Department News

Phuong Nguyen, a doctoral student in Applied Mathematics, will defend her dissertation topic proposal on Wednesday, March 19 at 1:00 pm in Fretwell 315. Phuong’s dissertation advisor is Dr. Loc Nguyen. The title of Phuong’s dissertation topic is“Numerical Differentiation and Inverse Scattering”.  All interested persons are invited to attend; in particular, graduate faculty and graduate students […]

The 3rd International Mathematics and Statistics Student Research Symposium will be held virtually and synchronously on Saturday, April 12, 2025. The conference provides a venue for students (high school, undergraduate, graduate) to present their research in mathematical sciences (mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics and operation research), to learn about current research topics and hang out with like-minded […]

Dr. Masayuki Horiguchi from Kanagawa University, Japan, invited by Dr. Isaac Sonin, will be giving a colloquium talk on Friday, February 21, at 2:00 PM in Fretwell 116.The title and abstract of the talk are provided below. Title: Interval Bayesian Markov decision processes: the average optimality criteria Speaker: Masayuki HORIGUCHI(Kanagawa University, Fac. Sci., Dept. Math., Yokohama Japan) […]

Dr. McCulloch and her research team have been awarded the NC Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCCTM) Innovators Award. This award recognizes and rewards individuals and/or groups who have made an outstanding and noteworthy contribution to mathematics education and/or NCCTM. Dr. McCulloch was awarded this for being a part of developing a suite of research-based […]

Dr. Gunhee Cho from Texas State University, invited by Dr. Hee Cheol Chung, will give a colloquium talk on Friday, September 11, at 2:00 pm in Fretwell 315. The title and abstract of his talk are attached below. Title. Geometry of bounded domains in C^n via Statistical models Abstract. The family of -dimensional normal distributions reveals a distinct differential […]

Dr. Nii Okine from the Appalachian State University will give a colloquium talk on Friday, September 20, at 2:00 pm in Fretwell 315. Title: Ratemaking in a changing environment Abstract: In pricing insurance contracts based on the individual policyholder’s aggregate losses for non-life insurers, the literature has mainly focused on using detailed information from policies […]

Dr. Ning Hao from the University of Arizona invited by Dr. Jiancheng Jiang, will be giving a colloquium talk on Friday, September 13, at 2:00 pm in Fretwell 315.The title and abstract of his talk are attached below. Title: Covariance Estimation and Inference for Time Series Data with Mean Shifts Abstract: Testing for the presence […]

Dr. Teemu Saksala from North Carolina State University invited by Dr. Loc Nguyen, will be giving a colloquium talk on Friday, September 6, at 3:00 pm in Fretwell 315. Title: Inverse Problem for Hyperbolic Partial Differential Operators on Riemannian Manifolds Without Boundary Abstract: In this talk we consider an inverse problem for a hyperbolic partial […]

This 1-day symposium is an annual meeting focusing on Math research and education is on October 26th, 2024. The goal of this event is to strengthen communication & collaboration of mathematical researchers and to provide a networking opportunity for students and faculty within North Carolina and Neighboring States. This year’s keynote speakers are, Dr. Christian […]

Congratulations to Dr. Mikhail Klibanov and Dr. Kevin McGoff on receiving an NSF DMS grant for $535,680 together with PI Shi Chen and other collaborators from Public Health. Their project title is ” MPOPHC: A Novel Mean-Field Game Modeling Framework with Interdependent Health Policies and Public Opinions Feedback Loop for Real-Time Public Health Decision Support” […]