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Professor Michael Artin is a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, affiliated with the Department of MATH. His research focuses on Algebraic Geometry and Non-Commutative Algebra. Artin joined the MIT mathematics faculty in 1963 and was appointed Norbert Wiener Professor from 1988-93. He served in various leadership roles at MIT, including Chair of the Pure Mathematics Committee and the Undergraduate Committee. Outside MIT, he was President of the American Mathematical Society from 1990-92. Artin is recognized for his contributions to algebraic geometry and received the Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement, the Wolf Prize in Mathematics, and the National Medal of Science.