Local mathematician honored by national association

Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:25 AM CDT

THE SOUTHERN

CARBONDALE — A national mathematics organization has honored a professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale for his achievements as a scholar.

The Mathematical Association of America recently named Salah E. A. Mohammed as this year’s David Blackwell Lecturer. Mohammed is a professor and distinguished scholar in the Department of Mathematics in the College of Science.

Mohammed will give the lecture titled “Random Dynamics and Memory: Structure Within Chaos” at 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1, during MAA’s annual MathFest in Madison, Wis. MathFest is one of the largest summer meetings for mathematicians in the country.

An abstract of the lecture is available at http://sfde.math.siu.edu/Blackwellabstract1.pdf