Biography:Ilijas Farah

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Ilijas Farah

Ilijas Farah (born February 18, 1966, in Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia) is a Canadian-Serbian[1] mathematician and a professor of mathematics at York University in Toronto and at the Mathematical Institute of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia.[2][3] His research focuses on applications of logic to operator algebras.[4]

Career

He received his BSc and MSc in 1988 and 1992 respectively from the Belgrade University and his PhD in 1997 from the University of Toronto.[5][6] He is now a Research Chair in Logic and Operator Algebras at York University, Toronto. Before moving to York University he was an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, York University (1997–99), a Hill Assistant Professor at Rutgers University (1999–2000), and a professor at CUNY–Graduate center and College of Staten Island (2000–02).[7]

Awards, distinctions, and recognitions

  • Sacks prize for the best doctorate in Mathematical Logic, 1997[6]
  • Governor General's gold medal for one of the two best doctorates at the University of Toronto, 1998
  • The Canadian Association for Graduate Studies/University Microfilms International Distinguished Dissertation Award, for the best dissertation in engineering, medicine and the natural sciences in Canada, 1998.
  • Dean's award for outstanding research, York University, 2006.[7]
  • Faculty Excellence in Research Award (Established Research Award), Faculty of Science, York University, 2017[8]

Professor Farah was an invited speaker at the ICM, Seoul 2014, section on Logic and Foundations, where he presented his work on applications of logic to operator algebras.[9][10]

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