Melvin Leok receives New Talent Prize at SciCADE 2007
Friday, October 12, 2007

Melvin Leok, assistant professor of mathematics, received the New Talent Prize at SciCADE 2007 for his work on “Lie group variational integrations and their applications to optimal control.” This prize is awarded in recognition of the best paper submitted in scientific computing and numerical differential equations by a candidate under the age of 35 and within four years of receiving his/her PhD. The prize includes an invitation to present a plenary talk at the conference. SciCADE is a biennial event on scientific computing involving the numerical solution of differential equations.