UC Davis Applied Mathematics

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Applied Math Ph.D. candidate Shuyang Ling wins SIAM Student Paper Prize

He develops mathematical theories and algorithms to solve inverse problems arising from signal processing, wireless communication and image processing. A total of three prizes is awarded this year by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). Shuyang's prize is for his paper "Self-calibration and biconvex compressive sensing", coauthored with his advisor, Prof. Thomas Strohmer.

GGAM member Prof. Zhaojun Bai selected SIAM Fellow

The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) has just announced the 2017 Class of SIAM Fellows, among them Prof. Zhaojun Bai, Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics, who is recognized for significant contributions to numerical linear algebra, eigenvalue computation in particular, and its application to computational science and engineering.

Course Announcements Spring 2017

GGAM Mini-Conference 2017

The GGAM Mini-Conference 2017 took place on February 16. Three speakers, Professors Miles Lopes, Xiaodong Li, and Patrice Koehl, presented their research. Two poster sessions were held, in which graduate students presented their applied mathematics research. The poster session and the following reception were also an opportunity for visiting prospective graduate students to learn about the research activities in GGAM.

Course Announcements Winter 2017

New GGAM member Prof. Luis Rademacher speaker at the 2016/2017 GGAM Annual Meeting

Dr. Rademacher works in theoretical computer science and some related areas. He is primarily interested in the foundations of data science and artificial intelligence and this has lead to a focus on problems in convex geometry, machine learning, matrix computations and optimization. Dr. Rademacher received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has received an NSF CAREER award.

GGAM member Prof. Thomas Strohmer plenary speaker at major conferences

He gave plenary talks at the IEEE Information Theory Workshop in Cambridge in September and at the 50th Annual Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers Conference in November; earlier this year, in May, he gave a plenary talk at the SIAM Conference on Imaging Science.

Mathematics department newsletter 2016

Topics: GGAM member Prof. Kevin Luli receives NSF CAREER award; 2009 Applied Math Ph.D. Deanna Needell receives 2016 IMA Prize, joins UCLA faculty; new faculty and researchers; research highlight by Naoki Saito: "Analyzing Data on Graphs and Networks"; emeritus focus by Roger Wets: "A Treasure Trove of Fundamental Questions"; department awards.

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Research opportunities at CIG, directed by GGAM member Prof. Louise Kellogg

The Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG) develops open-source software for modeling and solving scientific problems in solid-Earth geophysics. CIG facilitates use of high-performance computing in collaboration with national computing facilities. This creates cutting-edge research opportunities for applied mathematics students.

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GGAM Mini-Conference 2017
GGAM member Prof. Rademacher and his collaborators James Voss and Mikhail Belkin apply their new spectral clustering method to image segmentation
Swimming in viscoelastic fluids

GGAM member Prof. Bob Guy explains about his research with GGAM member Prof. Becca Thomases at the GGAM miniconference 2016
Extreme Functions

GGAM member Prof. Matthias Köppe and Applied Math Ph.D. student Yuan Zhou investigate the infinite-dimensional Gomory–Johnson relaxation of mixed-integer optimization problems
GGAM miniconference 2016

Members of the Applied Math graduate student community at the GGAM miniconference 2016 reception
The Perfect Wave

Read more about Professor Steve Shkoller's favorite waves in his research essay "The Perfect Wave"
Theoretical Ecology

GGAM member Prof. Alan Hastings in collaboration with Brett Melbourne uses experiments with beetles and stochastic models to study the effect of global change
Relativistic Shockwaves

Read about work by GGAM member Prof. Blake Temple and 2011 Applied Math Ph.D. graduate Moritz Reintjes on relativistic shockwaves
Compressed Sensing

GGAM member Prof. Miles Lopes contributes to Compressed Sensing with his work on Sparsity Estimation