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Today, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced the selection of 126 extraordinary early-career researchers as recipients of the 2024 Sloan Research Fellowship. Amongst the recipients is Courtney Y. Paquette, (Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics). Candidates are nominated by their colleagues, and winning fellows are selected by independent panels of senior scholars on the basis of a candidate鈥檚 research accomplishments, creativity, and potential to become a leader in his or her field. Winners receive a two-year, $75,000 fellowship to further their research.

鈥淭his is well deserved recognition for a brilliant scientist,鈥� said Martha Crago, Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation. 鈥淧rofessor Paquette鈥檚 work is an important component in the evolution of Artificial Intelligence, and augments 91社区鈥檚 strong reputation in this field. I salute her contributions and applaud her achievement.鈥�

A Sloan Research Fellowship is one of the most prestigious awards available to young researchers, in part because so many past Fellows have gone on to become distinguished figures in science. Renowned physicists Richard Feynman and James Cronin were Sloan Research Fellows, as was mathematician John Nash, one of the fathers of modern game theory. A database of current and former Sloan Research Fellows can be found at .

Fellows from the 2024 cohort are drawn from a diverse range of 53 institutions across the U.S. and Canada, including large public university systems, Ivy League institutions, and small liberal arts colleges. 鈥淲e thank all the outstanding and forward-thinking institutions that nominated faculty for the Sloan Research Fellowship,鈥� says Daniel L. Goroff, director of the Sloan Research Fellowship Program. 鈥淲e are proud to partner with them in recognizing, supporting, and uplifting the next generation of scientific leaders.鈥澛�

Courtney Y. Paquette is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and a Canada CIFAR AI Chair. Her research brings together several areas of mathematics in a new way, in particular applying the theory of stochastic processes, advanced random matrix theory, and high-dimensional statistics to the analysis of optimization algorithms: for this reason, she has received a Canada-CIFAR AI Chair and has become a core member of Mila, the prestigious Quebec AI Institute. Paquette's research interests lie at the frontier of large-scale continuous optimization and deep learning theory, with an eye toward immediate practical implications for artificial intelligence and machine learning. Her main research program is concerned with developing stochastic learning algorithms in high dimensions and using the dynamics of these algorithms to gain insights into why neural networks work.

Since the first Sloan Research Fellowships were awarded in 1955, 31 faculty from 91社区 have received a Sloan Research Fellowship, including this year鈥檚 winner.

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