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After receiving his doctorate, Deng was an instructor at the Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science from 2015 to 2018.
This uses the wrong NYU school name for 2015–2018. The Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science was created in 2025; during Deng’s 2015–2018 appointment, the institution was still the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
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The institutional name in this sentence is anachronistic.
Official NYU sources say the Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science was only established in 2025. NYU’s Courant site describes it as a “new” school and says the announcement created the school then. NYU’s history page separately explains that the institute had been the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences since 1965.
A Princeton University article about the 2026 Fields Medal winners also describes Deng’s post-PhD position as an instructor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences from 2015 to 2018.
So the 2015–2018 appointment could not have been at the 2025-created Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science; the correct historical name was Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
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- Institute | NYU Courant
"Announcing the new Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science" ... "with today’s announcement, it has become a reality."
- History of the Courant Institute | NYU Courant
"It became the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and in 1965 moved to a newly constructed building named in honor of Warren Weaver."
- Princeton alumni awarded three of four 2026 Fields Medals in math
"Deng was an instructor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences from 2015 to 2018 and a professor at the University of Southern California from 2018 to 2024."