The Youngest Professor on Earth

[Bukharan]

http://www.newsday.com/media/photo/2008-04/38118567.jpg

WASHINGTON, April 26: Alia Sabur, a 19-year old Iranian American, has been declared the world's youngest professor in history by the Guinness Book of World Records.

Alia broke the 1717 record set by a student of physicist Isaac Newton, Colin Maclaurin.

She has been setting records and making history throughout her young career; starting with reading at 8 months. Her IQ was determined off the charts.

She went from 4th grade to college, earning a BS in Applied Mathematics summa cum laude from Stony Brook University, New York at age 14, the youngest female in American history.

She then earned an MS and PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Drexel University, Philadelphia.

Alia is the youngest ever to receive fellowships and awards from the US Department of Defence, Nasa and the US National Science Foundation.
She was 18 when she was hired as a professor in the Department of Advanced Technology Fusion at Konkuk University in Seoul, Korea.
"It's really a great honour to be in the company of such great scientists," Alia said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24273418/
http://www.aliasabur.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alia_Sabur

[melo]

Excellent! just like all other genius professors she will be a terrible teacher. :lool:

[Guardian]

I was listening to BBC Worlds Service last week, she was talking to Mathew Banister on Outlook. She has a regret though, as she told in there ... she regrets that she didn't learn to play basketball, because she is too short. :D Excelent ... she is.

[rosefire]

WASHINGTON, April 26: Alia Sabur, a 19-year old Iranian American, has been declared the world's youngest professor in history by the Guinness Book of World Records.

Alia broke the 1717 record set by a student of physicist Isaac Newton, Colin Maclaurin.

She has been setting records and making history throughout her young career; starting with reading at 8 months. Her IQ was determined off the charts.

She went from 4th grade to college, earning a BS in Applied Mathematics summa cum laude from Stony Brook University, New York at age 14, the youngest female in American history.

She then earned an MS and PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Drexel University, Philadelphia.

wow, great!!! respects :)

ps: o'qisen shunaqa o'qisenda.... havas

[Frida]

great! my question, though, how come such a brilliant person was not noticed by MIT or any other top math/tech/ university? Drexel... is like what? University for those who do co-ops and work 50% of their time? like a "PTU" type of thing? just wondering... Samimiy probably knows about Drexel better. Samimiy, isn't it just next to your uni. :) first time I saw Drexel, I thought it was a chenese place or something. don't they have a red dragon as their symbol?

anyhow, nice news!

[Bukharan]

great! my question, though, how come such a brilliant person was not noticed by MIT or any other top math/tech/ university? Drexel... is like what? University for those who do co-ops and work 50% of their time? like a "PTU" type of thing? just wondering... Samimiy probably knows about Drexel better. Samimiy, isn't it just next to your uni. :) first time I saw Drexel, I thought it was a chenese place or something. don't they have a red dragon as their symbol?

anyhow, nice news!

I thought you said 'great', but the rest of your comment put the word in doubt. :lol: Somehow you felt like being sarcastic.

Drexel University info could be found here:

http://www.drexel.edu/

No, it's not a Chinese chicken take-away shop. It seems it is a high education institution and no, they don't do noodles or "Mu Shu Pork". Instead, they give you proper graduation certificates.

Anyway, it seems the Guinness World Records Committee has approved her skills and granted her with such an honorable title. Maybe now she has to apply to your Committee to get the same or a kick on the back.;)

[o'zbek]

in any case, bravo for her.

There is another woman described by some as "the most intelligent woman in the world".
This time, she is from Turan :D

http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/yasam/3829151.asp
Dağıstan Devlet Üniversitesi öğretim üyesi Prof. Nadia Camukova, 199.37 IQ ile dünyanın en üstün zekálı insanı unvanını taşıyor. Prof. Camukova’nın hafızasında tam üç bin kitap bulunuyor. Yedi dil bilen Nadia Camukova, şu anda Türkiye’de ve Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Vakfı’nın davetlisi olarak Ahmet Yesevi konusunda araştırma yapıyor.

[Frida]

I thought you said 'great', but the rest of your comment put the word in doubt. :lol: Somehow you felt like being sarcastic.

Drexel University info could be found here:

http://www.drexel.edu/

No, it's not a Chinese chicken take-away shop. It seems it is a high education institution and no, they don't do noodles or "Mu Shu Pork". Instead, they give you proper graduation certificates.

Anyway, it seems the Guinness World Records Committee has approved her skills and granted her with such an honorable title. Maybe now she has to apply to your Committee to get the same or a kick on the back.;)

i wasn't being sarcastic. i know where drexel is, i have been there and believe me, it is not very impressive, and doesn't look like a "high institutional place". i said what i think, and their symbol indeed looks like some kind of chinese stuff. i am sure just looking at a web-site, as looking at "a single building university", especially at their symbol and trying to figure out what it really is.

i guess being next to Penn doesn't help.

take a look. :)

http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/display/c03002bd-5e01-462a-8140-e317b1ef87ba.jpg

so, the whole point was about university and not her! it is nice to know that there are such an outstanding women out there! and they are succeeding in various fields, even in those which were historically occupied by men.

[nelegal]

Nineteen years old... And her record is outstanding. Hope she will make a good use of her brain.

[Orient]

Chital chto v Koreyi k ney ochen-to radushno otnosyatsya, izza eyo vozrasta.

[melo]

Actually Fridahon it is in Philadelphia, nowhere near Penn State.;) It is also very strange you make determinations about universities by the statues on campus. Is that how you originally picked your university (it clearly can't be because I have no idea what it is anyways)? :lool: :P

I can't think of a better waste of a 19 year old genius than being a professor. :shock: I really wish US universities cared more about the teachng part of class and less about the money and prestige of research. Seems like a genius should be working on fixing the worlds' problems, not reading line for line from their powerpoint presentations to a bunch of students thinking about what they will do this weekend. :D

[Frida]

Actually Fridahon it is in Philadelphia, nowhere near Penn State.;) It is also very strange you make determinations about universities by the statues on campus. Is that how you originally picked your university (it clearly can't be because I have no diea what it is anyways)? :lool: :P



well, i am sorry, i got it confused with University of Pennsylvania, which is right there, next to Drexel. As for the Drexel.... I am not just talking about the statue, as a university it sucks and I know it. I don't want to get into details, cause the thread is not about that. My point was -- how come some university like MIT or UC at Berkley did not notice her and invited her, gave her a scholarship, etc?

[Frida]

btw, they call it Penn. Not Penn State, apparently, but just Penn. So I was not wrong when I said that it was next to Penn. :) ;)

I just realized, that I used to think that it was Penn State that had a really strong linguistics department. now I know, it was UPenn. well, a good lesson for me. ok, i am outta here, do not want to off-top your thread.

[Frida]

World's problems can never be fixed without justice and war. Peace is not a reality of this world. But problems of earth? Maybe..

Demir Kagan, are you sure you aren't in wrong thread? kind of deep for this one. :lol:

[Demir Kağan]

That was a short reply for melo, I didn't want to get off the topic too much. :D

[Bukharan]

I just can't fathom out what has that statue got to do with Alia's genius? Does it mean that the "dragon-obsessed' Drexel University gives away its certificates to any teenager who steps in? Why nobody wants to challenge the Guinness World Records' decision then?

[Frida]

I just can't fathom out what has that statue got to do with Alia's genius? Does it mean that the "dragon-obsessed' Drexel University gives away its certificates to any teenager who steps in? Why nobody wants to challenge the Guinness World Records' decision then?

Bukharan, uspokoysya :) nobody is doubting Alia's knowledge and her success. The question was about the university, and yes, that university indeed gives out certificates for people who get there to work and not to study. They have so called co-op. Basically what you do is to work 50% of your time, and just need to show up on time to take your exams and finish the semester. there are tens of students from Uzbekistan, who I know personally who got enrolled at that university even without speaking English. You just need to prove that you had "English Composition" class (duh! with corruption in our universities, people just get that thing written in there transcripts, and that's all). you just wonder why wouldn't more prestigious university offer her something. and they should! you know, that kind of talents aren't born everyday. melo is right, why would you use such a talent for teaching students, instead they need to use her knowledge in important projects, you know, NASA or some kind of other important things.

and i hope they will....

:) ok, whatever, that is my last post about the university and Alia. :D

[Royal]

http://forum.arbuz.com/showthread.php?t=45620&highlight=Professor

[Bukharan]

But they do take exams there, don't they? lol:lol: Such a shame. I got a travel bug after reading your first postings and thought to visit the Dragon University to grab at least 2 academic degrees at once. It seems even (!) there you have to study first.

Ostensibly, some of our users are fortunate Oxford students and their reaction to Drexel is like "I'm sorry, what???"

Apart from that, the world is still spinning around with its youngest professor on Earth.;)

Bukharan, uspokoysya :) nobody is doubting Alia's knowledge and her success. The question was about the university, and yes, that university indeed gives out certificates for people who get there to work and not to study. They have so called co-op. Basically what you do is to work 50% of your time, and just need to show up on time to take your exams and finish the semester. there are tens of students from Uzbekistan, who I know personally who got enrolled at that university even without speaking English. You just need to prove that you had "English Composition" class (duh! with corruption in our universities, people just get that thing written in there transcripts, and that's all). you just wonder why wouldn't more prestigious university offer her something. and they should! you know, that kind of talents aren't born everyday. melo is right, why would you use such a talent for teaching students, instead they need to use her knowledge in important projects, you know, NASA or some kind of other important things.

and i hope they will....

:) ok, whatever, that is my last post about the university and Alia. :D