James Yorke - Biography#

James Yorke came to the University of Maryland in 1963 as a graduate student, received a Ph.D. and has remained at the University of Maryland since then. His goal is to find mathematical ideas of broad applicability in the sciences and engineering. He coined the term "chaos" in the mathematical literature of modern dynamical systems theory. He is one of the founding fathers of Chaos Theory.

He has been the Director of the Institute for Physical Science and Technology during the period 1985-2001. He has been the Chair of the Mathematics Department of the University of Maryland during the period 2007-2013.

He has supervised (often jointly with other faculty, especially Edward Ott) 50 Ph.D. dissertations in Physics, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Computer Science.

He has given lectures all over the world. He is extremely well-known all over the world for his seminal and fundamental contributions in Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory.

He has maintained numerous collaborations with European researchers from different countries, where he has has visited and given numerous seminars and scientific discussions.

He has received the prestigious Japan Prize 2003 on Complexity Science and Technology, shared with Benoit Mandelbrot. He has received Honorary Doctorates from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain and from the Université du Havre, Le Havre, France.

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