Jeremy Avigad
Avigad in 2021
Born (1968-01-09) January 9, 1968
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
Doctoral advisorJack Silver
Main interests
Logic, philosophy of mathematics, proof theory, formal verification
Websitewww.andrew.cmu.edu/user/avigad/

Jeremy Avigad is a professor of philosophy and a professor of mathematical sciences at Carnegie Mellon University.

He received a B.A. in mathematics from Harvard University in 1989, and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1995 under the supervision of Jack Silver.[1] He has contributed to the areas of mathematical logic and foundations, formal verification and interactive theorem proving, and the philosophy and history of mathematics.[2] He became Director of the Hoskinson Center for Formal Mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University after Charles Hoskinson donated $20 Million in September 2021 to establish it.[3]

References

  1. โ†‘ Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. โ†‘ Jeremy Avigad's official website at Carnegie Mellon University
  3. โ†‘ "Carnegie Mellon Receives $20 Million to Establish Hoskinson Center for Formal Mathematics in Dietrich College". Carnegie Mellon University (Press release). September 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-27.


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