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Doctoral exam of Ariel Neufeld
![Marcel Nutz, Ariel Neufeld, Martin Schweizer](/news-and-events/news/d-math-news/2015/05/doctoral-exam-of-ariel-neufeld/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.10584662.jpg)
Ariel Neufeld successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled: "Knightian uncertainty in mathematical finance". Congratulations!
Siddhartha Mishra: 2015 Richard-von-Mises Prize
![Award ceremony](/news-and-events/news/d-math-news/2015/05/siddhartha-mishra-receives-richard-von-mises-prize-2015/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1387396166.jpg)
The International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM) has awarded the Richard-von-Mises Prize 2015 to Prof. Siddhartha Mishra, who is a member of the Seminar for Applied Mathematics.
FIM Conference: Analytic aspects of number theory
![Conference poster](/news-and-events/news/d-math-news/2015/05/fim-conference-analytic-aspects-of-number-theory/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1789718961.jpg)
The workshop with 89 participants from all over the world has started today and will last until 22 May 2015. It is organised by Henrik Iwaniec (Rutgers University/ETH Inst. for Theoretical Studies), Emmanuel Kowalski (D-MATH) and Philippe Michel (EPF Lausanne).
Habib Ammari: newly appointed professor
![Habib Ammari](/news-and-events/news/d-math-news/2015/05/habib-ammari-new-professor/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1618784257.jpg)
We warmly welcome our new faculty member Prof. Habib Ammari.
ETH Medals and Willi Studer Prize
![ETH Medal and Willi Studer Prize winners](/news-and-events/news/d-math-news/2015/05/eth-medal-and-willi-studer-prize-2015/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1233762781.jpg)
At the 2015 Graduation Ceremony, four outstanding Master's theses were honoured with the ETH Medal and three graduates received the Willi Studer Prize.