Pavel Bleher, Chancellor’s Professor of Mathematical Sciences at IUPUI, and an internationally respected expert in mathematical physics and probability theory, will be honored this weekend with a conference commemorating his 70th birthday. "Mathematical Physics Perspective of Billiards and Dominoes" will be held at UMass Amherst. Plenary speakers from several countries will include IUPUI colleague Michal Misiurewicz.
Bleher joined IUPUI's math department in 1994 and has an impressive record teaching and mentoring exceptional high school, undergraduate and graduate students.
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(Written by: Cindy Fox Aisen)