Английская Википедия:Daphne L. Smith

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Шаблон:Short description Daphne Letitia Smith was the first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),Шаблон:R in 1985.Шаблон:R She is the president of the National Alumnae Association of Spelman College, her alma mater, and a member of Spelman's Board of Trustees; in 2011 she was honored with the Alumnae Association's Hall of Fame Award, "the organization’s highest honor".Шаблон:R

Smith is originally from Ocala, Florida,Шаблон:R and graduated from Spelman College in 1980.Шаблон:R At MIT, she studied probability theory as a student of Richard M. Dudley; her dissertation was Vapnik-Červonenkis Classes and the Supremum Distribution of a Gaussian Process.Шаблон:R She taught at the University of Georgia, Georgia State University and Spelman College before turning to industry, where she has worked as a mathematician and healthcare analyst specializing in disease management.Шаблон:R

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  • Daphne L. Smith, Mathematician of the African Diaspora, Scott W. Williams, State University of New York at Buffalo

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