Letter from the Chair
Dear CWRU math, applied math and statistics alumni and friends,
The department has been conquering many challenges and thriving in recent years. The department faculty has received many prestigious awards including Dr. Somersalo’s Guggenheim fellowship and Dr. Calvetti’s SIAM fellowship. We have been recruiting new tenure track faculty (4 joined in Fall 2023, one to join in Fall 2024). We also recruited two new instructors who will join us in Fall 2024. Our PhD program in Statistics is also reopened and we are ready to recruit new PhD students in Fall 2024. We have more academic and social events running to keep faculty, students and staff close together. We have a math graduate student association (MGSA) and SIAM student chapter leadership who are dedicated to creating a welcoming community for our graduate students. We also offered some new graduate and undergraduate courses. We also created an Instagram page to share news of the department. We are grateful to our entire community of friends who continue to support the department with their time, treasure and talent.
-Weihong Guo
Department Events
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.
The second annual Elizabeth S. Meckes Memorial Lecture
The second annual Elizabeth S. Meckes Memorial Lecture, “The Mathematics of Solitaire” was given by Dr. Persi Diaconis on April 5, 2024.
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 (SISSA), to organize a satellite meeting to the SIAM UQ 2024 conference in Trieste, Italy on February 26, 2024.
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.
DEPARTMENT MOURNS LOSS OF PROFESSOR MARY ANN HORN
The Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics is sad to announce the passing of Professor Mary Ann Horn on February 7th, 2024.
MAMS welcomes new tenure-track faculty
In exciting news, the Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics (MAMS) at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) has bolstered its academic ranks by welcoming four new tenure-track faculty members.
Dr. Calvetti featured in SIAM celebration of Women’s History month
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) is celebrating Women’s History Month by featuring women and their contributions to the applied mathematics and computational science field. MAMS Professor Dr. Daniela Calvetti was one of those women.
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. Daniela Calvetti was in the organizing committee of the SIAM Uncertainty Quantification 2024 conference in Trieste, Italy at the end of February, and was a main organizer of a satellite event on the Power of Diversity in Uncertainty Quantification.
Dr. David Singer’s geometry about Solar Eclipse
Dr. David Singer’s geometry about Solar Eclipse.
Awards
Dr. Calvetti receives internal and external recognition as a leading researcher in Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Calvetti was recently elected fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association.
Dr. Guo wins the Innovation Week’s invention award
Dr. Weihong Guo won the Innovation Week’s invention award for her patent with a former PhD student Richard Lartey (now at Cleveland Clinic Foundation) and Medtronic Distinguished Scientist and Technical Fellow Qingguo Zeng.
Dr. Sell receives Nord Grant to develop active learning
Dr. Liz Sell used some of her time developing active learning for multivariable calculus, thanks to a Nord Grant she received from the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE).
Graduate students award2024 Graduate Dean’s Instructional Excellence Award: Roland Baumann Undergraduate students awardsThe Chair’s Award: (1) Dagny McCann (2) Shivani Shah (3) Emily Ye The Lajos F. Takács Mathematics Prize: (1) Muhan Ji (2) David Connor O’Brien (3)Shane Douglas Redmond (4) Achintya Sunil (5) Jeffrey Minzhe Wang The Max Morris Prize: (1)Brooke Hathhorn (2)Beckett Michael Pierce (3)Zeo Anje Vogt (4)Tingting Zhang The Webster Godman Simon Mathematics Award: (1)Alex Alexandra Estler (2) Prarthana Jois Gajjala (3) Quin Platek (4)Sierra Ray Williams (5) Brian J Zhang The Wojbor Wołczyński Math and Statistics Award: (1) Meilin Chen (2) Fred Lee (3) Katherine Min Shi (4) Katheryn Anne Uetz |
New People
New Faculty
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New PhD
from left to right: Attikin Rothacher, Amal Madhu, Emeka Otti, Ayorinde Olatunde, Vincent Cross, Quinnlan Aiken, Anjana Kodikara, Fabio Isaza, Graceanne Paz |
