Dean, Nathaniel
1956-2021 · Contribution: 1987-2015
Mathematics
Founded the Conference for African-American Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences (CAARMS) in 1995 and served a decade as president of the National Association of Mathematicians (2005-2015); pioneered algorithmic graph theory and data-visualization techniques during an eleven-year research career at Bell Labs
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Quick facts
- Born
- 1956-2021
- Active since
- 1987-2015
- Category
- Mathematics
Impact on the world
Dean advanced graph theory and network visualization while building the conferences and volumes that documented and connected Black mathematicians nationwide.
Sources
- Mathematically Gifted & Black
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