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Encyclopedia > Mathematical Sciences Research Institute

The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), founded in 1982, is a mathematical research institution whose funding sources include the National Science Foundation. The institution is located on the hills of the University of California, Berkeley campus.


MSRI holds programs, workshops, and hosts 20-30 postdoctoral students each year.


It was founded in 1982 by Shiing-shen Chern, Calvin Moore, and I.M. Singer.


List of Directors

1982-1984 Shiing-shen Chern
1984-1992 Irving Kaplansky
1992-1997 William Thurston
1997-current David Eisenbud


External links

  • Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (http://www.msri.org)


 

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