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Dr. David Eisenbud
Director (On Sabbatical 2018-19)

Biography
 David Eisenbud served as Director of MSRI from 1997 to 2007, and began a new term in 2013. He received his PhD in mathematics in 1970 at the University of Chicago under Saunders MacLane and Chris Robson, and was on the faculty at Brandeis University before coming to Berkeley, where he became Professor of Mathematics in 1997. He served from 2009 to 2011 as Director for Mathematics and the Physical Sciences at the Simons Foundation, and is currently on the Board of Directors of the Foundation. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard, Bonn, and Paris. Eisenbud’s mathematical interests range widely over commutative and non-commutative algebra, algebraic geometry, topology, and computer methods. Eisenbud is Chair of the Editorial Board of the Algebra and Number Theory journal, which he helped found in 2006, and serves on the Board of the Journal of Software for Algebra and Geometry, as well as Springer-Verlag’s book series Algorithms and Computation in Mathematics. Eisenbud was President of the American Mathematical Society from 2003 to 2005. He is a Director of Math for America, a foundation devoted to improving mathematics teaching. He has been a member of the Board of Mathematical Sciences and their Applications of the National Research Council, and is a member of the U.S. National Committee of the International Mathematical Union. In 2006, Eisenbud was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Eisenbud’s interests outside of mathematics include theater, music and juggling. He is the co-author of a paper on the mathematics of juggling. He plays the flute and sings Bach, Brahms, Schubert, Schumann….
Current/Future Committee Membership
Name Office Start Date End Date
Board of Trustees Director (8/1/13-7/31/22) Mar 01, 2009 Jul 31, 2022
Committee on Trustees Director, 8/1/13-7/31/22 Aug 01, 2013 Jul 31, 2022
Committee on Women in Mathematics Ex officio Apr 01, 2017 Jul 31, 2022
Directorate Director Aug 01, 2013 Jul 31, 2022
Donations Acceptance Committee Aug 01, 2014 Mar 31, 2022
Educational Advisory Committee Ex officio, Director Apr 01, 2013 Jul 31, 2022
Finance Committee Director, 8/1/13-7/31/22 Mar 01, 2012 Jul 31, 2022
Human Resources Advisory Ex officio, Director Aug 01, 2013 Jul 31, 2022
Investment Committee Director Aug 01, 2013 Jul 31, 2022
Mathical Prize Aug 01, 2014 Jul 31, 2022
Scientific Advisory Committee Ex officio, Director Aug 01, 2013 Jul 31, 2022
Steering Committee Director, ex officio Aug 01, 2013 Jul 31, 2022

Past Committee Membership
Name Office Start Date End Date
Board of Trustees Ex-officio Trustee (Director) Jul 01, 1997 Jul 31, 2007
Building Committee Ex-officio (Director) Sep 13, 2000 Mar 31, 2006
Building Oversight Committee Ex-officio (Director) Feb 27, 2003 Mar 31, 2006
Capital Campaign Committee Ex-officio (Director) Jun 05, 2001 Jul 31, 2007
Committee of Academic Sponsors Ex-officio (Director) Mar 01, 2003 Jul 31, 2007
Committee on Public Understanding Director, ex officio Aug 01, 2013 Jul 31, 2017
Committee on Public Understanding Director, ex officio Aug 01, 2013 Jul 31, 2017
Committee on Trustees Ex-officio (Director) Mar 01, 2003 Jul 31, 2007
Committee on Trustees May 26, 2009 Mar 01, 2010
Committee on Trustees Jul 28, 2010 Mar 01, 2011
Committee on Trustees Aug 17, 2011 Feb 29, 2012
Committee on Trustees Jul 02, 2012 Feb 28, 2013
Corporate Partners Committee Ex-officio (Director) Mar 01, 2003 Jul 31, 2007
Development Committee Ex-officio (Director) Mar 01, 2003 Jul 31, 2007
Development Committee Chair & Director (8/1/13-7/31/17) Dec 12, 2012 Feb 28, 2017
Directorate Director Jul 01, 1997 Jul 31, 2007
Education Committee Ex-officio (Director) Mar 01, 2003 Jul 31, 2007
Education Committee Ex officio, Director Aug 01, 2013 Jul 31, 2017
Educational Advisory Committee Ex-officio (Director) Mar 01, 2003 Jul 31, 2007
Endowment Campaign Committee Chair & Director (8/1/13-7/31/17) Mar 05, 2011 Jul 31, 2017
Evaluation Committee Ex-officio (Director) Mar 01, 2003 Jul 31, 2007
Evaluation Committee Director Aug 01, 2013 Jul 31, 2017
Finance Committee Ex-officio (Director) Jul 01, 1997 Jul 31, 2007
Human Resources Advisory Ex-officio (Director) Jul 01, 1997 Jul 31, 2007
Long Range Planning Committee Ex-officio (Director) Mar 01, 2005 Apr 01, 2006
Scientific Advisory Committee Ex-officio (Director) Jul 01, 1997 Jul 31, 2007
Steering Committee Director Jul 01, 1997 Jul 31, 2007
Strategic Planning Committee Dec 01, 2016 Mar 31, 2018
1. WorkshopCritical Issues in Mathematics Education 2019: Mathematical Modeling in K-16: Community and Cultural Contexts

Mar 06, 2019
Wednesday
 04:00 PM - 04:15 PM MSRI Workshop Overview and Logistics David Eisenbud (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute), Christine Marshall (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute)
Mar 07, 2019
Thursday
 05:15 PM - 06:00 PM 2018 Mathical Book Prize Reading and Award Ceremony David Eisenbud (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute)
2. WorkshopCritical Issues in Mathematics Education 2018: Access to mathematics by opening doors for students currently excluded from mathematics

Feb 22, 2018
Thursday
 05:00 PM - 05:45 PM Mathical Book Prize reading and award ceremony David Eisenbud (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute), Paul Giganti
3. Summer Graduate SchoolCommutative Algebra and Related Topics

May 23, 2017
Tuesday
 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM Lecture by Eisenbud at Conference hall in the main campus David Eisenbud (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute)
4. WorkshopCritical Issues in Mathematics Education 2017: Observing for Access, Power, and Participation in Mathematics Classrooms as a Strategy to Improve Mathematics Teaching and Learning

Mar 15, 2017
Wednesday
 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM Conference Overview Deborah Ball (University of Michigan), David Eisenbud (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute)
5. WorkshopCritical Issues in Mathematics Education 2016: Observing, Evaluating and Improving Mathematics Teaching from the Early Grades through the University

Feb 10, 2016
Wednesday
 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM Welcome and framing the workshop David Eisenbud (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute), Miriam Sherin (Northwestern University)
6. WorkshopCritical Issues in Mathematics Education 2015: Developmental Mathematics: For whom? Toward what ends?

Mar 18, 2015
Wednesday
 04:00 PM - 04:15 PM Welcome, introductions, and basic overview David Eisenbud (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute), Robert Megginson (University of Michigan)

8. WorkshopCritical Issues in Mathematics Education 2014: The role of the mathematics department in the mathematical preparation of teachers

Mar 26, 2014
Wednesday
 04:00 PM - 04:15 PM Plenary Session: Welcome and Workshop Overview David Eisenbud (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute), Jim Lewis (University of Nebraska)

11. WorkshopCombinatorial Commutative Algebra and Applications

Dec 06, 2012
Thursday
 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM Twenty Points in $${P}^3$$ David Eisenbud (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute)
12. SeminarVector bundles on P^n and representations of GL_n

Jun 15, 2011
Wednesday
 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM Lecture David Eisenbud (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute)

Jun 24, 2009
Wednesday
 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM Toric Varieties- D. Eisenbud David Eisenbud (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute)

16. WorkshopAlgebraic Geometry: Last Week of Program

May 19, 2009
Tuesday
 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Old and New Information on the FIbers of Generic Linear Projections David Eisenbud (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute)
17. WorkshopSage Days: Algebraic Geometry

Mar 10, 2009
Tuesday
 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Doing Algebraic Geometry in Macaulay2- - an introduction David Eisenbud (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute)
18. WorkshopClassical Algebraic Geometry Today

Jan 30, 2009
Friday
 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM Syzygies and Geometry David Eisenbud (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute)
19. WorkshopMSRI's 25th Anniversary Celebration

Jan 29, 2008
Tuesday
 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM Panel Discussion MSRI: Past, Present, and Future Alejandro Adem (University of British Columbia), Lenore Blum (Carnegie Mellon University), Robert Bryant (Duke University), Tony Chan (University of California, Los Angeles), David Eisenbud (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute), Calvin Moore (University of California, Berkeley), Alvin Thaler (Hunter College, CUNY)
20. WorkshopRecent Developments in Arrangements and Configuration Spaces

Aug 11, 2006
Friday
 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM Asymptotic Regularity of Ideals David Eisenbud (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute)
21. WorkshopThe Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching (K-8): Why, What and How?

May 25, 2005
Wednesday
 05:00 PM - 06:15 PM Welcome and Introduction David Eisenbud (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute), Jim Lewis (University of Nebraska)
May 28, 2005
Saturday
 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM What Are the Critical Next Steps with Respect to Policy? What are Directions for Research? Come Back to Evidence. Deborah Ball (University of Michigan), Ruth Cossey (Mills College), David Eisenbud (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute), Jeremy Kilpatrick
22. WorkshopAssessing Students’ Mathematics Learning: Issues, Costs and Benefits

Mar 07, 2004
Sunday
 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM Opening Session Deborah Ball (University of Michigan), David Eisenbud (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute)
23. WorkshopIntroductory Workshop in Commutative Algebra

Sep 09, 2002
Monday
 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM The Geometry of Syzygies, I David Eisenbud (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute) 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM The Geometry of Syzygies, II David Eisenbud (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute) 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM The Geometry of Syzygies, III David Eisenbud (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute)
Sep 11, 2002
Wednesday
 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM The geometry of syzygies David Eisenbud (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute)
Sep 13, 2002
Friday
 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM The geometry of syzygies, continued David Eisenbud (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute) 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM The geometry of syzygies, continued David Eisenbud (MSRI - Mathematical Sciences Research Institute)