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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” […]
Congratulations to Dr. John R. Taylor for being nominated for the UNC Charlotte Award for Teaching Excellence! This award is to showcase the educators who exemplified creating a dynamic and supportive learning environment for students. Dr. Taylor said he is grateful to the Math Department faculty and in particular, Professor Desire Taylor for their support throughout the […]
Dr Felix Ye from the University at Albany, NY, invited by Dr. Xingjie Li (Helen), will be giving a colloquium talk on Friday, August 23, at 2:00 pm in Fretwell 315. The title: Robust differentiation for regularized optimal transport Abstract: Applications such as unbalanced and fully shuffled regression can be approached by optimizing regularized optimal transport (OT) distances, such […]
Yijiang Wang, a doctoral student in Applied Mathematics, will defend his dissertation topic proposal on Thursday, August 15 at 1:00 PM. His dissertation advisor is Dr. Jiancheng Jiang. The title of Yijiang’s dissertation topic is“Spatial Quantile Estimation of High-Dimensional VAR(P) via Tensor Decomposition”. All interested persons are invited to attend; in particular, graduate faculty and […]
Congratulations to Dr. Wenyu Gao for receiving a seed grant from SDS! The grant is for $10,000 for her proposal — Unlocking Novel Deep Sea Viral Diversity and Function: Leveraging Statistical and Machine Learning Techniques
Congratulations to Dr. Shaoyu Li and Dr. Duan Chen for receiving a grant from the SDS. The grant is for $13,400.00 for their Proposal — Computational Deconvolution for Malaria Bulk Tissue RNA.