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Williams earned her Ph.D. from [[Stanford University]] in 1983, under the supervision of [[Chung Kai-lai]].<ref>{{mathgenealogy|name=Ruth Jeannette Williams|id=22520}}</ref> She was president of the [[Institute of Mathematical Statistics]] for 2011–2012.
Williams earned her Ph.D. from [[Stanford University]] in 1983, under the supervision of [[Chung Kai-lai]].<ref>{{mathgenealogy|name=Ruth Jeannette Williams|id=22520}}</ref> She was president of the [[Institute of Mathematical Statistics]] for 2011–2012.


Williams is a member of the [[National Academy of Sciences]] and a [[fellow]] of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]], the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]], the [[American Mathematical Society]], the [[Institute of Mathematical Statistics]], and the [[Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111206195340/http://www.math.ucsd.edu/people/faculty/Ruth-Williams/ Faculty profile], UCSD, retrieved 2014-12-24.</ref>
Williams is a member of the [[National Academy of Sciences]] and a [[fellow]] of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]], the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]], the [[American Mathematical Society]], the [[Institute of Mathematical Statistics]], and the [[Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111206195340/http://www.math.ucsd.edu/people/faculty/Ruth-Williams/ Faculty profile], UCSD, retrieved 2014-12-24.</ref> In 1998 she was an Invited Speaker of the [[International Congress of Mathematicians]] in Berlin.<ref>{{cite book|author=Williams, Ruth J.|chapter=Reflecting diffusions and queueing networks|title=Doc. Math. (Bielefeld) Extra Vol. ICM Berlin, 1998, vol. III|year=1998|pages=321–330|chapter-url=https://www.elibm.org/ft/10011589000}}</ref>


In 2016 she and [[Martin I. Reiman]] won the [[John von Neumann Theory Prize]] "for seminal research contributions over the past several decades, to the theory and applications of stochastic networks/systems and their heavy traffic approximations".<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.informs.org/ORMS-Today/Public-Articles/December-Volume-43-Number-6/INFORMS-News-Reiman-Williams-share-von-Neumann-Prize|title=Reiman, Williams share von Neumann Prize|journal=INFORMS News|publisher=[[Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences]]|volume=43|issue=6|date=December 2016}}</ref>
In 2016 she and [[Martin I. Reiman]] won the [[John von Neumann Theory Prize]] "for seminal research contributions over the past several decades, to the theory and applications of stochastic networks/systems and their heavy traffic approximations".<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.informs.org/ORMS-Today/Public-Articles/December-Volume-43-Number-6/INFORMS-News-Reiman-Williams-share-von-Neumann-Prize|title=Reiman, Williams share von Neumann Prize|journal=INFORMS News|publisher=[[Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences]]|volume=43|issue=6|date=December 2016}}</ref>

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Ruth Jeannette Williams is an Australian-born American mathematician at the University of California, San Diego where she holds the Charles Lee Powell Chair as a Distinguished Professor of Mathematics. Her research concerns probability theory and stochastic processes.[1]

Williams earned her Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1983, under the supervision of Chung Kai-lai.[2] She was president of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics for 2011–2012.

Williams is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Mathematical Society, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.[3] In 1998 she was an Invited Speaker of the International Congress of Mathematicians in Berlin.[4]

In 2016 she and Martin I. Reiman won the John von Neumann Theory Prize "for seminal research contributions over the past several decades, to the theory and applications of stochastic networks/systems and their heavy traffic approximations".[5]

References

  1. ^ Ruth Williams, UCSD, retrieved 2014-12-24.
  2. ^ Ruth Jeannette Williams at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ^ Faculty profile, UCSD, retrieved 2014-12-24.
  4. ^ Williams, Ruth J. (1998). "Reflecting diffusions and queueing networks". Doc. Math. (Bielefeld) Extra Vol. ICM Berlin, 1998, vol. III. pp. 321–330.
  5. ^ "Reiman, Williams share von Neumann Prize", INFORMS News, 43 (6), Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, December 2016