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    Famous Armenians in Science

    I think this category needs to be added...
    (my totally biased opinion of course)
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    Re: Famous Armenians in Science

    Great idea. I'm certain there are more, but these ones are the ones I had read about or came into indirect contact myself.


    Yervant Terzian: The David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences
    Director, NASA NY Spacegrant, Cornell
    Page not found | Department of Astronomy
    http://www.astro.cornell.edu/people/facstaff-detail.php?pers_id=114


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    Olvi Mangasarian: John von Neumann Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    Olvi L. Mangasarian's Home Page
    http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~olvi/


    Have read some of his papers. In machine learning/pattern recognition and data mining this man is very very big.

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    Ambartsumian, Viktor: Many international astrophysics conferences around the world have been held in his honor. Held the post of president of International Astronomical Union. In fact, astronomy is big in Armenia.
    Britannica
    http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9113042
    Explore the fact-checked online encyclopedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica with hundreds of thousands of objective articles, biographies, videos, and images from experts.

    Viktor Ambartsumian - Wikipedia
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Ambartsumian


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    Sergei Nikitovich Mergelyan: Brilliant mathematician, member of USSR's academy of sciences. Famous for important Mergelyan theorem in complex analysis.
    Sergey Mergelyan - Wikipedia
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Nikitovich_Mergelyan

    Mergelyan's theorem - Wikipedia
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mergelyan's_theorem
    Last edited by karoaper; 07-11-2006, 01:14 PM.

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      Re: Famous Armenians in Science

      Two on the board of trustees of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton are Armenians:

      VARTAN GREGORIAN
      President, Carnegie Corporation of New York
      New York, New York

      MARTIN A. CHOOLJIAN
      President, CH Capital Corporation
      Princeton, New Jersey

      Institute for Advanced Study
      http://www.ias.edu/About/trustees.php


      IAS is of course the world's premier site for advanced scientific research in math, physics (including atomic), chemistry and others top fields, home to Einstein, John von Neumann (father of the computer and arguable biggest genius in the world), Kurt Gödel, etc.
      Last edited by karoaper; 07-11-2006, 01:29 PM.

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        Re: Famous Armenians in Science

        Originally posted by karoaper
        Olvi Mangasarian: John von Neumann Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison
        Olvi L. Mangasarian's Home Page
        http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~olvi/


        Have read some of his papers. In machine learning/pattern recognition and data mining this man is very very big.
        Fully agree!

        Got to mention Raymond Damadian who recently made a bunch of headlines when he wasn't named as one of the recipients for the MRI nobel prize.

        And of course Professor Ann Karagozian at UCLA. It's amazing how capable and smart this lady is and she is also very influential and well known in her field (jet engines, combusion etc).
        Last edited by Sip; 07-11-2006, 03:55 PM.
        this post = teh win.

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          Re: Famous Armenians in Science

          Originally posted by Sip
          Fully agree!

          Got to mention Raymond Damadian who recently made a bunch of headlines when he wasn't named as one of the recipients for the MRI nobel prize.

          And of course Professor Ann Karagozian at UCLA. It's amazing how capable and smart this lady is and she is also very influential and well known in her field (jet engines, combusion etc).
          Does anyone know why Mr. Damadian was not given a nobel for that? Did someone else get the credit?
          Achkerov kute.

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            Re: Famous Armenians in Science

            There was controversy surrounding the discovery of the MRI for many years. In fact, some speculate that the controversy is why it took so long for the Nobel Committe to award a Nobel Prize for the discovery.
            (It was eventually awarded to Paul C Lauterbur and Peter Mansfield in 2003).

            Dr. Damadian had a crucial role in the development of MRI in that he recognized that T1 and T2 can be used. This is what is being used in current MRI instruments. His critics would argue that his solution was incomplete and impractical, but in my view, he should have been acknowledged for his contribution nevertheless.

            I suspect he did not receive the acknowlegement that he deserves, simple because he patented his discoveries (and started a company) rather than get involved in an "academic" pursuit of the technology.

            History is full of people who never got their fair share of acknowledgment for their novel contributions. I am afraid Dr. Damadian has joined that group of scientists.

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              Re: Famous Armenians in Science

              Unfortunately he has, but so long as we know him and always tell the rest of him, that won't be the case.
              Achkerov kute.

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                Re: Famous Armenians in Science

                Inventor of the MRI denied the 2003 Nobel Prize in Medicine
                http://www.fonar.com/nobel.htm
                Inventor of the mri. Stand-Up MRI Scanner from Fonar sets a higher standard in Open magnetic resonance imaging. The Stand-Up MRI scanner features uncompromising design, a new level of openess,comfort,quietness, and most importantly... OUTSTANDING IMAGE QUALITY

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                  Re: Famous Armenians in Science

                  Viktor Ambartsumian, Jack Kevorkian, Artem Mikoyan...

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                    Re: Famous Armenians in Science

                    Originally posted by TomServo
                    Viktor Ambartsumian, Jack Kevorkian, Artem Mikoyan...
                    What is Dr. Jack Kevorkian's scientific contributions?

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