New York University Professor Dennis Shasha,who co-created software systems to combat epidemics,to prevent software piracy,and to create energy-efficient blockchains,has been named asenior member by the National Academy of Inventors(NAI),the organization announced today.“NAI Senior Members are active faculty,scientists,and administrators from NAI Member Institutions who have demonstrated remarkable innovation producing technologies that have brought,or aspire to bring,real impact on the welfare of society,”the Academy said in announcing this year’s selections.“They also have growing success in patents,licensing,and commercialization,while educating and mentoring the next generation of inventors.”Shasha,who holds 31 patents,is among 95 of the foremost emerging academic inventors identified by NAI’s Member Institutions and welcomed to the 2023 class of Senior Members.“This latest class of NAI Senior Members,the largest to date,demonstrates ashared commitment to celebrate the diversity of the academic ecosystem,with 48 outstanding female and/or minority academic inventors included,”the Academy added.“Hailing from 50 NAI member institutions and research universities across the nation,this impressive class are named inventors on over 1200 issued U.S.patents with many of those being licensed and commercialized.”Shasha,a professor at NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and co-author,with Cathy Lazere,of Natural Computing:DNA,Quantum Bits,and the Future of Smart Machines(W.W.Norton,2010),conducts research in biological computing,pattern recognition,and energy-efficient blockchains among other areas.A renowned puzzle creator,Shasha penned Scientific American’s“Puzzling Adventures”series and has authored six puzzle books,including Puzzles for Programmers and Pros(Wrox,2007),Doctor Ecco’s Cyberpuzzles:36 Puzzles for Hackers and Other Mathematical Detectives(W.W.Norton,2004),and Puzzling Adventures:Tales of Strategy,Logic,and Mathematical Skill(W.W.Norton,2005).In 2021,Shasha and his colleagues created asoftware system,EpiPolicy,to combat epidemics,with the aim of maximizing public-health protections while minimizing economic and social costs.“I’m delighted to see how this program has expanded in just acouple years’time,”said Paul R.Sanberg,president of NAI.“It really reflects the shift we are seeing at universities where invention is not only being recognized,but prioritized as well.”A full list of NAI Senior Members is available on the NAI website.The 2023 class of Senior Members will be celebrated at NAI’s Annual Meeting,Diversifying Innovation for aStrong Economy and aSustainable Future,taking place June 25-27,2023,in Washington,D.C.About New York University Founded in 1831,NYU is one of the world’s foremost research universities and is amember of the selective Association of American Universities.NYU has degree-granting university campuses in New York,Abu Dhabi,and Shanghai and has 11 other global academic sites,including London,Paris,Florence,Tel Aviv,Buenos Aires,and Accra.Through its numerous schools and colleges,NYU is aleader in conducting research and providing education in the arts and sciences,engineering,law,medicine,business,dentistry,education,nursing,the cinematic and performing arts,music and studio arts,public administration,social work,and professional studies,among other areas.For more,please visit its website.About the National Academy of Inventors The National Academy of Inventors is amember organization comprising U.S.and international universities,and governmental and non-profit research institutes,with over 4,000 individual inventor members and Fellows spanning more than 250 institutions worldwide.It was founded in 2010 to recognize and encourage inventors with patents issued from the United States Patent and Trademark Office(USPTO),enhance the visibility of academic technology and innovation,encourage the disclosure of intellectual property,educate,and mentor innovative students,and translate the inventions of its members to benefit society.The NAI has aclose partnership with the USPTO and is one of three honorific organizations,along with the National Medals and National Inventors Hall of Fame,working closely with the USPTO on many discovery and innovation support initiatives. 查看详细>>

NYU today announced the first-ever NYU Broadway Orchestra,a new ensemble within NYU Steinhardt’s Music and Performing Arts Professions department designed to train the next generation of Broadway musicians for acareer in the world’s best stage productions and pit orchestras,launching in fall 2018.The course is among the first of its kind in the world and gives students the opportunity to learn the industry-specific skills required to land arole on the theater strip.Budding musicians will learn recording skills,sight reading(using past Broadway books),chamber and ensemble performance,Broadway-specific music technology(including‘click tracks’used to synchronize music to live performance),theater history,and the business of Broadway from seasoned industry professionals.Ted Sperling—Music Director for the current Tony Award-nominated production of My Fair Lady with atheater career spanning thirty years—will serve as the Broadway Orchestra’s music director.John Miller—bass player and music coordinator for more than 130 Broadway shows—will fulfill the orchestra’s artistic advisor role,coinciding with his most recent work as the musical coordinator for Once on this Island,the 2018 Tony Award winner for Best Revival of aMusical,and The Donna Summer Musical on Broadway.“The NYU Broadway Orchestra will be invaluable to students and apowerful start to their careers.This practical,hands on experience shows the realities of working in musical theater and will be awonderful resource for students,regardless of where they end up playing professionally.I’m honored to be offered this opportunity to work with professionals Iadmire and respect at NYU and share my experiences with aspiring musicians,”said Miller.Miller and Sperling will mentor students by conducting the orchestra,leading workshops and discussions—including career-focused roundtable discussions with theater professionals discussing how to land acoveted position in musical theater—and coaching and performing with students inside the pit.Students will also have the opportunity to perform and study theater repertoire from nineteenth-century operettas to contemporary rock and pop shows and will learn the books to multiple shows including Ragtime,City of Angels,and Hairspray.Miller and Sperling worked on the original Broadway productions for multiple shows included in the curriculum.“With outstanding industry connections,world-renowned expertise,and our location in the heart of New York City—mere steps away from New York’s Theater District—NYU is in aunique position to foster apipeline of musical talent for Broadway orchestras.Playing professionally on Broadway is adream for many promising musicians and this initiative will bring them one step closer to fulfilling that ambition,”said Jonathan Haas,co-director of NYU Orchestras.Students will be required to audition for the orchestra and will also perform in NYUO¹or NYUO²,two premier ensembles focusing primarily on large-scale symphonic and chamber orchestra repertoire.The NYU Broadway Orchestra will be co-directed by Stephanie Baer,Director of String Studies,and Jonathan Haas,Director of Percussion Studies at NYU Steinhardt,in addition to Miller and Sperling. 查看详细>>