News and Announcements

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Join us in Welcoming Prof. Greg Kuperberg to GGAM!
We are excited to add Prof. Greg Kuperberg of the Department of Mathematics as the newest member of GGAM! Prof. Kuperberg's research interests include quantum computing, computational complexity, and numerical integration.
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Join us in Welcoming Prof. Yubei Chen to GGAM!
We are excited to add Prof. Yubei Chen of the Department of Computer Science as the newest member of GGAM! Prof. Chen’s research sits at the intersection of computational neuroscience and deep unsupervised learning.
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Join us in Welcoming Prof. Anuj Kumar to GGAM!
We are excited to add Prof. Anuj Kumar of the Department of Mathematics as the newest member of GGAM! Prof. Kumar's research lies at the intersection of fluid dynamics and partial differential equations, combining mathematical analysis, computational and theoretical approaches to make progress on questions related to transport and mixing in turbulent flows.
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Two GGAM Students Win Best Poster Awards at SIAM NCC
Graduate students Kelli Gutierrez and Jon Forstater were honored with Best Poster Awards at the 2025 SIAM Northern California Chapter (SIAM NCC) meeting. Their work showcases the depth, creativity, and interdisciplinary reach of research happening in our graduate program.
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Join us in Welcoming Prof. Ricardo Masini to GGAM!
We are excited to add Prof. Ricardo Masini of the Department of Statistics as the newest member of GGAM! Prof. Masini's research focuses on theoretical statistics, where mathematics, particularly probability theory, plays a crucial role.
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Join us in Welcoming Prof. Leonor Saiz to GGAM!
We are excited to add Prof. Leonor Saiz of the Department of Biomedical Engineering as the newest member of GGAM! Some of Prof. Saiz's current research topics include: computational biophysics, systems biology, gene regulation modeling, signal transduction networks, multiscale modeling, non-equilibrium dynamics, statistical mechanics, stochastic processes, machine learning, high-dimensional dynamical systems.
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Congratulations to Joshua Petrack – Winner of the Excellent Student/Postdoc Poster Award at DNA31!
Joshua Petrack, Ph.D. student in Applied Mathematics, has won the Best Student/Postdoc Poster Award at DNA31 in Lyon, France! His work, co-authored with Professor David Doty, introduces the first exact algorithm for simulating chemical reaction networks in sublinear time per reaction—a major leap in molecular programming.
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Congratulations to Lauren Mossman on Receiving the Simons Dissertation Fellowship!
Lauren Mossman, Ph.D. student in Applied Mathematics, has been awarded the prestigious Simons Dissertation Fellowship for her groundbreaking research on ecosystem dynamics and species interactions. Her innovative modeling work offers new insights into habitat change, resilience, and ecological management.

Upcoming Seminars

Mon, Apr 13, 1:10PM - Kemper 1131
Math/CS Theory : Bhaskar Roberts, UC Berkeley
Quantum one-time programs

Mon, Apr 13, 2:10PM - MSB 2112
Disc. Math : Catherine Babecki, Caltech
Equitable facility location through spectral graph theory

Tue, Apr 14, 2:10PM - MSB 2112
Geometry : Nathan Dunfield, UIUC / SLMath
Ribbon concordances and slice obstructions: experiments and examples

Tue, Apr 14, 3:10PM - PDSB 1025
Data & Dec. : N. Sukumar, UC Davis
A transfinite formulation to exactly enforce Dirichlet boundary conditions on convex polygonal domains in physics-informed neural networks

Wed, Apr 15, 12:10PM - MSB 2112
Alg. Geometry : Zi Li Lim, UCLA
Rational function progressions

Thu, Apr 16, 1:10PM - MSB 2112
Probability : Victor Ginsberg, UC Berkeley
Temperature chaos for polymers

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