[cmath] PRESS RELEASE: Juris Steprans Named Next Deputy Director of Fields Institute

[Laura Gass]

PRESS RELEASE

Fields Institute appoints Juris Steprans as Deputy Director.

TORONTO, November 18, 2005. Juris Steprans, Professor of Mathematics and
Statistics at York University, has been appointed Deputy Director of the
Fields Institute, beginning July 1, 2006.

As Deputy Director, Steprans will assist the Fields Institute's
Director, Professor Barbara Lee Keyfitz of the University of Houston, in
providing leadership to the Institute's mathematical research and
education programs. A graduate of Waterloo University, Juris Steprans
received a Mathematics PhD in 1982 from the University of Toronto in the
field of set theory. He has taught at the University of Wisconsin
(Madison), the University of Warsaw and the University of Latvia. He has
spent extended periods at other institutions, including Rutgers
University. His principal work involves applications of set theoretic
methods to questions in mathematical analysis, algebra, measure theory
and topology. He is the author of over fifty research papers and has
organized numerous research conferences and special sessions.

Steprans has been an active participant at the Fields Institute for a
number of years, which led to his being named a Fellow of the Institute
in 2004. Perhaps his most significant contribution was as an organizer
(with Stevo Todorcevic, Alexander Kechris, Alan Dow and Claude Laflamme)
of the semester long thematic program in Set Theory and its Applications
to Analysis. His service to his profession includes his current
positions on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Mathematical Society
(CMS), and as chair of the CMS Publications Committee. He has just
finished a term as chair of Grant Selection committee for Pure
Mathematics, of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.
He was co-organizer and editor of the proceedings of the very successful
two week long STACY conference on set theory and topology held at York
University.

The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Science, located in
Toronto, is recognized as one of the world's leading independent
mathematical research institutions. With a wide array of pure, applied,
industrial, financial and educational programs, The Fields Institute
attracts over 1,000 visitors annually from every corner of the globe, to
collaborate on leading-edge research programs in the mathematical
sciences. It promotes mathematical activity in Canada and helps to
expand the application of mathematics in modern society. 

Major funding is provided by the Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council and the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and
Universities. The Institute's seven principal sponsoring universities
are Carleton, McMaster, and York University, and the Universities of
Ottawa, Toronto, Waterloo, and Western Ontario.  Supported as well by
five affiliate universities and several corporate sponsors, the Fields
Institute is located on the campus of the University of Toronto. See
www.fields.utoronto.ca for further details.

For more information, contact Ms. Laura Gass - Communications Officer,
(416) 348-9710 x3024, lgass at fields.utoronto.ca