Background
IPAM is currently one of eight NSF Mathematical Sciences Institutes in the United States. The initial five year grant was renewed in 2005, and this grant was once again renewed in 2010, for an additional five years.
The institute was co-founded by Tony F. Chan, Mark Green, and Eitan Tadmor; Russ Caflisch is its current director. Christian Ratsch and Jinqiao Duan are its current associate directors. Stanley Osher is its current special projects director.
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