

Publications

V. Elser, A network that learns Strassen multiplication, JMLR 17 (2016) 1-13.

Klarman Hall
426 Physical Sciences Bldg.
ve10@cornell.edu
607/255-2340

Education

B.S., 1979, California Institute of Technology; Ph.D., 1984, U.C. Berkeley. Postdoctoral member of Technical Staff, ATT Bell Laboratories, 1984-86; Member, Technical Staff, ATT Bell Laboratories, 1986-88. Assistant Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 1988-93; Associate Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 1993-2001; Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 2001-present. Visiting professor, Universität Tübingen, 1994-95. William L. McMillan Prize, 1988; Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 1989-92; Presidential Young Investigator, 1989-94; David and Lucille Packard Fellow, 1989-94; Guggenheim Fellow, 1994-95; Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, 1994-95; Erskine Fellow 2010. Simons Fellow in Theoretical Physics, 2015.

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Tomás Arias

Professor, Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow

Klarman Hall
522 Clark Hall
muchomas@ccmr.cornell.edu
607/255-0450

Education

B.Sc., Physics, 1986, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ph.D., 1992, MIT. Post-doctoral Associate, Physics, MIT, 1992-1993. Assistant Professor, Physics, MIT, 1993-1999. Associate Professor, Physics, MIT, 1999. Associate Professor, Physics, Cornell University, 1999 - 2005. Professor of Physics, Cornell University, 2005-present. Andrew Moore Lockett III Award, 1990. Corning Eugene Sullivan Award, 1993. ATT Cooperative Research Fellow, 1986-1992. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow, 1993-1999. Department of Energy Defense Programs Young Scientist, 1996 . MIT School of Science Undergraduate Teaching Prize, 1997, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Outstanding Paper Prize (2001).

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