Congratulations to Professor Mary Wootters on being named the 2024 Goldsmith Lecturer. 

 

The Goldsmith Lecturer is a woman, no more than ten years beyond having her highest degree conferred, selected for the quality of her research contributions in information theory and related areas and her ability to deliver an excellent lecture at one of the Society's Schools of Information Theory. Mary will deliver the Goldsmith Lecture at one of the 2024 Information Theory Schools.

 

Mary works in theoretical computer science, applied math, and information theory; her research interests include error-correcting codes and randomized algorithms for dealing with high-dimensional data.