Loren Chuno Udeigwe
Lorens Chuno Udeigwe popularly known as Lawrence Udeigwe [1]is a Nigerian-American Professor of Mathematics at Manhattan College and a Jazz musician.[2][3][4][5]
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| Born | Lawrence Udeigwe |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
Education
Lawrence Udeigwe is a native of Enugu State, but was raised in Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria. He had his primary school at St. Theresa’s Primary School in Wurukum Makurdi and Secondary at Mt St Gabriel’s Secondary School Makurdi. He earned an M.S. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Delaware in 2006, followed by an M.A. in Mathematics in 2008.[6][7][8][9]
Career
Lawrence Udeigwe is an associate professor of Mathematics at Manhattan College in New York, as well as Research Faculty and 21/22 MLK Visiting Associate Professor in Brain & Cognitive Sciences at MIT.[10][11][12]He is also the founder of LCM Cube, an indie label, and hosts "Doing Jazz," a podcast where he chats about music and life. He release his first album in 2006 and formed his first band in Pittsburgh in 2007.[13][14][15]
Udeigwe has worked with Skales and his song 'Do' attracted over 2 million Plays on social media recording close to 500,000 streams online[1]
In 2023, Apple Music named Udeigwe as one of Nigeria's rising artists to watch.[16] and his song "Do" also made Apple Editorial Playlists.[17][18][19][20]
He released two EPs in 2012, “Egwu Oma” and “Reflection,” using the stage name “Lorens Chuno.[8]and On August 24, 2024, He performed at Freedom Park in a show titled An Evening with Udeigwe.[21]
He has also worked with some legendary musicians including drummers Poogie Bell and Roger Humphries, and pianists Geri Allen and Marc Car.[22]
Books
- Bohling. M. E., Udeigwe, L.C. (2022). “The Spiking Neuron Model.”In: Godwyn.E.E., Ganzell, S., Wootton, A. (Eds.), Mathematics Research For the Beginning Student, Volume 2. Foundations for Undergraduate
Research In Mathematics. Birkhause, Cham. DOI: 10.1007?978-3-031-08564-2_5
- Udeigwe, L.C. (2023). “Interfacing Mathematics and Music: A Case for
More Engagement.” Notices Of The AMS, Vol 73, No.22, pp.309-313. DOI: 10.1090?noti2610
- Cirincione, A.,Verrier, R.,Bic, A., Olaiya, S.. Dicarlo, J., Udeigwe, L., Marques,T. (2022). “Implementing Divisive Normalization In CNNs Improve Robustness To Common Image Corruptions.” OpenReview/ NeurIPS.pdf
- Udeigwe,L.C. et Al.(2022). “Neuromatch Academy: A 3-week,
Online Summer School in Computational Neuroscience.” Journal of Open Source Education; Vol . 5, No.49, 118.
- Udeigwe,L.C. (2019). “Using Phase Portraits to Analyze Relationship Dynamics.” SIMIODE. Link
- Udeigwe.L.C., Munro, P.W., Ermentrout, G. B. (2017).
“Emergent Dynamical Properties of the BCM Learning Rule.” Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience, Vol 7(2)
- Udeigwe,L.C.,Ermentrout,G.B.(2015)“Waves And Patterns On Regular Graphs.”SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, Vol. 14(2), pp. 1102-1129
- Udeigwe, L. C. Ermentrout, G. B., Munro, P.W. (2013). “Oscillation and Chaos in The Dynamics Of The BCM Learning Rule.”BMC Neuroscience, Vol. 14(1).
- Smith, D.B., Udeigwe, L. C., Rubin, J. (2007). “Physical Interactions Between D1 and NMDA Receptors as a Possible Inhibitory Mechanism to Avoid Excessive NMDA Currents.” BMCNeuroscience,Vol.8(2).
Professional Membership
He is also a Fellow and Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), Los Angeles, CA. He is a member of SigmaXi an Organization for Computational Neuroscience, Mathematical Association of America a Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.[23]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Do By Lawrence Udeigwe Sweeps Nigeria Off Its Feet. dailytimesng.com.
- ↑ lawrence Udeigwe The Math Professor Redefining Jazz. guardian.ng.
- ↑ Naija Rhythm Affair Nyc Lorens Chuno Self Produced Review By James Nadal. allaboutjazz.com.
- ↑ lawrence Udeigwe It Difficult To Describe Why i do music. thisdaylive.com.
- ↑ don Charges Nigeria To Bridge Music Science And Education. Vanguardngr.com.
- ↑ i have Become All I Wanted To Be As A Child Musician Mathematician Udeigwe. Pmnewsnigeria.com.
- ↑ Udeigwe Drives Purpose With New Single. thisdaylive.com.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 10 interesting facts about nigerian american artist lawrence udeigwe. guardian.ng (2024-02-03).
- ↑ My Plan To Take Over Nigeria Music Udeigwe. vanguardngr.com (2023-04-13).
- ↑ Udeigwe The Unconventional Artiste Fusing Two Extremes. culturecustodian.com.
- ↑ Professor Lawrence Udeigwe Doubles As Jazz Musician. mcquad.org.
- ↑ Lawrence Udeigwe Uses Elegant Math Understand Complex Systems Brain. news.mit.edu.
- ↑ Doing Jazz Podcast Pushing New Music Culture Udeigwe. thesun.ng.
- ↑ My Nigeria Music Udeigwe. Turntablecharts.com.
- ↑ I Tackle Contemporary Issues In My Songs Udeigwe. punchng.com (2023-04-13).
- ↑ lawrence udeigwe The Math Professor Redefining Jazz. guardian.ng.
- ↑ Future Hits. music.apple.com.
- ↑ New Music Daily. music.apple.com.
- ↑ Afro Folks. music.apple.com.
- ↑ Highlife. music.apple.com.
- ↑ Music Meet Lawrence Udeigwe The Math Wiz With Music In His Bones. pulse.ng.
- ↑ lorens Chuno. allaboutjazz.com.
- ↑ Lawrence Udeigwe. manhattan.edu.