The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Ronald R. Coifman
Title:
Phillips Professor of Mathematics
Affiliation:
Yale University
Gender:
Male
Award Discipline:
Mathematics and Computer Science
Award Year:
1999
Citation:
"For his fundamental contributions to pure mathematics in the field of harmonic analysis, and for his achievements in the adaptation of that field to the capabilities of the digital computer to produce a family of fast, robust computational tools that have substantially benefited science and technology."
Presented by President William Clinton in a White House (East Room) ceremony on Tuesday, March 14, 2000.