West was inducted into United States Air Force Hall of Fame in 2018 ...

She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

Fresh off the success of Aamir Khan starrer “Sitaare Zameen Par,” director R.S. Prasanna is developing a biopic on legendary ...

Groundbreaking Black mathematician Gladys West, who helped develop the algorithms behind GPS, died Jan. 17 at age 95. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Marvin Jackson, who co-wrote West's memoir.

EADaily, January 27th, 2026. Russian mathematician Ivan Remizov, according to the HSE press service, was able to solve one of the problems of science, which in mathematics was considered to be ...

The Virginia native is credited with her work at the Naval Proving Ground, where she calculated ways to model the ...

A self-described "little farm girl" in the Jim Crow Era, Gladys West's complex and pioneering work for the U.S. Navy helped ...

Ken Ono, one of the most prominent figures in modern number theory, has taken leave from the University of Virginia to join Axiom Math, an AI startup founded by his former student, Carina Hong.

Dr. Gladys West, mathematician and pioneer behind GPS technology, has died at 95, leaving a lasting legacy in science and ...

Professor Vu Ha Van, a world-renowned Vietnamese mathematician, has officially joined the University of Hong Kong (HKU) after ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Dr. Gladys West, the mathematician whose groundbreaking work made GPS possible, has died at the age of 95.

RICHMOND, Va. — Gladys West, a mathematician who was part of the team that developed the global positioning system -- more ...