The Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics at Case Western Reserve University is an active center for mathematical and statistical research. Faculty members conduct research in algebra, analysis, applied mathematics, asymptotic statistics, Bayesian statistics, convexity, dynamical systems, geometry, imaging, inverse problems, life sciences applications, mathematical biology, modeling, numerical analysis, probability, scientific computing, spatial statistics, stochastic systems, and other areas.
MAMS Faculty N. Gurski and J. Orendain Publish Book
MAMS faculty N. Gurski and J. Orendain have published a new book titled Compact Closed 2-Categories: Duality, Enrichment, and Strictification, together with colleague D. Yetter of Kansas State University, through De Gruyter Brill press. Gurski and Yetter started a collaboration in early 2020 by trying to combine the philosophy of categorification...
John Reynolds Harkness professorship to Erkki Somersalo
The Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics is pleased to announce that Professor Erkki Somersalo has been appointed to the prestigious John Reynolds Harkness Professorship. Dr. Somersalo is an internationally recognized applied mathematician, whose research interests include inverse problems with an emphasis on Bayesian computational methods with physics-based modeling...
Professor Calvetti is one of the 2025 Mathematics Fellows of the Simons Foundation
The Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics is delighted to announce that Professor Daniela Calvetti is one of the fifty Simons Fellows in Mathematics for the year 2025. The Simons Foundation, established in 1994 by Jim and Marilyn Simons, advances the frontiers of research in mathematics and the...
Department Administrator Keesha Sellars Receives Outstanding Staff Award
Department Administrator Extraordinaire Keesha Sellars was honored at the annual College of Arts and Sciences end-of-year party on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, as a recipient of the 2023-24 CAS Outstanding Staff Award. Each year, the college awards three CAS staff members a prize of $250 to acknowledge their outstanding...
PhD Student Johnathon Taylor Inspires Young Minds Through Math Corps
Since 2016, Case Western Reserve University has been home to the Math Corps, a caring community of learning formed by local area school students and their CWRU student mentors. This near-peer mentoring program was founded in 1992 by mathematicians at Wayne State University and is now replicated across multiple...
Professor Calvetti receives Faculty Distinguished Research Award
The Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics is thrilled to announce the selection of our own Professor Daniela Calvetti as a 2024 recipient of the Case Western Reserve University Faculty Distinguished Research Award. This award is among the top honors bestowed upon faculty at Case Western Reserve. Please...
PhD graduates spotlight
Few things are as gratifying as seeing our students reach their goals. This graduation season we shine a special spotlight on three of our new PhDs in Applied Mathematics, pictured above (from left to right): Xuan Ma, Zhuojun Yu, and Mercy Amankwah. Mercy Amankwah received her PhD in Applied Mathematics...
ASA DataFest 2024 @ CWRU
On April 12, 2024, 8 teams of undergraduate students gathered to dive into a large, complex, and very interesting data set. They had 48 hours to come up with interesting insights into the data and then present their findings to a panel of judges. The three judges this year were...
Professor Daniela Calvetti co-organized a Power of Diversity in Uncertainty Quantification
The desire to provide young researchers, in particular female and members of minoritized groups, the opportunity to network with their peers and with more experienced researchers around the theme of Uncertainty Quantification is what motivated Dr. Daniela Calvetti, together with Dr. Annalisa Quaini (University of Houston) and Gianluigi Rozza...
Professor Elisabeth Werner co-organizes trimester program at the Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics in Bonn
A Dual Trimester Program: "Synergies between modern probability, geometric analysis and stochastic geometry" is currently (1/8-4/19/2024) being held at the Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, Germany. Elisabeth Werner is one of the organizers (poster). The trimester involves a diverse group of 50+ international researchers in residence for...
The Department is accepting PhD and MS applications for 2025! For full consideration, applications should be submitted by the following deadlines:
PhD Priority – January 5, 2025.
MS Priority – March 1, 2025.
MS & PhD Final – May 12, 2025.
CBM* – March 1, 2025
* Combined Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree Program (for current CWRU students only).
For additional information, please visit the admissions page or contact us at mams-grad-chair@case.edu.
- Our Undergraduate Team Earns Second Place at Spring MAA Competition
- MAMS Departement administrator Keesha Sellars Elected to Staff Advisory Council as a Representative for the College of Arts and Sciences
- Professor Calvetti Wins Simons Foundation Travel Grant
- Dr. Gurski interviewed on ABC News 5 Cleveland
- 12 people from MAMS received the CPR/AED training and certificate
- Dr. Calvetti featured in SIAM celebration of Women’s History month
- Dr. Daniela Calvetti co-organized the SIAM UQ 2024 conference and satellite event on the Power of Diversity in UQ and was interviewed by the Italian State Television news station
- Dr. David Singer’s geometry about Solar Eclipse
- In Memoriam Wojbor Woyczynski on June 9, 2023
- Academic Year 2022-23 Math, Applied Math and Statistics Undergraduate Award Winners
- MAMS undergraduate students win big at the MAA Ohio Spring Meeting
- Dr. Mondal explains what makes a driver high-risk on WalletHub.com
- Professors Calvetti and Somersalo gave a mini tutorial at the SIAM CSE 2023 conference
- MAMS undergraduate alumnus publishes in the Journal Inverse Problems
- Dr. Elisabeth Werner is invited to give lectures at a conference on Harmonic Analysis and Convex Geometry
- MAMS faculty, Dr. David Guarie, publishes in Science Advances
- MAMS undergraduate alumnus publishes in the Journal of Mathematical Biology
- MAMS Faculty, Dr. Peter Thomas, was on Cleveland 19 news explaining mega millions jackpot odds