1.1. The Polish Academy of Sciences.

The Polish Academy of Science - the most significant scientific institution in Poland - was founded in 1952. Its mission is to work comprehensively to further the advancement of science, in the service of society and for the enrichment of Poland's national culture, while adhering to the highest standards of research quality and ethical norms. The Academy is an elected body of scholars, including national members (ordinary and corresponding members) and also foreign members. The number of national members is limited to a maximum of 350. New members of the Academy are chosen by the General Assembly from among candidate scholars who have made outstanding contributions to their fields and command respect among the scientific community.

1.2. The Award of the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences 1979.

The Award of the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences 1979 was made to Irena Lasiecka.

2.1. International Federation for Information Processing.

The International Federation for Information Processing was established in 1960 as the International Federation of Information Processing Societies after UNESCO identified the need for a global ICT professional body. The founding president was Isaac L Auerbach, who led the organisation until 1965. IFIP took on its current name in 1961.

In the lead up to IFIP's formation, UNESCO organised the first International Conference on Information Processing, held in Paris in June 1959, which later came to be considered the first World Computer Congress (WCC). IFIP's first original contribution was to define the ALGOL 60 programming language, in one of the first examples of truly international collaboration in computer science. IFIP maintains a close relationship with UNESCO today, regularly consulting on issues relating to the development and application of emerging technologies for social benefit.

Recognising the critical role that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) professionalism plays in socially responsible applications of technology, IFIP established the International Professional Practice Partnership (IP3) in 2009. IP3 drives a range of initiatives aimed at encouraging the highest standards of ICT while providing a pathway for the mutual recognition of certified professionals between accredited national member societies.

2.2. The IFIP Silver Core Award.

The IFIP Silver Core distinction is awarded by the IFIP General Assembly in every other year, in recognition of significant achievements of the recipient that are important from the point of view of the mission and goals of IFIP.

Eligible are past and current members of any IFIP body (e.g. members of the General Assembly, members of Technical Committees, Committee officers, member of Working Groups) and people involved in organisation of IFIP events, like chairs of Organisation Committees, Chairs of Programme Committees, etc.

2.3. Irena Lasiecka receives the 1989 IFIP Silver Core Award.

Irena Lasiecka was one of 40 recipients of the 1989 IFIP Silver Core Award.

3.1. The IEEE.

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is the world's largest technical professional organisation dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. IEEE and its members inspire a global community through its highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities. The IEEE sponsors more than 2,000 annual conferences and events worldwide. It publishes approximately a third of the world's technical literature in electrical engineering, computing, and electronics. It is a leading developer of international standards that underpin many of today's telecommunications, information technology, and power-generation products and services. Accomplishments in IEEE technical fields are recognised with annual awards for outstanding contributions to technology, society, and the engineering profession.

3.2. IEEE Fellows.

IEEE Fellow is a distinction reserved for select IEEE members whose extraordinary accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest are deemed fitting of this prestigious grade elevation. Review the sections on this page to learn about the history of the IEEE Fellow grade, the elevation process, and how the programme evolved through the years to become the programme it is today.

3.3. Irena Lasiecka IEEE Fellow 2004.

Irena Lasiecka was named an IEEE Fellow 2004: For Contribution to Boundary Control Systems.

4.1. The ICNPAA Award.

The International Congress of Nonlinear Analysis and Applications (ICNPAA) held the Sixth International Conference on Mathematical Problems in Engineering and Aerospace Sciences at Budapest University of Technology and Economics in June 2006.

4.2. ICNPAA Technical Achievement Award 2006.

Irena Lasiecka received the ICNPAA Technical Achievement Award 2006 at the Sixth International Conference on Mathematical Problems in Engineering and Aerospace Sciences at Budapest University of Technology and Economics on 22 June 2006: For Outstanding Contribution to Nonlinear Mathematical Analysis.

5.1. The W T and Idalia Reid Award.

Established by Idalia Reid in honour of her husband W T Reid and first awarded in 1994, the W T and Idalia Reid Prize in Mathematics is awarded annually by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) in the broadly-defined areas of differential equations and control theory.

5.2. Irena Lasiecka receives the W T and Idalia Reid Award.

Irena Lasiecka of the University of Virginia has received the 2011 W T and Idalia Reid Prize in Mathematics from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). Established in 1993, this annual prize recognises outstanding work in or other contributions to the broadly defined areas of differential equations and control theory. The prize fund was endowed by the late Mrs Idalia Reid to honour her husband. The recipient of the prize receives a cash award of US$10,000 and an engraved medal. Lasiecka was honoured for "her fundamental contributions in control and optimisation theory, particularly for dynamical systems governed by partial differential equations and their applications." She delivered a lecture at the SIAM Conference on Control and its Applications on 27 July 2011.

5.3. Dan Heuchert reports on Irena Lasiecka receiving the Reid Award.

Irena Lasiecka, professor of mathematics in the University of Virginia's College of Arts & Sciences, has been selected by her peers worldwide to receive one of the top prizes in the field of differential equations and control theory.

Lasiecka will be awarded the 2011 W T and Idalia Reid Prize, joining "a very distinguished list of winners dating back to the inception of the prize in 1994," according to the executive director of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, which sponsors the annual prize in a specific area of applied mathematics. She is the first woman to receive the award, which includes an engraved medal and a cash prize of $10,000. She will receive the award at the society's annual meeting in late July and has been invited to present a plenary lecture at the conference.

Lasiecka is receiving the Reid Prize in recognition of her cumulative mathematical work in the field of partial differential equations and their control. Various researchers in this field have assisted engineers in aerospace research, such as controlling turbulence and flutter speed, and new applications for this advanced math are being adapted for use in biology, economics, political science and medical science. Lasiecka, who joined the University as a full professor in 1987, is one of just 19 University of Virginia faculty members - and the sole woman - included in a list of the world's most highly cited researchers compiled by the international online research database ISI Highly Cited.com. The list includes less than half of 1 percent of all published researchers in a given field whose work is referred to frequently by their professional peers.

At the University of Virginia, Lasiecka has advised more than 20 Ph.D. students. She was a co-adviser to Daniel Ioan Tătaru, now a full professor at the University of California at Berkeley, who was one of two 2002 winners of the prestigious Bôcher Memorial Prize of the American Mathematical Society.

She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Warsaw. Among her professional associations is service on the advisory scientific board of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Lasiecka's scholarly achievements have been supported by the Division of Mathematical Sciences of the National Science Foundation, which has funded her research without interruption for three decades. She recently received a five-year grant from the agency. Her work has also been funded by the research departments of the U.S. Army and Air Force.

The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics has more than 13,000 members worldwide and is the leading organisation in applied mathematics. Nominations for the W T and Idalia Reid Prize were "received from around the world," according to the Society's executive director, James Crowley.

6.1. The Kosciuszko Foundation.

The Kosciuszko Foundation is dedicated to promoting educational and cultural exchanges between the United States and Poland and to increasing American understanding of Polish culture and history.

Founded in 1925, on the eve of the 150th anniversary of Thaddeus Kosciuszko's enlistment in the American revolutionary cause, the Foundation is a national not-for-profit, nonpartisan, and non-sectarian organisation.

The Foundation's work reaches audiences throughout the United States, through its headquarters in New York City, its Washington DC Center, and its regional Chapters in Chicago, Denver (Rocky Mountain), Sarasota (Florida), Houston (Texas), Orchard Lake (Michigan), Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Springfield (New England), Buffalo (Western New York State), Ohio (Cleveland) as well as through its National Advisory Council.

The Kosciuszko Foundation is a membership organisation, which is supported by contributions from foundations, corporations, and individuals who share the Foundation's mission of fostering the relations and understanding between the United States and Poland.

6.2. The Kosciuszko Foundation Collegium of Eminent Scientists.

Hundreds of eminent scientists of Polish origin and ancestry reside in the United States. These scholars have excelled and achieved high recognition in diverse branches of science. While many are known for their outstanding work within the confines of their particular field of activity, we want to present their achievements to scientists working in other disciplines or to the general public in the USA or in Poland.

In order to bring deserved recognition to the achievements of Polish scientists, the Kosciuszko Foundation (KF) in 2012 established the "Kosciuszko Foundation Collegium of Eminent Scientists."

The goals of this initiative are:

(i) to honour eminent scientists of Polish origin and ancestry who have achieved recognition in the United States.

(ii) to recognise, highlight, and publicise their achievements and important contributions to their respective fields of science through hosting the Collegium's lecture series. Significant achievements by Polish scientists are provided to news media and made accessible through the internet.

(iii) to identify, record, and catalogue eminent Polish scientists and scientists of Polish descent residing in the United States. This compendium will be of interest to future historians in Poland and elsewhere, as well as to Polish organisations.

6.3. Irena Lasiecka named to the Collegium of Eminent Scientists.

Irena Lasiecka was named to the Collegium of Eminent Scientists in 2014.

7.1. AMS Fellows.

The American Mathematical Society (AMS) began their Fellows programme in 2014. The programme recognises members who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilisation of mathematics. The goals of the Fellows programme are:

(i) To create an enlarged class of mathematicians recognised by their peers as distinguished for their contributions to the profession.

(ii) To honour not only the extraordinary but also the excellent.

(iii) To lift the morale of the profession by providing an honour more accessible than those currently available.

(iv) To make mathematicians more competitive for awards, promotion, and honours when they are being compared with colleagues from other disciplines.

(v) To support the advancement of more mathematicians in leadership positions in their own institutions and in the broader society.

7.2. The 2015 Class of AMS Fellows.

Sixty-three mathematical scientists from around the world have been named Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) for 2015, the programme's second year. The Fellows of the American Mathematical Society programme recognises members who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilisation of mathematics. Among the goals of the programme are to create an enlarged class of mathematicians recognised by their peers as distinguished for their contributions to the profession and to honour excellence. The 2015 class of Fellows was honoured at a dessert reception held during the Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Antonio, Texas.

7.2. Citation for Irena Lasiecka.

Irena Lasiecka, University of Memphis, was named a 2015 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society: For contribution to control theory of PDE's, mentorship and service to professional societies.

8.1. SIAM.

The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) is an international community of 14,000 individual members. Almost 500 academic, manufacturing, research and development, service and consulting organisations, government, and military organisations worldwide are institutional members. SIAM was incorporated in 1952 as a non-profit organisation to convey useful mathematical knowledge to other professionals who could implement mathematical theory for practical, industrial, or scientific use.

8.2. The SIAM Fellows Programme.

The SIAM Fellows Programme recognises members of SIAM who have made outstanding contributions to fields served by our community. An individual must have been a member of SIAM for at least seven of the past 10 years, i.e., 84 of the past 120 months (not necessarily consecutive) before a nomination may be initiated.

8.3. Irena Lasiecka awarded SIAM Fellowship in 2019.

Irena Lasiecka, University of Memphis, was awarded a SIAM Fellowship in 2019: For fundamental contributions to control theory of partial differential equations and their dissemination through numerous invited talks, administrative positions in professional societies, and the mentoring of many PhD students and postdoctoral associates.

9.1. The Richard E Bellman Control Heritage Award.

The Richard E Bellman Control Heritage Award is given by the American Automatic Control Council (AACC) for distinguished career contributions to the theory or application of automatic control. It is the highest recognition of professional achievement for US control systems engineers and scientists. The awardee makes a short acceptance speech at the AACC Awards Ceremony. The recipient must have spent a significant part of his/her career in the USA.

9.2. Irena Lasiecka receives the Richard E Bellman Award.

Dr Irena Lasiecka, Distinguished University Professor is the 2019 recipient of the annual Richard E Bellman Control Heritage Award of the American Automatic Control Council, the highest award of such professional organisation. She received the Award on 11 July in Philadelphia, at the annual conference of this society, before a gathering of over 1,000 people. In the 40-year history of this annual Bellman Award, this is the first time that a woman was selected.

Dr Irena Lasiecka, Distinguished University Professor was named a 2019 Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. SIAM Fellows are nominated for excellence in research and/or industrial work, educational and community activities, or other forms of achievements related to the goals of the organisation. Learn more about the 2019 Fellows recipients. Lasiecka was named a fellow for fundamental contributions to control theory of partial differential equations and their dissemination through numerous invited talks, administration positions in professional societies and the mentoring of many PhD students and postdoctoral associates. She is the first University of Memphis faculty member to receive this honour and only the third in the State of Tennessee.

9.3. First Woman to receive the Richard E Bellman Award.

Dr Irena Lasiecka, professor and chair of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Memphis, made history recently when she was awarded the 2019 Richard E Bellman Control Heritage Award. Lasiecka is the first woman to receive the award in its 40-year existence.

The award, named after renowned mathematician Richard E Bellman, was established in 1979 by the American Automatic Control Council (AACC). Given for distinguished career contributions in theory or application of automatic control, it is considered the highest acknowledgement of professional achievement for U.S. control systems engineers and scientists. Lasiecka was recognised for her contributions to boundary control theory of distributed parameter systems. The AACC is a U.S. national member organisation of the International Federation of Automatic Control.

"I am very grateful and humbled to receive the Richard E Bellman Control Heritage Award for 2019 and to join the distinguished list of prior recipients," said Lasiecka. "Such an honour is not a credit to a single individual, but rather the result of collective work and many collaborations over the years. This is particularly true in areas which are by nature interdisciplinary."

After holding full professorships at the University of Florida and the University of Virginia, where she was the Commonwealth Professor of Mathematics, Lasiecka has been a distinguished professor and chair of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Memphis since 2013. She has also held numerous visiting appointments in the U.S. and Europe and has been included in the Institute for Scientific Information list of Highly Cited Researchers since its inception.

She is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Mathematical Society (AMS) and Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, a plenary speaker at SIAM, AMS and IEEE conferences and a former chair of the IFIP TC7-Committee on Modeling and Optimisation. She is the editor-in-chief of Applied Mathematics and Optimisation and Evolution Equations and Control Theory. Her work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Army Research Office and National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Lasiecka received the award recently at the 2019 Annual American Control Conference in Philadelphia.

10.1. The William R Sparks Eminent Faculty Award.

The Willard R Sparks Eminent Faculty Award is the highest distinction given to a faculty member by the University of Memphis. The award is given annually to one faculty member who has made outstanding and sustained contributions to scholarly-creative activity, teaching, and service, bringing honour and recognition to the University. The award is given by the University of Memphis Board of Visitors and includes a $20,000 cash prize and a commemorative crystal. A University committee composed of nine faculty members will screen nominations and identify three finalists. The recipient will then be chosen from among these finalists by a selection committee composed of three members of the Board of Visitors. The award will be presented to the recipient at the Spring Faculty Convocation.

10.2. Irena Lasiecka receives the William R Sparks Eminent Faculty Award.

The Willard R Sparks Eminent Faculty Award is the highest distinction given to a faculty member by the University. The award is given annually to one faculty member who has made outstanding and sustained contributions to scholarly creative activity, teaching and service, bringing honour and recognition to the University.

Dr Irena Lasiecka, Distinguished University Professor and Chair in the Department of Mathematical Sciences is recognised as the recipient of the Willard R Sparks Eminent Faculty Award for 2020.

Before joining the faculty at University of Memphis in August 2013, Lasiecka served 26 years at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, as a Commonwealth Professor of Mathematics, an endowed chair. She earned her PhD in Applied Mathematics at the University of Warsaw. She taught at the Polish Academy of Sciences before being invited as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles under the guidance of late distinguished professor AV Balakrishnan.

Her present-day research is focused on mathematical control theory of models governed by interactive dynamical systems with a variety of goals, including suppressing turbulence in fluids, achieving noise attenuation in an acoustic environment or controlling utter in an oscillating structure. Her research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the Army Research Office.

She has published over 350 research papers and eight research monographs. Her work is highly cited with over 16,000 citations on Google Scholar.

Dr Lasiecka was the first woman to receive

(i) the 2011 W T Idalia Reid Prize awarded by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics for her contribution to Differential Equations and Control Theory, and

(ii) the 2019 Richard E Bellman Control Heritage Award, awarded by the American Automatic Control Council with the citation for her contribution to boundary control theory of distributed parameter systems.

She is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2015), with the citation contribution to control theory of PDEs, mentorship and service to professional societies, Fellow of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (2019) with the citation "For fundamental contributions to control theory of partial differential equations and their dissemination through numerous invited talks, administrative positions in professional societies, and the mentoring of many PhD students and postdoctoral associates", Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (2004) with the citation: "for a contribution to boundary control system", and a Distinguished Fellow of the Collegium of Eminent Scientists of the Kosciuszko Foundation (2004).

She is the recipient of the IFIP Silver Core Award of the International Federation of Information Processes IFIP (1989). She holds an honorary Presidential Professorship in Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2012).

She has been plenary/ key note speaker at many major Conferences sponsored by the AMS, SIAM, IFIP, AIMS. This includes: SIAM Reed Prize Lecture in 2011, Main Lecturer at the NSF-SIAMCBMS Series of lectures at the University of Nebraska , Invited 1-hour AMS Address at Stony Brook in 2016, Plenary Speaker at SIAM-SEAS Conference, Birmingham 2014, Plenary Speaker at IMACS Conference, Athens, GA 2015., Main Lecturer at Oberwolfach Seminar Series, Germany 2016, Bold Aspiration Lecture Series at the University of Kansas, 2013.

Dr Lasiecka serves as the editor-in-chief of two leading journals in her field: Applied Mathematics and Optimization [Springer Verlag] and Evolution Equations and Control Theory [American Institute of Mathematical Sciences]. She serves as an associate editor of over dozen of other mathematical journals.

Dr Lasiecka serves as a Vice Chair of IFIPs Technical Committee 7 on Modeling and Optimization. IFIP - International Federation for Information Processing - with headquarters in Laxenburg, Austria - is the leading world-wide organisation in Information and Communications Technologies and Sciences. It is recognised by the United Nations and represents IT Societies from over 40 countries, covering five continents, with a total membership of over half a million. IFIP links more than 3,500 scientists from Academia and Industry. It comprises of 13 Technical Committees with Technical Committee 7 being one of these.

Dr Lasiecka has advised 30 PhD students and 18 Postdoctoral Fellows. Many of these occupy prominent research positions in Academia and Governmental Labs. They are recipients of major research distinctions and awards such as Böcher Prize in Mathematics, fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and most recently the 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

Dr Lasiecka has been recently appointed as an Eisenbud Professor at the Mathematical Research Institute, the University of California, Berkeley, to conduct research during the Scientific Programme "Mathematical Problems in Fluid Dynamics", to be held in Spring 2021.

10.2. Irena Lasiecka's reaction to receiving the William R Sparks Award.

My initial reaction - as expected - was one of surprise. This was definitely very uplifting and energising news - particularly at the time when we had started facing Covid-19. I am very honoured, indeed humbled, for receiving this award. And I wish to express my gratitude and thanks to the Spark's Family, for their generous gift and the University of Memphis and the Board of Trustees for selecting my candidature.

11.1. Eisenbud Professors.

In 2007, James Simons announced a gift of $5 million from the Simons Foundation to form the Eisenbud Endowment. This endowment is named in honour of former Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Director David Eisenbud. The endowment income is used to attract key senior researchers to spend a substantial period, typically a semester, at the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute. The individuals on this page were partially supported by this endowment.

11.2. Irena Lasiecka named Eisenbud Professor.

Irena Lasiecka, University of Memphis, has received the prestigious honour of being named Eisenbud Professor.

Distinguished University Professor and chair of the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Dr Irena Lasiecka has been selected to be an Eisenbud Professor in the programme 'Mathematical Problems in Fluid Dynamics' during the spring 2021 semester. This will be held at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) at the University of California, Berkeley from 19 January to 28 May 2021. The Eisenbud Professorship is funded by an endowment from the Simons Foundation in support of the MSRI's scientific programs.

As a part of the programme, Lasiecka will be conducting collaborations with other researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, in the area of fluid dynamics and applications, as well as mentoring postdoctoral fellows.

12.1. Irena Lasiecka receives the 2021 Hugo Steinhaus Award.

Irena Lasiecka is the laureate of the Main Prize of the Polish Mathematical Society, the Hugo Steinhaus Award, for the year 2021.

Irena Lasiecka from the University of Memphis, USA, received the Main Prize of the Polish Mathematical Society, the Hugo Steinhaus Award 2021: For her contribution to the development of the mathematical foundations of control theory for models with distributed parameters and their application in continuum mechanics and technology.

12.2. Justification of the jury's decision.

Professor Irena Lasiecka is a world-class specialist in control theory and its applications in continuum mechanics and technology. She is the author of twelve monographs and over three hundred scientific articles. According to MathSciNet, her work has been cited 8363 times, making her one of the most cited mathematicians world-wide.

Her scientific research concerns the theory of optimisation and control of models described by partial differential equations. The applications of mathematical methods developed by her are used to investigate such practical issues as:

- elimination of vibrations in continuous media modelling buildings, bridges or airplanes;

- elimination of noise in acoustic chambers modelling concert halls;

- non-invasive ultrasound control in radiology.

The laureate's contribution to the development of the theory of infinite dimensional dynamical systems in Banach spaces in connection with the analysis of non-standard initial-boundary problems occurring in advanced problems of technology deserves special emphasis.

Irena Lasiecka's research was often financed by non-mathematical grants, including the Air Force Office of Scientific research and the Army Research Office.

The importance of her research is evidenced by prestigious awards from international organisations dealing with the application of mathematics: the SIAM Reid Prize and the Richard E Bellman Control Heritage Award, as well as honorary membership of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).

13.1. Irena Lasiecka elected 2023 Honorary Fellow of the American Academy of Advancement in Sciences.

The University of Memphis' Dr Irena Lasiecka has been elected to the 2022 class of The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the most distinguished honours within the scientific community. She in one of the first two University of Memphis faculty members to be honoured.

"AAAS is proud to elevate this standout individual and recognise the many ways in which she has advanced scientific excellence, tackled complex societal challenges and pushed boundaries that will reap benefits for years to come," said Sudip S Parikh, PhD, AAAS chief executive officer and executive publisher of the Science family of journals.

The 2022 class has moved their fields forward, paving the way for scientific advances that benefit society. They bring diverse and novelty thinking, innovative approaches and passion that will help solve the world's most complex problems.

The new class hails from academic institutions, laboratories and observatories, hospitals and medical centres, museums, global corporations, non-profit organisations, institutes and government agencies (including from the U.S. presidential administration).

Honouring esteemed innovators is a tradition dating back to 1874. The new class joins the ranks of noted Fellows such as Alondra Nelson, deputy assistant to the president and principal deputy director for science and society at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Mae Jemison, the first Black woman to go to space; Steven Chu, 1997 Nobel Laureate in Physics who served as the 12th U.S. Secretary of Energy; W E B Dubois, considered the founding father of American sociology; Ellen Ochoa, veteran astronaut and the Johnson Space Center's first Hispanic and second female director in its history; and Grace Hopper, pioneer in computer software development and programming language.

The new Fellows will receive a certificate and a gold and blue rosette pin (representing science and engineering, respectively) to commemorate their election and will be celebrated in Washington, D.C., in summer 2023. They will also be featured in the AAAS News & Notes section of Science in February 2023.

AAAS Members can be considered for the rank of Fellow if nominated by the steering groups of the association's 24 sections across scientific and engineering disciplines, by three Fellows who are current AAAS Members, or by the CEO of AAAS. Fellows must have been continuous members of AAAS for four years by the end of the calendar year in which they are elected.

14.1. Honouring Mathematicians and Statisticians.

April is Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month. Each year, the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics - a collaboration between SIAM, the American Mathematical Society, the American Statistical Association, and the Mathematical Association of America - holds a month-long celebration to enhance public understanding and appreciation of mathematics and statistics. Mathematical and statistical research drives technological innovation and leads to discoveries of broad societal importance across many scientific fields. Throughout the month of April, universities, high schools, student groups, research institutions, public information offices, and other related organisations host math-related workshops, competitions, lectures, and other activities.

14.2. SAIM highlights influential mathematician Irena Lasiecka.

Dr Irena Lasiecka

Dr Irena Lasiecka currently serves on SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications (CT23) Organising Committee, and has been involved with SIAM since 1981. She served as an editor of SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization (1982-1994), presented several plenary talks at SIAM conferences, was awarded the 2011 W T and Idalia Reid Prize, and is a 2019 SIAM Fellow.

Career

After receiving her Ph.D. from University of Warsaw, Dr Lasiecka spent three years at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in a postdoc position, followed by professorships at the University of Florida and the University of Virginia until 2013. She has also held numerous visiting appointments including Université de Liège, the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications at the University of Minnesota, the University of Bologna, UCLA, the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, and the University of Warsaw. Currently, she is the Distinguished University Professor at the University of Memphis and a former Commonwealth Professor at the University of Virginia.

Research

Dr Lasiecka's research interests are in the general area of control theory for infinite dimensional systems; predominantly partial differential equations (PDEs) with applications to interactive structures, such as they arise in flutter control in aero-elasticity, turbulence suppression in fluids, noise attenuation in acoustic chambers, etc. More recently, Dr Lasiecka has been involved in problems described by Flow-fluid structure interactions and structural acoustic interactions. These are systems described by two different dynamics interacting on a common interface. The control action will be typically applied on an interface-thus influencing both types of dynamics. These interactive models have a multitude of applications in physical phenomena such as control of turbulence, where one deals with an interaction of nonlinear fluid with an elastic structure airplane; control of flutter, where one deals with an interaction of gas with a structure; or, structural acoustic interaction, where acoustic waves interact with a structure acoustic chamber. New methods and technologies within the area of partial differential equations, analysis and numerics have been recently developed in order to provide some answers to important questions asked.

Importance of STEM Careers

Dr Lasiecka believes choosing a career is often a question of the circumstances, particularly in mathematical sciences. "Typically, we are not exposed to this profession much in early adulthood or in a school, other than being told you are good at math," she said. "In most cases, the applied aspects of the field provide for a motivation. Then, one realises that mathematics is foundational and the mother of all sciences. At the same time, it provides flexibility and diversity. One can choose different paths in STEM."

Dr Lasiecka emphasises that STEM careers are essential to our society. "Technological progress is possible because of progress in STEM," she said. "It opens door to so many disciplines like engineering, life sciences, and medicine, with critical bearing on the quality of human life. It cannot be more rewarding. And the possibility of meeting such diverse communities to discuss research projects of mutual interests can be appealing."

15.1. The IFIP.

The IFIP was established in 1960 under the auspices of UNESCO and is incorporated in Austria. The Mission of IFIP is to achieve the worldwide professional and socially responsible development and application of information and communication technologies.

IFIP links over 4,000 scientists from academia and industry, with more than 100 Working Groups reporting to 13 Technical Committees covering subject areas including Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT), Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Education, ICT Skills, ICT and Sustainable Development, Gender, Diversity and ICT, Entertainment Computing, Human-Computer Interaction, and Computers and the Environment.

IFIP is the leading multinational organisation in ICT and sciences, recognised by United Nations and other world bodies, and has consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council, UNESCO, and ITU.

IFIP is a supporting partner of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) and with UNIDO.

15.2. Irena Lasiecka elected 2023 International Federation of Information and Processing Fellow.

Irena Lasiecka is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Memphis, Tennessee, USA. She was recognised for her outstanding contribution to the development of mathematical foundations of control theory for distributed parameter systems with applications to engineering and life sciences.

She developed the theory of control and stabilisation of partial differential equations (PDE) interactive systems with an interface, and has an outstanding academic record of publishing seminal research and supervising over 30 PhD students and 18 postdoctoral researchers.

Lasiecka was Chair of WG7.2 from 1989-2002, Vice Chair of TC7 from 1995-2000 and 2008-present and Chair of TC7 from 2001-2008, as well as serving as UD Representative for IFIP sine 1996. She has also played an active role in organising various IFIP conferences and events, including Chairing the TC7 Conference in Poland and WG7.2 Conference in Florida. She was awarded a Silver Core in 1989.

15.3. University of Memphis announcement of Lasiecka's IFIP Fellowship.

Dr Irena Lasiecka, a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, has been honoured with the title of IFIP Fellow by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) in recognition of her outstanding contributions in the field of information processing, alongside four other distinguished individuals. The announcement was made at the latest IFIP General Assembly meeting in Bratislava, where the 2023 Fellows were named: Dines Bjørner, Chris Johnson, Irena Lasiecka, Jayadev Misra, and Jaideep Vaidya.