Press and Media Appearances
On awards I have received:
- Jamie Lockwood, "23 Students, 16 Universities, 12 Scientific Challenges, 1 Bright Future," Yodel Anecdotal [Yahoo! Corporation Blog], May 5, 2010. (The press release announcing my selection for the Yahoo! Key Scientific Challenges Program.)
- "2010 Morgan Prize," Notices of the American Mathematical Society 57(4), (2010), pp. 517-518. (The Notices article announcing my Morgan Prize award.)
- "Springer authors tops in mathematics!," Springer Press Releases [Blog], February 16, 2010. (The Morgan Prize attracted the attention of one of the largest mathematics publishing houses.)
- Carolina Millan-Ronchetti, "Scott Kominers wins prestigious Morgan Prize," The Black & White, February 13, 2010. (An article on my Morgan Prize award -- in my high school newspaper!)
- "Scott Duke Kominers receives 2010 AMS-MAA-SIAM Morgan Prize," Harvard University Gazette, February 4, 2010. (An article on my Morgan Prize award in the Harvard University Gazette.)
- "Scott Duke Kominers Receives 2010 AMS-MAA-SIAM Morgan Prize," Public Awareness Officers, American Mathematical Society, January 14, 2010. (The official press release announcing my Morgan Prize award.)
- "Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for Outstanding Research in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Student," January 2010 [Joint Mathematics Meetings] Prizes and awards, January 14, 2010. (The full citation for the my Morgan Prize award, along with my response.)
- "Hoopes winners recognized for outstanding scholarship," Harvard University Gazette, June 4, 2009. (An article listing the 2009 Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize awardees.)
- Naveen N. Srivatsa, "Recipients of Hoopes Prizes Announced," The Harvard Crimson, May 18, 2009. (An article listing the 2009 Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize awardees.)
- "Karl Menger Memorial Awards," AMS Member Newsletter, (Winter 2006). (I won the AMS's Karl Menger Prize at the 2005 International Science and Engineering Fair.)
- "2005 AMS Menger Awards," in "Mathematics People," Notices of the American Mathematical Society 52(8), (2005). (I won the AMS's Karl Menger Prize at the 2005 International Science and Engineering Fair.)
Profiles:
In the Economics blogosphere:
- Michael Schapira, "EC10 and current trends in algorithmic game theory," Algorithmic Game-Theory/Economics [Blog], June 13, 2010. (Schapira cited my paper "Matching In Networks with Bilateral Contracts" as one of the three papers he especially liked at EC'10.)
- Jamie Lockwood, "23 Students, 16 Universities, 12 Scientific Challenges, 1 Bright Future," Yodel Anecdotal [Yahoo! Corporation Blog], May 5, 2010. (The press release announcing my selection for the Yahoo! Key Scientific Challenges Program.)
- Scott Duke Kominers, "Facilitating Efficient Land Assembly," IQSS Headlines [Blog], October 28, 2009. (I wrote an expository article on my work with E. Glen Weyl for the IQSS "guest authors" series.)
- Alvin E. Roth, "Matching with contracts," Market Design [Blog], October 7, 2009. (John Hatfield and I wrote this "guest post" describing our "Many-to-Many Matching with Contracts" paper.)
- Alvin E. Roth, "Markets and fraud," Market Design [Blog], December 24, 2008. (Al Roth directly quoted me in this blog entry, and also included a very kind shout-out.)
- Stephen J. Dubner, "Further Adventures in Bus Stop Strategy," Freakonomics [Blog], January 29, 2008. (A Freakonomics blog post on the "Walk versus Wait" article I co-authored with Justin Chen and Robert Sinnott. This posting generated lots of amusing comments....)
On my Computational Geometry research:
- Erik D. Demaine and Joseph O'Rourke, "Open Problems from CCCG 2007," Proceedings of the 20th Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry (CCCG 2008), (2008). (Contains an announcement of my work with Zachary Abel on the "pushing cubes around" problem.)
- "Shapeshifting Made Easy," Science 321(5894), (2008), p. 1282. (An article on "Hinged Dissections Exist," which I co-authored with Zachary Abel et al.)
- Joseph O'Rourke, "Computational Geometry Column 50," ACM SIGACT News 39(1), (2008). (A professional newsletter article announcing "Hinged Dissections Exist," which I co-authored with Zachary Abel et al.)
On Walk versus Wait: The Lazy Mathematician Wins:
- Conor O'Toole, "The Bus Stop, the Mathematician, and You," Boston Daily [Blog], Boston Magazine, December 17, 2008. (The "Walk versus Wait" article I co-authored with Justin Chen and Robert Sinnott was featured in Boston Magazine.)
- Clive Thompson, "The 8th Annual Year In Ideas: The Bus-Wait Formula," The New York Times Magazine, December 13, 2008. (The "Walk versus Wait" article I co-authored with Justin Chen and Robert Sinnott was featured in the 2008 "Year in Ideas!")
- "Waiting for the Bus," Improbable Research Review, Annals of Improbable Research 14(3), (2008), p. 4. (The "Walk versus Wait" article I co-authored with Justin Chen and Robert Sinnott made it into the AIR!)
- Barbara Ellis, "Mathic Bus Research Puts Techer in Driver's Seat," CaltechNews 42(2), (2008). (Another article on the "Walk versus Wait" article I co-authored with Justin Chen and Robert Sinnott; this time, in a Caltech alumni development publication and with a really spiffy graphic!)
- Igor Waltz, "Escolha preguicosa e a melhor," Ciencia Hoje On-line, February 26, 2008. (Another article on the "Walk versus Wait" article I co-authored with Justin Chen and Robert Sinnott; this time, in Portuguese!)
- Kimberly Wexler, "Harvard solves urban mystery: Wait for the bus," The Boston University Daily Free Press, February 8, 2008. (Another article on the "Walk versus Wait" article I co-authored with Justin Chen and Robert Sinnott; this time, authored by an undergraduate!)
- Noah Bierman, "Starts and Stops: Wait/walk conundrum," The Boston Globe, February 3, 2008. (Another article on the "Walk versus Wait" article I co-authored with Justin Chen and Robert Sinnott, with a picture!)
- Annette Emerson, "Lazy option is best when waiting for the bus," AMS Math in the Media, 2008. (The "Walk versus Wait" article generated so much media coverage that it made the "Math in the Media" column on the American Mathematical Society's website.)
- "Lazy option is best when waiting for the bus," New Scientist 2640, (2008), p. 18. (An article on the "Walk versus Wait" article I co-authored with Justin Chen and Robert Sinnott.)
- "Should I Stay, Should I Go?," Null Hypothesis, February 3, 2008. (Another article on the "Walk versus Wait" article I co-authored with Justin Chen and Robert Sinnott.)
- "Mathematically speaking: wait don't walk," iTWire, February 1, 2008. (Another article on the "Walk versus Wait" article I co-authored with Justin Chen and Robert Sinnott.)
- Stephen J. Dubner, "Further Adventures in Bus Stop Strategy," Freakonomics [Blog], January 29, 2008. (A Freakonomics blog post on the "Walk versus Wait" article I co-authored with Justin Chen and Robert Sinnott. This posting generated lots of amusing comments....)
- "Keep Waiting for the Bus or Walk? Math Has the Answer," The Wall Street Journal: The Informed Reader, January 24, 2008. (A WSJ blog post on the "Walk versus Wait" article I co-authored with Justin Chen and Robert Sinnott; this article was brought to my attention by my friend Ray Fisman.)
- "Take the lazy way: Mathematically, it's better to wait for the bus than walk. See?," Canada's Globeandmail.com, January 24, 2008. (Another article on the "Walk versus Wait" article I co-authored with Justin Chen and Robert Sinnott.)
- "Waiting game wins at the bus stop," London's The Times, January 24, 2008. (Another article on the "Walk versus Wait" article I co-authored with Justin Chen and Robert Sinnott.)
- "Mathematics of waiting for the bus," BoingBoing: A Directory of Wonderful Things, January 23, 2008. (Another article on the "Walk versus Wait" article I co-authored with Justin Chen and Robert Sinnott.)
- "How To Wait For A Bus," Anorak, January 23, 2008. (A satire article on the "Walk versus Wait" article I co-authored with Justin Chen and Robert Sinnott.)
- "Laziness pays off: it's official," Independent Online (IOL): News for South Africa, January 23, 2008. (Another article on the "Walk versus Wait" article I co-authored with Justin Chen and Robert Sinnott; this article also appeared in The South African Star, South Africa's Cape Argus, South Africa's Sunday Independent, South Africa's The Mercury, South Africa's Cape Times, South Africa's Independent on Saturday, India's Daily News & Analysis, The United Arab Emirates' Khaleej Times, Pretoria News, PhysOrg.com, and Pakistan's The News -- International.)
- "Lazy mathematician wins," The Sun, January 23, 2008. (Another article on the "Walk versus Wait" article I co-authored with Justin Chen and Robert Sinnott.)
On my Bernstein research:
Sound bytes and one-line mentions:
- "Nickol Earns Top Prize in Schmidt Freshman Mathematics Contest," Rose-Hulman Campus News, October 7, 2008. (An article on the 2008 Rose-Hulman Fresman Mathematics Competition which John Rickert, Paul Kominers, and I wrote.)
- "Wilson captures first in math competition," The Terre Haute Tribune Star, November 10, 2007. (An article on the 2007 Rose-Hulman Fresman Mathematics Competition which John Rickert, Paul Kominers, and I wrote.)
- Logan R. Ury, "Burden of Proof," The Harvard Crimson, December 6, 2006. (An article on Math 55.)
- Elizabeth S. Widdicombe, "Supporting Young Scientists," Harvard Magazine, (September-October 2006). (An article commenting on the ambitions of several young PRISE fellows--myself included.)
- "Shulman says Harvard's new effort to promote teaching can revolutionalize universities," The Boston Globe, September 5, 2006. (An article on the Leonard Bernstein's Boston (Music 194rs) seminar.)