The Center for Applied Mathematics and Computation involves faculty members and graduate students in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Massachusetts who are interested in research and instruction in applied mathematics and scientific computation. The Center supports a research seminar series, the Applied Analysis and Computation Seminar. The M.S. Program in Applied Mathematics, a two-year professional degree program for students who seek industrial employment, is also coordinated by the Center.
The research interests of the Applied Mathematics faculty span diverse fields of modern applied mathematics, scientific computing and applied analysis and probability. Members of the faculty are also directly involved in applications, among others in biology, ecology, fluid dynamics, geosciences, materials science, optics and soft-condensed matter physics.
Some of the principal research directions of applied mathematics pursued at UMass are: predictive modeling and data science, numerical analysis and scientific computing, including methods for deterministic and stochastic PDE, as well as molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo methods; stochastic modelling, probability theory, stochastic processes and equilibrium and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics; Nonlinear PDE, harmonic analysis, dynamical systems, ergodic theory and mathematical physics, mathematical biology and ecology.
CAM Coordinator: Markos Katsoulakis
Director of M.S. program in Applied Mathematics: Qian-Yong Chen
Research Areas
Data Science, Machine Learning and Predictive Modeling: Qian-Yong Chen, Patrick Flaherty, Maryclare Griffin, Markos Katsoulakis, Yao Li, Yulong Lu, Luc Rey-Bellet, Leili Shahriyari, Wei Zhu
Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory: Yao Li, Luc Rey-Bellet, Hongkun Zhang
Fluid Dynamics: Nathaniel Whitaker, Robin Young
Mathematical Biology: Andreas Buttenschoen, Patrick Flaherty, Panos Kevrekidis, Yao Li, Yulong Lu, Leili Shahriyari, Nathaniel Whitaker
Mathematical Physics: Panos Kevrekidis, Yao Li, Yulong Lu, Luc Rey-Bellet, HongKun Zhang, Wei Zhu, Eric Polizzi (ECE adjunct)
Nonlinear PDEs: Andreas Buttenschoen, Panos Kevrekidis, Andrea Nahmod, Sohrab Shahshahani, Robin Young
Scientific Computing: Andreas Buttenschoen, Qian-Yong Chen, Matthew Dobson, Markos Katsoulakis, Panos Kevrekidis, Yao Li, Yulong Lu, Bruce Turkington, Brian Van Koten, Nathaniel Whitaker, Wei Zhu, Eric Polizzi (ECE-adjunct)
Stochastic Modeling, Probability and Statistical Mechanics: Matthew Dobson, Markos Katsoulakis, Yao Li, Yulong Lu, Luc Rey-Bellet, Leili Shahriyari, Bruce Turkington, Brian Van Koten, HongKun Zhang
PhD Students:
Abdel Kader Geraldo, Hyemin Gu, Tangxin Jin, Dean Katsaros, John Kaushagen, Connor M. Kennedy, George A Kevrekidis, Onur Korkmaz, Trang Minh Le, Kien Nguyen, Ryan Ross, Dilruba Sofia, Georgios Tsolias, Yaping Yuan, Byeongho Ban
Applied Math MS Students:
Julien Brenneck, Nuha Futa, Annabel Holmes, Abdolvahab Khademi Shamami, Linqi Meng, Suzet Nkwaya, Matheau Santana-Gijzen, Xianting Shao, Renato Spacek, Jennifer Sullivan, Wilson Wang, Emma Weber, Si Wu, Feng Xiong
Visiting Assistant Professors:
Siddhant Agrawal, Panagiota Birmpa (funded from AFOSR), Navid Mohammad Mirzaei, Mithun Thudiyangal, Jiayu Zhai
Postdocs:
Ziyu Chen (AFOSR, NSF), Benjamin Zhang (AFOSR), Daniel Eceizabarrena (Simons), Arkadz Kirshtein (NIH), Sumeyye Su (NIH)
Department of Mathematics and Statistics