Margaret H. Wright, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Margaret H. Wright

American computer scientist

Date of Birth: 18-Feb-1944

Place of Birth: Hanford, California, United States

Profession: computer scientist, mathematician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Margaret H.
Wright (born February 18, 1944) is an American computer scientist and mathematician.She is the Silver Professor of Computer Science and former Chair of the Computer Science department at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, with research interests in optimization, linear algebra, and scientific computing.She is a member of the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering. Earlier at Bell Laboratories, she became head of the Scientific Computing Research Department in 1997, and a Bell Labs Fellow (1998).
She was awarded the Jon von Neumann prize in 2019 in recognition of her pioneering contributions to the numerical solution of optimization problems and to the exposition of the subject. She was the first female president of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) (1995-1996) and is senior editor of the SIAM Review.
In 2002 she became a Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.
In 2009 she became a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
In 2012 she became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.