Eric Michael Rains (born 23 August 1973) is an American mathematician specializing in coding theory and special functions, especially applications from and to noncommutative algebraic geometry. [1]
Eric Rains was 14 when he began classes in 1987. He left Case Western Reserve University with bachelor's degrees in computer science and physics and a master's degree in mathematics at age 17. [2]
By means of a Churchill Scholarship he studied mathematics and physics at the University of Cambridge for the academic year 1991–1992, receiving a Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics. [3] He received his PhD in 1995 from Harvard University with thesis Topics in Probability on Compact Lie Groups under the supervision of Persi Diaconis. [4] From 1995 to 1996, Rains worked at the IDA's Center for Communications Research (CCR) in Princeton. From 1996 to 2002 he was a researcher for AT&T Labs. From 2002 to 2003 he returned to the CCR in Princeton. In 2003, Rains became a full professor at the University of California, Davis. From 2007-2023, Rains was a full professor at Caltech and served as the Executive Officer of the Caltech Mathematics Department from 2019 to 2022. As of Fall 2023, Rains is a professor emeritus at Caltech, per their website.
In the fall of 2006 he was a visiting professor at the University of Melbourne. [3] He is the co-author with Gabriele Nebe and Neil J. A. Sloane of the 2006 book Self-Dual Codes and Invariant Theory. [5]
In 2007, Rains was a plenary speaker at the Western Sectional meeting of the American Mathematical Society (AMS). [3] In 2010 he was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Hyderabad. [6] He was elected a Fellow of the AMS in the class of 2018 for "contributions to coding theory, the theory of random matrices, the study of special functions, non-commutative geometry and number theory". [7]
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Eric Rains was 14 when he began classes in 1987. He left Case Western Reserve University with bachelor's degrees in computer science and physics and a master's degree in mathematics at age 17. [2]
By means of a Churchill Scholarship he studied mathematics and physics at the University of Cambridge for the academic year 1991–1992, receiving a Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics. [3] He received his PhD in 1995 from Harvard University with thesis Topics in Probability on Compact Lie Groups under the supervision of Persi Diaconis. [4] From 1995 to 1996, Rains worked at the IDA's Center for Communications Research (CCR) in Princeton. From 1996 to 2002 he was a researcher for AT&T Labs. From 2002 to 2003 he returned to the CCR in Princeton. In 2003, Rains became a full professor at the University of California, Davis. From 2007-2023, Rains was a full professor at Caltech and served as the Executive Officer of the Caltech Mathematics Department from 2019 to 2022. As of Fall 2023, Rains is a professor emeritus at Caltech, per their website.
In the fall of 2006 he was a visiting professor at the University of Melbourne. [3] He is the co-author with Gabriele Nebe and Neil J. A. Sloane of the 2006 book Self-Dual Codes and Invariant Theory. [5]
In 2007, Rains was a plenary speaker at the Western Sectional meeting of the American Mathematical Society (AMS). [3] In 2010 he was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Hyderabad. [6] He was elected a Fellow of the AMS in the class of 2018 for "contributions to coding theory, the theory of random matrices, the study of special functions, non-commutative geometry and number theory". [7]
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