Mathematics & Statistics News



Gabriel Quijano, a junior majoring in mathematics, has been awarded the Andrew C. Connor Memorial Award for AY 2023-24

Gabriel Quijano, a junior majoring in mathematics, has been awarded the Andrew C. Connor Memorial Award for AY 2023-24.


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DMS Associate Professor Dr. Luke Oeding selected as a fellow in the 2024 Department of the Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (SFFP)

Dr. Luke Oeding, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics (COSAM), has been selected as a fellow in the 2024 Department of the Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (SFFP)


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DMS students recognized for their exceptional achievements to be honored at COSAM Honors Convocation in April

DMS students have been recognized for their exceptional achievements and will be honored at the upcoming COSAM Honors Convocation in April.


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DMS Associate Professor Luke Oeding (PI) received $40K from the NSF to organize the Conference on Tensor Invariants in Geometry and Complexity Theory

Dr. Luke Oeding (PI) has just received $40K from the National Science Foundation to organize the Conference on Tensor Invariants in Geometry and Complexity Theory


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Ethan Sax, a first-year graduate student, is the recipient of this year’s Calder award.

Ethan Sax, a first-year graduate student in DMS, is the recipient of 2023 Calder award.


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Congratulations to this year's winners of DMS graduate student fellowships and those who received teaching and research citations.

Congratulations to this year's winners of DMS graduate student fellowships and those who received teaching and research citations.


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DMS graduate student DeLeo wins first place and a $200 prize in the COSAM Graduate Student Research Forum's 3 Minute Research Competition

DMS grad student DeLeo wins first place and a $200 prize in the COSAM Graduate Student Research Forum's 3 Minute Research Competition.


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DMS's Zalik to speak at Computational‐Physical Chemistry Seminar

DMS's Richard Zalik to speak at Computational‐Physical Chemistry Seminar


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Lanius represented DMS and COSAM in STEAM Fest held in Huntsville

Lanius represented DMS and COSAM in STEAM Fest held in Huntsville


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Cao reappointed and Shen appointed to the Don Logan Chair of Mathematics

Prof. Yanzhao Cao reappointed and Prof. Wenxian Shen appointed to the Don Logan Chair of Mathematics


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DMS Zheng member of an AU research team that received ~$700k from the NSF MRI program

DMS Dr. Ginny Zheng is a member of an AU research team that received ~$700k from the NSF MRI program


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Dr. Junshan Lin (PI) receives ~$38K to organize CBMS Conference

Dr. Junshan Lin (PI) receives ~$38K to organize the CBMS Conference: Mathematical Methods for Novel Metamaterials to be held at Auburn University in May 2024


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Daniel Zalik Fellowship has been established

The Daniel Zalik Fellowship has been established by The Zalik Foundation Fund on behalf of Helen and David Zalik for the purpose of providing fellowships for graduate students in our department.


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DMSs Carpenter awarded a new 1-year Department of Defense (DoD) contract, totaling ~$610,000, for AI/ML modeling and support

DMS Professor Mark Carpenter has been awarded a new 1-year Department of Defense (DoD) contract, totaling ~$610,000, for AI/ML modeling and support.


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DMSs Lanius (PI), Kuechle (co-PI), and Abebe (Co-PI) receive NSF award of $400,000

DMSs Lanius (PI) , Kuechle (Co-PI), and Abebe (co-PI) receive $400,000 NSF award


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Hal Schenck and collaborators win Best Software Presentation Award at ISSAC held in Tromsø, Norway.

Hal Schenck and collaborators win Best Software Presentation Award for MSSM: A Macaulay2 package for the Vacuum Moduli Space at ISSAC held in Tromsø, Norway.


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Ceyhan receives new NSF grant

DMS associate professor Elvan Ceyhan just received a new NSF grant ($300K, 3 years) for his project "Stochastic Obstacle Scene Problem with Adversarial Agents."


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DMS Assistant Professor Le Chen secures new NSF grant

DMS Assistant Professor Le Chen has just secured a new NSF grant


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DMS's Zheng received 2023 Statistical and Analytical Methods Development Award from CCTS

Zheng received 2023 Statistical and Analytical Methods Development Award from CCTS


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DMS faculty member Yimin Zhong notified that his proposal for the Simons Foundation Travel Support for Mathematicians will be awarded

Yimin Zhong notified that his proposal for the Simons Foundation Travel Support for Mathematicians will be awarded.


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DMS faculty member Selim Sukhtaiev notified that his proposal for the Simons Foundation Travel Support for Mathematicians will be awarded

DMS faculty member Selim Sukhtaiev received notification that his proposal for the Simons Foundation Travel Support for Mathematicians will be awarded. Project Title: Index Theorems in Analysis, Mathematical Physics, and Spectral Theory


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Maria Amarakristi Onyido, Mariam Khachatryan, and Rachidi B. Salako in the June/July 2023 Notices of the AMS

The current Notices of the AMS features three of our recent PhD graduates, Maria Amarakristi Onyido, Mariam Khachatryan, and Rachidi B. Salako, in the "Next Generation" section.


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The Dr. Dean G. Hoffman Endowed Graduate Award has been established.

The Dr. Dean G. Hoffman Endowed Graduate Award has been established in his honor by his family. The first award will be made in Fall 2023. The endowment agreement states


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Lanius receives $600K from NSF

DMS assistant professor Melinda Lanius (co-PI on a new NSF project "Inclusive Course Design for Enhancing Active Learning in STEM") received ~$600K .


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DMS Professor Hal Schenck publishes book using methods developed during the pandemic

DMS Professor Hal Schenck publishes book using methods developed during the pandemic


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DMS's Schenck publishes book using methods developed during the pandemic

DMS professor Hal Schenck publishes book using methods developed during the pandemic


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Ozdemir, Speck, and Tan win 2023 Dr. J. Earl Perry Award

Ozdemir, Speck, and Tan win 2023 Dr. J. Earl Perry Award Congratulations!


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Heather Hamilton gave a presentation about the ALEKS Math Placement Assessment on the Advising 2 Bits Podcast

DMS's Heather Hamilton gave a presentation about the ALEKS Math Placement Assessment on the Advising 2 Bits Podcast


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Stanley Spence wins the Above and Beyond Award from COSAM

Stanley Spence wins the Above and Beyond Award from COSAM


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Dr. Michael Brown receives a new NSF award

Dr. Michael Brown receives a new NSF award


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Dr. Melinda Lanius one of the winners of AU’s Outstanding Graduate Mentor Awards for 2022-23

Dr. Melinda Lanius one of the winners of AU’s Outstanding Graduate Mentor Awards for 2022-23


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Joint AL-FL Conference on Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems, and Applications

Joint AL-FL Conference on Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems, and Applications


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Drs. Billor, Lanius, and van Wyk receive this year’s DMS faculty awards

Drs. Billor, Lanius, and van Wyk have been selected as the winners of this year’s DMS faculty awards Dr. Nedret Billor – Jack B. Brown Endowed Faculty Award Dr. Melinda Lanius – Robert K. Butz Award for Excellence in Teaching Dr. Hans-Werner van Wyk – Marie Kraska Award for the Excellence in Teaching Please join me in congratulating Nedret, Melinda, and Hans. They will be formally recognized at our Spring Awards Banquet on April 28 (invitation attached).


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Jacob Pennington, junior in applied math, receives the Andrew C. Connor Memorial Award for 2022-23.

Jacob Pennington, junior in applied math, receives the Andrew C. Connor Memorial Award for 2022-23.


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Billor receives 2023 COSAM Service/Outreach Award.

Billor receives 2023 COSAM Service/Outreach Award.


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Baumann (Outstanding Doctoral student, 2022--2023) and Eckert (Harry Merriwether Fellowship, 2023--2024) receive awards from the Graduate School

Baumann (Outstanding Doctoral student, 2022--2023) and Eckert (Harry Merriwether Fellowship, 2023--2024) receive awards from the Graduate School


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DMS COSAM Academic Awards recipients Haskell (faculty), Harris (GTA), Walker (Dean’s Medal), Goldstein (Outstanding Junior)

DMS COSAM Academic Awards recipients Haskell (faculty), Harris (GTA), Walker (Dean’s Medal), Goldstein (Outstanding Junior)


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Joint Alabama-Florida Conference on Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems and Applications COMING SOON to Auburn University

Joint Alabama-Florida Conference on Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems and Applications will be held at Auburn University


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DMS's Maggie Han selected COSAM Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Dr. Maggie Han from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics will be the COSAM Associate Dean for Academic Affairs effective January 16, 2023. Congratulations Maggie!


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DMS Assistant Professor Jingyi Zheng, Ag. Econ. Assistant Professor Wenying Li, and CSSE Assistant Professor Shubhra Kanti Karmaker first in national Coleridge Initiative Food for Thought Data Challenge

A team of Auburn University faculty members from the colleges of Agriculture, Engineering, and Sciences and Mathematics placed first in the national Coleridge Initiative Food for Thought Data Challenge, in association with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.


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DMS Assistant Professor Roberto Molinari was part of an international team of scholars who researched the phenomenon of honey bee colony loss occurring in the U.S.

Assistant Professor Roberto Molinari, Geoffrey Williams (Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology), and Stephanie Rogers (Department of Geosciences) were part of an international team of scholars who researched the phenomenon of honey bee colony loss occurring in the U.S.


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Brittni Hall selected first recipient of the Dr. Jennifer W. Stone Annual Graduate Award

Brittni Hall selected as first recipient of the Dr. Jennifer W. Stone Annual Graduate Award.


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DMS Fellowship Awards and Teaching Citations

DMS congratulates outstanding graduate students


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DMS professor Schenck awarded a Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship at the University of Oxford

DMS professor Schenck awarded a Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship at the University of Oxford for Spring 2023.


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DMS is this year's recipient of AU's Departmental Award for Excellence in Education

DMS is this year's recipient of AU's Departmental Award for Excellence in Education.


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DMS Assistant Professor Molinari received NSF funding as co-PI for the project "Simulation-Based Inference for Differential Privacy"

DMS Assistant Professor Molinari received NSF funding as co-PI for the project "Simulation-Based Inference for Differential Privacy"News Article Responsive


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DMS Associate Professor Dr. Guanqun Cao has been named an Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI).

DMS Associate Professor Dr. Guanqun Cao has been named an Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI).


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Carpenter receives a new DoD contract totaling $285,000 for statistical (including AI/ML) modeling and support

Carpenter receives a new DoD contract totaling $285,000 for statistical (including AI/ML) modeling and support


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Active Learning Spotlight: Collaboration counts in mathematics education

In the new Academic Classroom and Laboratory Complex, or ACLC, Auburn students benefit from an elevated student experience with opportunities to work together and learn in a cutting-edge environment. Heather Haskell, a lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, teaches students in this new 151,000-square-foot facility.  


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DMS announces three members awarded Simons Foundation Collaboration Grants for Mathematicians

DMS announces that three members have been awarded Simons Foundation Collaboration Grants for Mathematicians: Hannah Alpert, Le Chen, and Maggie Han. Hannah Alpert Project Title: Disk configuration spaces and macroscopic scalar curvature Le Chen Project Title: Asymptotics for stochastic partial differential equations Maggie Han Project Title: Applied dynamical systems in biological, computational, and engineering models Congratulations Hannah, Le, and Maggie!


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DMS announces that Dr. Lora Merchant is Academic Instruction Coordinator (AIC)

DMS is happy to announce that Dr. Lora Merchant is Academic Instruction Coordinator (AIC)


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DMS's Ceyhan receives an award sponsored by the Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR)

Elvan Ceyhan, associate professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, is the recipient of an award sponsored by the Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR).


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DMS's Jenda appointed to serve on the Board of Trustees of IPAM.

Overtoun Jenda has been appointed to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Pure & Applied Mathematics (IPAM) at UCLA.


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A "special volume" of DCDS-S in honor of Georg Hetzer

A "special volume" of DCDS-S in honor of Georg Hetzer


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Ceyhan receives research funding from the Office of Naval Research

Ceyhan receives research funding from the Office of Naval Research


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DMS Assistant Professor Melinda Lanius and Lecturer Heather Haskell, co-director, have received a Dolciani Mathematics Enrichment Grant

DMS Assistant Professor Melinda Lanius and Lecturer Heather Haskell, co-director, have received a Dolciani Mathematics Enrichment Grant for Lanius's proposal entitled “Promoting Success in Mathematical Enrichment through Graduate Teaching Assistant and Undergraduate Pre-Service Teacher Training” from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA).


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DMS Ph.D. graduate Shuoyang Wang (May 2022) is one of the recipients of the highly competitive Hannan Graduate Student Travel Award from the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.

Shuoyang Wang (advisor: Guanqun Cao) is one of the recipients of the highly competitive Hannan Graduate Student Travel Award from the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.


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Onyido and Xue accept offers for tenure-track faculty positions at Northern Illinois University

Maria Amarakristi Onyido (PhD expected August 2022, W. Shen) and Shuwen Xue (PhD August 2021, W. Shen) accept offers for tenure-track faculty positions at Northern Illinois University.


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Rebecca Self (Actuarial Science '22) wins the Andrew C. Connor Memorial Award

Rebecca Self (Actuarial Science '22) wins the Andrew C. Connor Memorial Award. The award recognizes the most creative undergraduate student enrolled in Math classes. Moreover, Rebecca was recently selected as COSAM’s Graduation Marshal for the Spring 2022 Commencement. Congrats Rebecca on all your achievements!


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DMS assistant professor Jingyi “Ginny” Zheng receives NSF award

Jingyi “Ginny” Zheng, an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, received her award from the NSF’s Division of Computing and Communication Foundations for her project “Towards A Manifold-based Framework for the Brain-Computer Interface.”


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DMS Professor Dr. Xiaoying (Maggie) Han appointed COSAM’s Acting Deputy Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

DMS Professor Dr. Xiaoying (Maggie) Han appointed COSAM’s Acting Deputy Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.


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DMS Actuarial Mathematics student Rebecca Self, COSAM Graduation Marshal May 7

DMS Actuarial Mathematics student Rebecca Self was COSAM Graduation Marshal on May 7, 2022


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DMS Assistant Professor Sukhtaiev receives internal funding through the AU Research Support Program (RSP)

DMS Assistant Professor Sukhtaiev receives internal funding through the AU Research Support Program (RSP)


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Zirpoli, Heckenlively, and Tan win 2022 Dr. J. Earl Perry Endowed Summer Graduate Award 

Zirpoli, Heckenlively, and Tan win 2022 Dr. J. Earl Perry Endowed Summer Graduate Award 


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Heather Hamilton: Spirit That Is Not Afraid Award

Heather Hamilton: Spirit That Is Not Afraid Award


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DMS congratulates Dr. Dean Hoffman

DMS congratulates Dr. Dean Hoffman, recipient of the Marie Kraska Award for the Excellence in Teaching


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Dr. Joseph Briggs, recipient of the Dr. Jennifer Stone Award

DMS congratulates Dr. Joseph Briggs, recipient of the Dr. Jennifer Stone Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2022


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Graduate-level math program ranks #87 and statistics program is #79

US News and World Report provided the 2022 national rankings for the best graduate-level math programs and our mathematics program is #87 and the best schools for statistics and our statistics program is #79


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DMS graduate student Shuoyang Wang selected for COSAM Dean's Research Award

DMS graduate student Shuoyang Wang selected for COSAM Dean's Research Award


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DMS faculty members Chen and Govil recognized via the Auburn Author Awards

DMS faculty members Chen and Govil were recognized via the Auburn Author Awards this year.


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Zheng receives NSF funding as sole PI for her project

Dr. Jingyi (Ginny) Zheng receives NSF funding as sole PI for her project “Towards A Manifold-based Framework for the Brain-Computer Interface.” https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2153492 Congrats Ginny!


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DMS congratulates van Wyk and Huang

DMS congratulates van Wyk and Huang, Co-PIs newly-funded project “Developing, Recruiting, and Empowering Alabama Mathematics Teachers.” 


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DMSs Sukhtaiev selected for Robert K. Butz Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2022

Dr. Selim Sukhtaiev selected as the winner of the Robert K. Butz Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2022. The recipient is regarded as an innovative and challenging teacher, respected by the faculty and appreciated by his/her students.


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Mathematics and Statistics nationally ranked No. 54 in the NSF HERD Rankings

Mathematics and Statistics nationally ranked No. 54 in the NSF HERD Rankings


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Snyder, Walker, and Grate: DMS recipients of 2022 COSAM Academic Awards

DMS recipients of 2022 COSAM Academic Awards Snyder, Walker, and Grate


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DMS PhD alum Feng Bao ('14) receives NSF CAREER grant

DMS PhD alum Feng Bao ('14) receives NSF CAREER grant


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DMS's Kilgore one winner of 2022 Breeden Grant

DMS's Dr. Ted Kilgore one of the winners of the 2022 Daniel F. Breeden Endowed Grant Program.


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Fauziya Yakasai receives the Frank Sturm Graduate Student Service Award

Fauziya Yakasai receives the Frank Sturm Graduate Student Service Award


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DMS Graduate Students Honored

2021 Graduate Student Awards Announced


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DMS Visiting Professor  Frédéric Holweck

Read all about DMS Visiting Professor  Frédéric Holweck


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DMS professor Nane receives funding from the Alabama Center of Excellence

DMS professor Nane receives funding from the Alabama Center of Excellence as co-investigator


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DMS Professor Carpenter receives a new DoD contract totaling $300,000

DMS Professor Carpenter receives a new DoD contract totaling $300,000 for machine learning and mathematical modeling.


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SIAM Southeastern Atlantic Section Conference

The SIAM Southeastern Atlantic Section Conference will be held at Auburn University September 18 - 19


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Yanzhao Cao awarded a $300K Department of Energy (DOE) grant.

Yanzhao Cao awarded a $300K Department of Energy (DOE) grant.


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DMS PhD student Tianna Burke awarded Southern Regional Education Board Doctoral Scholar Fellowship

DMS PhD student Tianna Burke awarded Southern Regional Education Board Doctoral Scholar Fellowship


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DMS's Liatti is one of the winners of the AU Parent and Family Awards

DMS's Dr. Mark Liatti is one of the winners of the AU Parent and Family Awards.


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DMS Students Xue and Holden and Faculty Han recognized at 2020-2021 Dean's Research Awards

DMS Students Xue (graduate) and Holden (undergraduate) and Faculty Han (young faculty scholar) recognized at 2020-2021 Dean's Research Awards


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Dr. Jessica McDonald chosen as DMS 2021 Outstanding Teacher of Graduate Students

Dr. Jessica McDonald chosen as DMS 2021 Outstanding Teacher of Graduate Students!


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G. Cao, Ceyhan, McDonald, and Nane awarded Simons Foundation Collaboration Grants for Mathematcians

Four DMS faculty members awarded Simons Foundation Collaboration Grants for Mathematicians


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DMS first-year graduate student Roman Vasquez places 3rd in STEM category of Student Research Symposium

First-year graduate student, Roman Vasquez, has placed 3rd in the STEM category of the Student Research Symposium that was held earlier this month.


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McMeen receives Andrew C. Connor Memorial Award for 2020-21

McMeen receives Andrew C. Connor Memorial Award for 2020-21


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DMS announces winners of Dr. J. Earl Perry Endowed Summer Graduate Award for 2021

DMS announces winners of 2021 Dr. J. Earl Perry Endowed Summer Graduate Award.


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Auburn University to host 44th SIAM Southeastern Atlantic Section Conference (SIAM-SEAS), September 18-19, 2021

Auburn University to host 44th SIAM Southeastern Atlantic Section Conference (SIAM-SEAS), September 18-19, 2021


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Hoang receives Jack Brown Endowed Faculty Award for 2021 - 2023

Hoang receives Jack Brown Endowed Faculty Award for 2021 - 2023


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Carpenter elected as Chair-Elect of the Auburn University Senate

Carpenter elected as Chair-Elect of the Auburn University Senate.


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Puleo wins Robert K. Butz Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2021

Puleo selected as winner of the Robert K. Butz Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2021


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Galindo receives this year’s Presidential Graduate Program Opportunity (PGOP) fellowship

DMS Rachael Galindo is this year’s recipient of Presidential Graduate Program Opportunity (PGOP) fellowship


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DMS 2021 COSAM AWARD RECIPIENTS

Boyd announces 2021 COSAM award recipients


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Interview with Dr. Narendra Govil

Dr. Narendra Govil retired from DMS and became an Emeritus Professor in June 2020. Luke Oeding (virtually) sat down with him to learn about his long and distinguished career.


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DMS doctoral student Joe Ozbolt completes summer internship with NASA

DMS doctoral student Joe Ozbolt completes summer internship with NASA


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Dr. Jennifer Stone, DMS 2020 Alumni Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award recipient

Dr. Jennifer Stone selected as recipient of 2020 Alumni Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award in Department of Mathematics and Statistics


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Stanley Spence wins Lilly-Lovelace Award

Stanley Spence is one of six to win Lilly-Lovelace Award for outstanding work as a staff member in the College of Sciences and Mathematics.


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DMS Student Worker Isaiah Gunther put in CLA Student Spotlight

DMS Student Worker Isaiah Gunther put in CLA Student Spotlight


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Oeding and Holweck awarded the Thomas Jefferson Fund

Oeding and Holweck awarded the Thomas Jefferson Fund


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Jenda awarded a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring from the White House.

Jenda awarded a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring from the White House.


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Gan begins a postdoc position in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at University of Nevada, Reno

Gan begins a postdoc position in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at University of Nevada, Reno


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Zoom session on July 21, 2020, includes statistical examination of the coronavirus.

Zoom Q&A session held July 21, 2020, included research from a project examining the statistical examination of the coronavirus. In the course STAT 6650—Statistical Learning, taught by Assistant Professor Jingyi Zheng, the students worked on COVID-19 data as their final project.


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Carpenter receives $380,000 award to be split among Mathematics/Statistics, Aerospace, and Computer Science.

Carpenter receives a $380,000 award to be split approximately three ways among Mathematics/Statistics, Aerospace, and Computer Science. The grant is from from MSIC.


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Kopruluoglu accepts tenure track assistant professor position in mathematics at Christian Brothers University

Kopruluoglu accepts tenure track assistant professor position in mathematics at Christian Brothers University in Memphis, TN.


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Nath accepts tenure track assistant professor position in statistics at Murray State University.

Nath accepts tenure track assistant professor position in statistics at Murray State University.


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NSF renews funding for the US-Africa Collaborative Research Network

NSF renews funding for the US-Africa Collaborative Research Network


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Lin selected to receive funding by the NSF for research project

Lin selected to receive funding by the NSF for research project


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Billor to serve as Coordinator of Statistics and Data Science Programs and Han to serve as Director of the Actuarial Science Program

Abebe announces that Nedret Billor has agreed to serve as Coordinator of Statistics and Data Science Programs, assuming her role on 5/16, and Maggie Han has agreed to serve as Director of the Actuarial Science Program, assuming her role on 8/16.


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Jiaxu (Bruce) Gao and Luying (Elaine) Gan recognized

Two DMS students recognized as outstanding international students Jiaxu (Bruce) Gao: undergrad Applied Math/Actuarial Science major and Luying (Elaine) Gan: PhD student


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McDonald's proposal submitted to 2019-2020 Intramural Grants Program (IGP) approved for funding

Dr. Jessica McDonald's proposal (entitled Structure and Colouring in Graphs) submitted to the 2019-2020 Intramural Grants Program (IGP) approved for funding.


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Y. Cao and Glotov and to be GPO and UPO, respectively

Dr. Yanzhao Cao and to Dr. Dmitry Glotov. Dr. Cao will begin serving as Associate Chair and GPO on May 16, 2020. Dr. Glotov will begin serving as Associate Chair and UPO on August 16, 2020.


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Johnson and Jenda receive NSF grant

Johnson and Jenda receive NSF grant for $259,200 over three years (2020-2023) to support their REU


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Math and Stats Honorees

Math & Stats Honorees: Anna Traylor, Michael McMeen, and Joseph Ozbolt


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Gan receives 2019-2020 Dean’s Research Award

Luyining (Elaine) Gan receives 2019-2020 Dean’s Research Award


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Huang receives $13,671.00 grant from the NSF

Huang receives $13,671.00 grant from the NSF


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Gaillard receives 2020 Marie Kraska Award

Dr. Phillippe Gaillard is the winner of 2020 Marie Kraska Award for the Excellence in Teaching.


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Hoang receives 2020 Dr. Robert K Butz Award for Excellence in Teaching

Hoang receives 2020 Dr. Robert K Butz Award for Excellence in Teaching


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Auburn to host 44th SIAM Southeast Atlantic Section Annual Conference

Auburn University to host 44th SIAM Southeast Atlantic Section Annual Conference on March 14-15.


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van Wyk, PI, with Y. Cao, J. Lin, and T-T-P Hoang, Co-PIs, received monetary award from NSF-DMS

Hans Werner van Wyk as PI with Yanzhao Cao, Junshan Lin, and Thi Thao Phuong Hoang as Co-PIs received a $10,650 award from NSF-DMS.


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Nane one of the organizers of NSF/CBMS Conference

Erkan Nane receives $1850.00 financial support as one of the organizers of NSF/CBMS Conference


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Billor member of a team at Auburn University receiving a $3 million grant

Nedret Billor is member of a team at Auburn University receiving a $3 million grant to train students to study climate change.


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Three Million Dollar Grant Trains Students on Climate Resiliency

Climate change impacts the world. An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Auburn University received a highly competitive $3 million National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) grant to train the next generation of scientists and leaders to conduct cutting-edge interdisciplinary and applied research, develop effective communication skills, and prepare them for the workforce.


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Carpenter awarded $170,000 grant from PARSONS - Envision More

Carpenter awarded $170,000 grant from PARSONS - Envision More


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Sunday Asogwa accepts Assistant Professor of Mathematics (tenure-track) position at Tuskegee University

Sunday Asogwa accepts Assistant Professor of Mathematics (tenure-track) position at Tuskegee University.


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Minglei Yang accepts postdoctoral associate position at Oak Ridge National Lab

Minglei Yang accepts postdoctoral associate position at Oak Ridge National Lab.


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Dr. Guanqun Cao receives the Jack B. Brown Endowed Faculty Award

Dr. Guanqun Cao receives the Jack B. Brown Endowed Faculty Award.


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Schenck Named First Rosemary Kopel Brown Eminent Scholars Chair in Mathematics

Henry "Hal" Schenck named first Rosemary Kopel Brown Eminent Scholars Chair in Mathematics


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Guerngar accepts Assistant Professor position at University of North Alabama

Guerngar accepts a tenure-track Assistant Professor position at University of North Alabama


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Schenck to join DMS as the Rosemary Kopel Brown Eminent Chair

Dr. Henry (Hal) Schenck will be joining DMS as the Rosemary Kopel Brown Eminent Chair. Hal will be joining Auburn in November.


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Online Applied Mathematical Course Brings Five SEC Universities Together

Students at all five universities are part of a team lead by professors Junshan Lin from Auburn University and Stephen Shipman from Louisiana State University for a two-semester class, Spectral Theory in Modern Electromagnetics.


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Thi Thao Phuong Hoang receives NSF award

Thi Thao Phuong Hoang has just received the official notification of her NSF award (from 8/1/2019 to 7/31/2022 (awarded amount: $149,660): "Global-in-Time Domain Decomposition Methods for Evolution Partial Differential Equations with Applications to Flow and Transport in Fractured Porous Media”


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Glorioso accepts position at Booz Allen Hamilton

Vincent Glorioso has accepted an associate data scientist position at Booz Allen Hamilton in McLean, VA.


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Harrelson accepts position at Middle Georgia State University

Harrelson accepts Assistant Professor position at Middle Georgia State University


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McDonald receives 2019 Kraska Award

Dr. Jessica McDonald receives 2019 Marie Kraska Award for the Excellence in Teaching.


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Abdulrashid nominated as one of the COSAM recipients of the 2019 Outstanding International Student Award from ISO

Mr. Ismail Abdulrashid nominated as one of the COSAM recipients of the 2019 Outstanding International Student Award from the Auburn ISO.


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Ulmer and Harrelson named Outstanding COSAM GTAs

Ms. Kelsey Ulmer and Mr. Joshua Harrelson win this year's Outstanding COSAM GTA Award.


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Krystyna Kuperberg receives COSAM 2019 Faculty Service/Outreach award

Dr. Krystyna Kuperberg is the recipient of the COSAM 2019 Faculty Service/Outreach award.


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Auburn University Hosts American Mathematical Society Conference

The most prestigious mathematics departments in the Southeast were recently represented during the 1,146th Meeting of the American Mathematical Society, held at Auburn University March 15-17, 2019, inside the Mell Classroom Building @ RBD Library. “I’m not exaggerating too much to say that essentially every serious mathematics department in the Southeast was represented at the meeting,” said Luke Oeding, associate professor and main local organizer of the event. “And while the about 550 participants came primarily from the Southeast, we also had many from all over the United States and several international locations. It was a real honor for the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and COSAM to host such a major event!” Special sessions took place on 27 different topics including algebra, analysis, geometry, graph theory, probability, applied mathematics, and other interesting areas. Plenary lecture topics spanned probability, algebraic geometry and optimization, as well as graph theory and neuroscience. “This conference was motivation for me to continue research in my programs,” said Seonguk Kim from DePauw University in Indiana. “I had a great time at the sessions on recent advances in numerical methods and random discrete structures.” Garth T. Isaak from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, enjoyed his experience at this year’s conference. “I really liked the convenient location of the hotel across the street and I listened to great speakers throughout the entire conference,” he said. Tyler Moss traveled to the conference from the West Virginia University Institute of Technology. “I liked catching up with people that I have not seen in a long time at this conference,” Moss said. “Auburn University has a great campus for the conference and it was great to walk around such a nice area.” Timothy Huber from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley said he viewed the event as a great opportunity to connect with new researchers in his field of study. “I met lots of young faculty that I will continue to discuss ideas with after I return home,” he said. “The Mell Classrooms are nice and the layout has been really beneficial,” said Chad Mangum from Niagara University in New York said he thought the classrooms inside Mell were nice and the layout was beneficial. “I could easily attend closely related session in both the same area of mathematics and the same area in the building,” he said. Lauren Grimley from Spring Hill College in Alabama shared, “I liked the chance to listen to a broad set of speakers during this conference, especially the sessions on Lie theory.” Auburn University’s Ming Liao spoke at an invited plenary address on a similar topic, Invariant Markov processes under actions of Lie groups.


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Dr. Mark Carpenter awarded grant from Dynetics, Inc.

Dr. Mark Carpenter has been awarded a grant for $22,173.00 from Dynetics, Inc.


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COSAM Faculty Ming Liao Delivers Invited Plenary Address at 2019 Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting of the American Mathematical Society

Dr. Ming Liao, a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics in the College of Sciences and Mathematics (COSAM), teaches mathematics to both undergraduate and graduate students at Auburn University. After completing his doctorate degree at Stanford University, he has spent the last three decades teaching his passion. His research interest involves probability theory including stochastic processes in Lie groups and manifolds. “I enjoy helping students learn about mathematics and increasing their knowledge in this field,” said Dr. Liao. “I also make incremental contributions to research in our department.” On Friday, March 15, 2019, Dr. Liao will give a lecture, just one of three plenary addresses, at this year’s Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting of the American Mathematical Society. More than 500 people will be attending this event from March 15 – 17 at Auburn University. “I am proud that I was recommended by my own peers to give this address,” he said. “I have been to the conference and attended sessions throughout my career. This is the first time I have ever given a major lecture at this conference and it is being held right here at our university.”


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Issa accepts position with University of San Francisco Data Institute

Tahir Issa has accepted the position of Data Institute Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of San Francisco Data Institute.


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Ms. Brianna Culpepper to receive the 2018 Andrew C. Connor Memorial Award

Ms. Brianna Culpepper has been selected to receive the 2018 Andrew C. Connor Memorial Award.


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First Department of Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium of Semester Features Netherlands Professor

For its first colloquium of the semester, the Auburn University Department of Mathematics and Statistics recently hosted Dr. Stefanie Sonner from Radboud University Nijmegen in The Netherlands. During the Jan. 11 colloquium, titled “Deterministic Continuum Models for Spatially Heterogeneous Biofilm Communities,” Dr. Sonner discussed the important role biofilms play in various natural and industrial systems and mathematical models for their growth. “More than 80 percent of bacterial cells in typical water ecosystems live in biofilm communities and not as free-loading bacterial cells,” Dr. Sonner explained. During the colloquium, presented by Mathematics professor Xiaoying Han, the prototype growth model was discussed as well as several more recent multi-species extensions that take further biofilm processes into account. Analytical results were also shown and numerical simulations presented to illustrate the model behavior.


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DMS Graduate Student Awards

This year's winners of departmental graduate student awards and nominees for college and university awards are announced.


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COSAM Faculty Focus: Gregory J. Puleo

Dr. Greg Puleo, a native of New York City, is an assistant professor of mathematics at the College of Mathematics and Sciences at Auburn University. Although he is in a new position in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Puleo was a postdoctoral fellow at Auburn University teaching and conducting research from 2016 – 2018. In 2009, Dr. Puleo graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology majoring in applied mathematics. He then earned his Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Illinois in 2014. He was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Illinois from 2014 – 2016. Today as an assistant professor, he enjoys more upper-divisional courses such as graph theory and cryptography. His primary research interest is combinatorics, which includes graph theory, coloring problems and combinatorial games.


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Dr. Ken Ono Speaks on Ramanujan at COSAM

Dr. Ken Ono, an Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Emory University, is the Vice President of the American Mathematical Society and “The Man Who Knew Infinity” associate producer. On September 27, he spoke with students in the Science Center Auditorium at the College of Sciences and Mathematics (COSAM) as part of a math club guest lecture. He discussed Srinivasa Ramanujan, 1887-1920, one of the most inspirational figures in the history of mathematics.


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Liu accepts a tenure track assistant professor position with Medaille College

Dr. Jianzhen (Jason) Liu accepts a tenure track assistant professor position with Medaille College


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Professor Xiaoying Han named the Marguerite Scharnagle Endowed Professor

Professor Xiaoying (Maggie) Han named the Marguerite Scharnagle Endowed Professor.


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Okey Chidume and Mazuzyo Mwanza, new senators for the Graduate Student Council (GSC)

Okey Chidume and Mazuzyo Mwanza, new senators for the Graduate Student Council (GSC)


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Dr. Ulrich Albrecht, Interim Chair of the Department, effective July 1.

Dr. Ulrich Albrecht, Interim Chair of the Department, effective July 1.


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van Wyk receives 2018 Dr. Robert K. Butz Award for Excellence in Teaching in Mathematics

van Wyk receives 2018 Dr. Robert K. Butz Award for Excellence in Teaching in Mathematics


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Edward L. King Endowed Chair/Professorship to be established through a deferred gift

Edward L. King Endowed Chair/Professorship to be established through a deferred gift.


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Dr. Kumer Das ('05) has been named ACE Fellow

Dr. Kumer Das ('05) has been named ACE Fellow


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Dr. Lisa Peterson selected as the 2018 Honors College Professor of the Year.

Dr. Lisa Peterson selected as the 2018 Honors College Professor of the Year.


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Ms. Holmes accepts lecturer position at University of Kentucky in Lexington

PhD student Ms. Amber Holmes has accepted a lecturer position at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.


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Dr. Wenxian Shen recipient of the 2018 Kraska Award

Dr. Wenxian Shen is the recipient of the 2018 Kraska Award


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Maggie Han has new publication

Dr. Maggie Han has new publication from Spring-Verlag: Random Ordinary Differential Equations and Their Numerical Solutions (co-authored with Peter Kloeden)


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Shen wins the 2018 COSAM Outstanding Teacher Award

Shen wins the 2018 COSAM Outstanding Teacher Award


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Matson accepts assistant professor position at Alfred University

Matson accepts assistant professor position at Alfred University in Alfred, NY


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James Richard Calder Endowed Graduate Award established

James Richard Calder Endowed Graduate Award has been established by former students of Dr. Calder. The award shall be given to a graduate student who shows great promise as a mathematician in the area of Analysis. Preference will be given to an incoming student.


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Yanzhao Cao is selected for the Dean's Research Award for Faculty in 2018

Yanzhao Cao is selected for the Dean's Research Award for Faculty in 2018


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T. Y. Tam and Xuhua (Roy) Liu have new book coming out

Matrix Inequalities and Their Extensions to Lie Groups by T. Y. Tam and Xuhua (Roy) Liu will soon appear. The research monograph is published by Chapman & Hall/CRC Press.


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Son accepts assistant professor position at Southern Wesleyan University

Hyunjin Son has accepted a tenure track assistant professor position at Southern Wesleyan University.


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Kallenberg selected to give an opening plenary lecture at the 40th Conference (2018) on Stochastic Processes and their Applications

Kallenberg selected to give an opening plenary lecture at the 40th Conference (2018) on Stochastic Processes and their Applications


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Dr. Nedret Billor: Chair-elect University Senate

Dr. Nedret Billor: Chair-elect University Senate


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Oeding invited by Université de Technologie Belfort-Montbéliard to be a Visiting Research Professor

Dr. Luke Oeding has been invited by the Université de Technologie Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM) in Belfort, France, to be a Visiting Research Professor


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Gibson (Outstanding Junior Award) and Sauer (Dean's Medal) awardees

Ashley Gibson receives the Outstanding Junior Award and Annie Sauer receives the Dean's Medal for 2017--2018.


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Y. Cao and Lin receive research grant from ARDEC

Y. Cao and Lin received a research grant from the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) on Modeling, Imaging and Optimal Design in Nano-Optics. This is a three-year grant jointly with Florida A&M University (the lead institution). Congratulations Junshan and Yanzhao!


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Jackson to present at Biggio Center event Showcase Showdown: How Your Colleagues Use Instructional Technology

Dr. Regina Jackson will be a presenter at Biggio Center event Showcase Showdown: How Your Colleagues Use Instructional Technology.


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Y. Cao accepts invitation to serve as an associate editor of Integral Equations and Applications

Dr. Yanzhao Cao has accepted an invitation to serve as an associate editor of Journal of Integral Equations and Applications. Congratulations Yanzhao!


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Chris Rodger to give a keynote lecture

Chris Rodger to give a keynote lecture at the 4th Annual Kliakhandler Conference - Graph Decompositions at Michigan Tech on August 9-11, 2018.


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Oeding selected for the Provost’s External Residential Fellowship for Fall 2018.

Dr. Luke Oeding has been selected for the Provost’s External Residential Fellowship for Fall 2018. He has been invited to participate (as a visiting research professor) in a semester-long program at the Institute of Mathematics of Polish Academy of Sciences (IMPAN) in Warsaw.


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Dr. Italo Raony Costa Lima accepts a job with Facebook

Dr. Italo Raony Costa Lima has accepted a job with Facebook as a Data Scientist.


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Ms. Theresa Baren is selected to be the recipient of the 2017 Andrew C. Connor Memorial Award

Ms. Theresa Baren, judged to be the most creative undergraduate student enrolled in math classes, is selected to be the recipient of the 2017 Andrew C. Connor Memorial Award


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Salako accepts a three-year postdoc position in the Department of Mathematics at Ohio State University

Salako accepts a three-year postdoc position in the Department of Mathematics at Ohio State University


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COSAM faculty, students and alumni attend the seventh annual Masamu Institute and Workshops in Mathematical Sciences in Arusha, Tanzania

Auburn University faculty, students and alumni attended the 2017 Masamu Advanced Study Institute, or MASI, and Workshops in Mathematical Sciences in Arusha, Tanzania from Nov. 17-26. The program was held in conjunction with the 2017 Southern Africa Mathematical Sciences Association, or SAMSA, Annual Conference hosted by the University of Dar es Salaam. With funding from the National Science Foundation, or NSF, Auburn University faculty in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, including Overtoun Jenda, professor and assistant provost for special projects and initiatives, Professor Ash Abebe, Professor Emeritus A.J. Meir, and Alumni Professor Peter Johnson, together with the SAMSA Executive Committee, formed the Masamu Program in 2010. The inaugural MASI and Workshops were held in November 2011 in Livingstone, Zambia. The word “Masamu” translates to “mathematics” in the Southern African region, and the program serves to promote U.S.-Africa collaboration in mathematics research.


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van Wyk Co-PI on $455,792 NASA grant

Dr. Hans-Werner van Wyk is a Co-PI on a NASA grant with Dr. Stuart Loch (Co-PI) in Physics and Dr. Adam Foster from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (PI).


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Don Logan ('66) named to Alabama Business Hall of Fame

Don Logan ('66) is among the six newest inductees into the Alabama Business Hall of Fame.


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Carpenter Named DMS 2017 Outstanding Teacher of Graduate Students

Dr. Mark Carpenter is the recipient of the 2017 Outstanding Teacher of Graduate Students Award. This award is to recognize a faculty member who provides outstanding graduate level instruction. Dr. Carpenter will be presented a plaque at the end-of-the-year departmental meeting on December 8, 2017. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Carpenter for his outstanding graduate teaching. The awardee is selected by the graduate students. I would like to thank Josh Harrelson, one of our graduate student leaders, for his coordination in the selection process. Congratulations Mark!


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Salako receives 2017 Frank Sturm Award

Rachidi Salako receives the 2017 Frank Sturm Graduate Student Service/Outreach Award.


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Lin recipient of Jack R. Brown Award

Dr. Junshan Lin is the recipient of the 2017-2019 Jack B. Brown Endowed Faculty Award.


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Couch awarded Distinguished Faculty Teaching Fellowship at Lamar University

Dr. P. J. Couch ('12) has been awarded the Distinguished Faculty Teaching Fellowship at Lamar University.


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David Zalik becomes new billionaire.

David Zalik, former math student, becomes new billionaire.


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Guanqun Cao is awarded an NSF grant

Dr. Guanqun Cao is awarded a$212,916 NSF grant for 2017-2020


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Mathematics alumna Angela Barlow named Graduate School dean at UCA

COSAM alumna Angela Barlow was selected dean of the Graduate School at the University of Central Arkansas. In this role, Barlow will oversee UCA’s 62 graduate degrees and certificates.  “As graduate dean, I see my role as being a supporter of faculty who are providing transformative experiences for their students and an advocate for graduate students who want to influence the world in a positive way,” said Barlow. “My goal is to have UCA be the destination for excellence in graduate education.”  Barlow most recently served as director of the Mathematics and Science Education doctoral program at Middle Tennessee State University. She has held faculty positions at the University of Mississippi and University of West Georgia.  


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Mathematics alumnus wins AIG’s Kaggle/Data Science competition

COSAM alumnus, Man Peng, PhD, mathematics ’08, won the American International Group’s, or AIG, first Kaggle/Data Science competition. Peng works as a data scientist in personal insurance for AIG’s headquarters in New York, NY. Kaggle is the world’s leading data science competition platform—a platform that AIG leveraged to host as its first company-wide predictive modeling competition. More than 800 employees from 24 countries competed in the 11-week competition, which ran from late 2016 into early 2017.


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Jenda and Johnson to give keynote lectures at SAMSA 2017

Overtoun Jenda and Peter Johnson accept invitations to give keynote lectures at SAMSA 2017


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Auburn University professor secures an additional $5 million to increase diversity in STEM workforce

Auburn University’s Overtoun Jenda, assistant provost for Special Projects and Initiatives and professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, secured an additional $5 million from the National Science Foundation for a five-year project that aims to diversify the workforce in the Black Belt region of Alabama by increasing the number of students from historically underrepresented groups who receive undergraduate and graduate degrees in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, or STEM. Jenda had previously secured $5 million in funding for projects aimed at increasing diversity in the STEM workforce, bringing his total to $10 million in the last year. The most recent grant is part of the National Science Foundation’s Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, or LSAMP, which strives to assist universities and colleges in diversifying the nation’s STEM workforce by increasing the number of baccalaureate and graduate degrees awarded to populations historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines, including African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and Native Pacific Islanders.


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Thomas named Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies

Edward Thomas, Jr., the Charles W. Barkley Endowed Professor in the Department of Physics, has been named the next Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the College of Sciences and Mathematics. His tenure will begin on August 1, 2017. “I am very pleased to have this opportunity to serve the College of Sciences and Mathematics,” said Thomas. “COSAM has very talented faculty and students who are pursing leading edge research, and I want to play a role in widely promoting our research capabilities and helping faculty and students achieve even greater successes in building their research programs.”


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Johnson delivered a plenary talk at LICMA ‘17

Professor Pete Johnson delivered a plenary talk at LICMA ‘17


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Sarver accepts position of Associate Software Engineer with Vectorworks in Atlanta, Georgia.

Sarver has accepted the position of Associate Software Engineer with Vectorworks in Atlanta, Georgia.


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Dr. Hwangrae (Ray) Lee accepted a position with Samsung Electronics.

Dr. Hwangrae (Ray) Lee accepted a position of AI algorithm developer with Samsung Electronics.


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Shen to give plenary lecture at the XI Americas Conference on Differential Equations and Nonlinear Analysis

Shen to give plenary lecture at the XI Americas Conference on Differential Equations and Nonlinear Analysis at the University of Alberta, Canada, August 15-19, 2017.


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Rodger accepts invitation to give plenary talk at the 5th International Conference on Discrete Mathematics

Rodger accepts invitation to give a plenary talk at the 5th International Conference on Discrete Mathematics


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Tam accepts invitation to give a keynote lecture at the Thirteenth International Conference on Matrix Theory and Applications (MTA 2018)

Tam accepts invitation to give a keynote lecture at the Thirteenth International Conference on Matrix Theory and Applications (MTA 2018)


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Krystyna Kuperberg joins the scientific committee of the conference "Dynamics, Equations and Applications" (DEA 2019)

Krystyna Kuperberg joins the scientific committee of the conference 'Dynamics, Equations and Applications' (DEA 2019) celebrating the 100th anniversary of AGH University of Science and Technology.


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Merchant and Whitt accept AU lecturer positions

Merchant and Whitt accept AU lecturer positions and will begin this fall.


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Bezdek reappointed as C. Harry Knowles Endowed Professor

Andras Bezdek, professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, has been reappointed as the C. Harry Knowles Endowed Professor for Research Leadership in Mathematics Instruction for a five-year term. Bezdek, whose research area is geometry, has been with the Department of Mathematics and Statistics for more than 25 years. He holds several degrees from Eötvös University in Budapest, Ohio State University and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. COSAM Alumnus C. Harry Knowles, physics, ’51, established the professorship to honor a full-time, tenured faculty member in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics who maintains a strong commitment to research and outreach initiatives.


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Honoring the best: COSAM outperforms the rest at Phi Kappa Phi awards ceremony

The Auburn University Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi held the annual initiation and awards ceremony at the end of spring semester. Founded in 1897 at the University of Maine, Phi Kappa Phi is an honor society that recognizes and promotes academic excellence in all fields of higher education and engages the community of scholars in service to others. Of the 10 awards bestowed at the 2017 ceremony, COSAM students received five. “As its core mission, Phi Kappa Phi promotes the love of learning and excellence in all elements of academic scholarship,” said Jack Feminella, associate dean for academic affairs. “The three Susan Stacy Entrenkin Yates awardees, the Most Outstanding Senior Scholar, and the Jewel Golden Eubanks Scholarship, all received by COSAM students, beautifully exemplify this description. Not only are the student honorees outstanding performers in the classroom, but they are also budding research scholars and unselfish service providers to others on and beyond campus. We are extremely proud of each of them."


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Claire Zhang and William Mills receive Andrew C. Connor Memorial Award

Recent undergraduate mathematics students William Mills and Claire Zhang were named co-recipients of the Andrew C. Connor Memorial Award. The award was established by friends and relatives of the late Andrew C. Connor and recognizes the most creative undergraduate student(s) enrolled in math classes. The late Andrew C. Connor, also known as “Andy” to friends and family, dedicated a great portion of his professional life trying to prove the Poincare conjecture. In fact, in his final days battling cancer, Connor contacted mathematics colleagues at Auburn and asked them to join him in Birmingham so he could show them his proof.


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Weerasinghe accepts visiting assistant professor position at Illinois Wesleyan University

Weerasinghe accepts a visiting assistant professor position in the Department of Mathematics at Illinois Wesleyan University.


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Celebrating Achievement with Tradition

The COSAM Honors Convocation recognizes outstanding student and faculty achievement. The 2017 ceremony was dedicated to retired Professor of Biological Sciences Stephen Kempf. During ceremony, more than 250 students and faculty were honored, including all freshmen, sophomore, junior and senior students who have maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average. Also recognized were the Dean’s Medalists, Outstanding COSAM Graduate Teaching Assistants, the Outstanding COSAM Faculty Advisor, the Outstanding COSAM Teacher, Comer Award recipients, the President’s Award recipient, the Student Government Association Award recipient, and Outstanding Juniors from each of COSAM’s five departments.


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Lin awarded an NSF continuing grant for 2017 - 2020

Lin awarded an NSF continuing grant for 2017 - 2020 for project entitled "OP: Scattering and Imaging of Subwavelength Nanostructures: Asymptotics and Algorithms"


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Progress in Approximation Theory and Applicable Complex Analysis edited by N.K. Govil is available.

Progress in Approximation Theory and Applicable Complex Analysis edited by N.K. Govil (with R.N. Mohapatra, M.A. Qazi, and G. Schmeisser) has now appeared.


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Ngoma accepts tenure-track position at SUNY Geneseo

Ngoma accepts tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Mathematics at SUNY Geneseo.


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Bezdek receives Knowles Endowed Professorship

Bezdek receives Knowles Endowed Professorship 2017--2022.


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Meet COSAM Graduation Marshal Abigail Gauthier

For COSAM Graduation Marshal Abigail Gauthier, a double major in biomedical sciences and Spanish, meeting the healthcare needs of the Hispanic population is both a goal and passion. “My mom immigrated to the United States from Columbia when she was a little girl, so a lot of my family is bilingual, so it’s very important to me to be formally trained in the Spanish language and to explore that part of my heritage,” said Gauthier. “My family integrated pretty quickly, but I want to help people who may be struggling more than they did. I think that immigrants face a really big challenge in a monolingual healthcare system, and I think it’s something that a lot of people don’t realize or don’t talk about, and it’s really important. It’s a need that I could help alleviate if I worked really hard. Just being able to communicate with someone in their native language is really important to help them feel more comfortable, and because trust is such a huge part of medicine, it is important to me to make them feel as comfortable as possible.”


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Feng awarded $12,000 NSF grant for a 3-day Topology conference

Dr. Ziqin Feng has been awarded a $12,000 NSF grant for a 3-day Topology conference to be held on October 20-22, 2017, at Auburn University, coinciding with our colleague Dr. Gary Gruenhage's 70th birthday and honoring his huge contributions to topology.


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Kallenberg's new book Random Measures, Theory and Applications is now in print.

Kallenberg's new book Random Measures, Theory and Applications, an outcome of Olav's many years of hard work and dedication, is now in print.


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COSAM recognizes talent with Dean’s Research Awards

“The strength of COSAM lies in its faculty and students,” said Dean Nicholas Giordano. “The Dean’s Research Awards are a celebration of the many outstanding achievements of this talented group.” For the 2016-2017 academic year, the following received Dean’s Research Awards: Jason Bond, professor and chair of the Department of Biological Sciences; Edward Burress, doctoral candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences; Asanka Jayawardena, doctoral candidate in the Department of Physics; Phillip Pearson, master’s student in the Department of Biological Sciences; and Claire Zhang, undergraduate student in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. The dean also recognized Mark Liles, professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, with the COSAM Young Faculty Scholar Award.


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Makki accepts a job with W.C. Bradley Co.

Makki accepted a job offer as Quality Data Analyst at W.C. Bradley Co.


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Bezdek and Tam awarded SEC Visiting Faculty Travel Grant

Andras Bezdek and Tin-Yau Tam have been awarded the SEC Visiting Faculty Travel Grant.


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Ozbek accepts an Educator Assistant Professor position at the University of Cincinnati.

Ozbek has accepted an Educator Assistant Professor position at the University of Cincinnati.


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Denu accepts position at Armstrong State University

Denu has accepted a tenure track assistant professor position at Armstrong State University


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Doyon Kim ranks highest in Auburn at The National Putnam Mathematical Competition for undergraduate students

Doyon Kim did the best among the contestants from Auburn. He is in the group of contestants with ranks 198-500 (no order was given within that group).


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Costa Lima receives Outstanding International Graduate Student Award

Costa Lima receives the Outstanding International Graduate Student Award for his excellence in academics, leadership, and involvement.


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Costa Lima accepts position of Statistical Analyst with First Investors Financial Services Group

Costa Lima to be a Statistical Analyst in the Risk Analytics area at the First Investors Financial Services Group


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Authors study the dynamical properties of Krystyna Kuperberg's aperiodic flows on 3-manifolds

Authors study the dynamical properties of Krystyna Kuperberg's aperiodic flows on 3-manifolds


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Bezdek wins 2017 COSAM Faculty Service/Outreach Award

Dr. Andras Bezdek wins the 2017 COSAM Faculty Service/Outreach Award.


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Claire Zhang wins Comer Medal in Physical Science

Math major Claire Zhang wins the Comer Medal in Physical Science.


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Kat Perry accepts postdoc position at the University of Denver

Kat Perry has accepted a postdoc position in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Denver.


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Van Wyk receives 2017-2018 Robert K. Butz Award for Excellence in Teaching

Van Wyk has been selected by the Faculty Awards Committee as the recipient of the 2017-2018 Robert K. Butz Award for Excellence in Teaching


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Zhang wins Undergraduate Dean's Research Award

Ms. Claire Zhang (Dr. Pete Johnson, advisor) has won the Undergraduate Dean's Research Award.


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From drugstore cowboy to award-winning mathematician

The story of Curt Lindner’s life and career as a mathematician is on full display in his office. Stacks of books and papers cover everything from his desk to a small sofa pushed against a wall. No surface is left untouched. Even the walls are adorned with photographs, notes and drawings, each one a memento of his life and career. Lindner is Distinguished University Professor at Auburn University, and the material in his office represents 48-years of service at Auburn. Featured prominently on his office walls is his best friend, fellow mathematician Alexander Rosa, professor emeritus at McMaster University in Canada. Lindner and Rosa met for the first time, face-to-face, in 1970 at a mathematics conference at the University of Montreal. The two immediately hit it off and began a life-long friendship and working relationship.


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2017 Spring Job Hunting Workshop to be held March 31

2017 Spring Job Hunting Workshop will feature former student Steven Clontz and current student Dawit Denu.


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Dr. Dean Hoffman receives the 2017 Kraska Award

Dr. Dean Hoffman is the recipient of the 2017 Kraska Award to be presented at the end-of-Spring-semester gathering.


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Kallenberg invited to deliver a plenary lecture at Chalmers University of Technology (Gothenburg, Sweden) in 2018

Kallenberg is invited to deliver a plenary lecture at The 40th Conference on Stochastic Processes and Their Applications at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden.


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Zalik invited to deliver a plenary talk at University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Zalik invited to deliver a plenary talk at The Third International Workshop on Wavelets, Frames and Applications, University of Delhi (India).


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DePriest creates professorship in honor of special mentor

Paul DePriest, mathematics ’75, has established a professorship through an estate gift in honor of his former instructor, Jack Rogers. DePriest, a cyber-information assurance analyst for Northrop Grumman Corporation, is a longtime member of the COSAM Dean’s Leadership Council and benefactor of the college. “I met Dr. Rogers in 1974 and was in his class for three quarters of math analysis,” said DePriest. “I believe the way Dr. Rogers taught the analysis series of classes helped develop my problem solving skills and enhanced my desire to constantly learn new things. This has been extremely beneficial throughout my career as I have done numerous types of jobs, including scientific programming using supercomputers, computer network design and management, computer system management, and currently, cyber security. I have also taught cyber security part-time at the university level for 12 years. I used teaching techniques I observed from Dr. Rogers' classes to help my students to succeed in learning how to develop secure systems.”


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Mills and Zhang recipients of 2016 Andrew C. Connor Memorial Award

Mills and Zhang recipients of 2016 Andrew C. Connor Memorial Award


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Perry establishes the Dr. J. Earl Perry Endowed Summer Graduate Award

Dr. J. Earl Perry has established the Dr. J. Earl Perry Endowed Summer Graduate Award. This endowment will generate around $2,000 annually and the funds will likely be available in the summer of 2018.


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Wu has accepted an offer of Financial Analyst with Synchrony Financial

Ms. Ming Yan (Angie) Wu accepts a job offer from Synchrony Financial for Financial Analyst position


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COSAM faculty, students and alumni attend the sixth annual Masamu Institute and Workshops in Mathematical Sciences in Pretoria, South Africa

Auburn University faculty, students and alumni attended the 2016 Masamu Advanced Study Institute, or MASI, and Workshops in Mathematical Sciences in Pretoria, South Africa, from Nov. 18-27. The program was held in conjunction with the 2016 Southern Africa Mathematical Sciences Association, or SAMSA, Annual Conference at the University of Pretoria. Auburn University faculty in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, including Overtoun Jenda, professor and assistant provost for special projects and initiatives, Professor Ash Abebe, Professor Emeritus A.J. Meir, and Alumni Professor Peter Johnson, together with the SAMSA Executive Committee, formed the Masamu Program in 2010. The inaugural MASI and Workshops were held in November 2011 in Livingstone, Zambia, with funding from the National Science Foundation.


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Graduate Student Awards announced

Award certificates are to be given to outstanding graduate students at end-of-year get together, December 2.


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Lindner receives Euler Medal

Dr. Curt Lindner receives the Euler Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the Institute of Combinatorics and Applications. For your information, the ICA awards the Euler Medals annually for distinguished career contributions to combinatorics by a member of the institute. It is named after the 18th century famous mathematician Leonhard Euler. Congratulations Curt!


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Govil receives 2016 Outstanding Teacher of Graduate Students Award

Dr. Narendra Govil is the recipient of the 2016 Outstanding Teacher of Graduate Students Award, which recognizes a faculty member who provides outstanding graduate level instruction.


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NSF Awards over $2 million for collaborative research to Jenda, Abebe, and Wilson

Five-year collaborative research project: Making to Advance Knowledge, Excellence, and Recognition in STEM (MAKERS) led by Drs. Overtoun Jenda (Principal Investigator), Ash Abebe (Co-Principal Investigator), and Alan Wilson (Co-Principal Investigator, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences) awarded over $2 million in grant from NSF.


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Auburn University faculty receive $2 million from National Science Foundation for scholarships for low-income students

The National Science Foundation, or NSF, issued more than $2 million in grant funding to COSAM’s Overtoun Jenda, assistant provost for special projects and initiatives and professor of mathematics, for a five-year, multi-institutional, collaborative project titled, “Making to Advance Knowledge, Excellence, and Recognition in STEM,” or “MAKERS.” Co-primary investigators on the project are Auburn’s Asheber Abebe, professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and Alan Wilson, associate professor in the School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences.


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Oeding awarded an NSF Grant to support an NSF CBMS Conference

Dr. Luke Oeding was awarded an NSF Grant to support an NSF CBMS Conference on "Tensors and their uses in approximation theory, quantum information theory and geometry." The conference will be held on July 24–28, 2017 at Auburn University and will feature 10 lectures by Dr. J.M. Landsberg of Texas A&M University and 7 supporting lectures by other leading researchers in mathematics and physics.


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Graduate Student Awards Announced

Dr. T.-Y. Tam announces graduate student awards that will be acknowledged with certificates to the recipients at the end-of-semester gathering.


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Harrelson recipient of the 2016 Frank Sturm Award

Joshua Harrelson is the recipient of the 2016 Frank Sturm Graduate Student Service/Outreach Award


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Lori Bell selected as a Spirit of Excellence Award winner

Lori Bell selected as a Spirit of Excellence Award winner


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NSF grants $298,424 to project NSF INCLUDES with Drs. Overtoun Jenda (PI) and Ash Abebe (Co-PI) as team members of Auburn University, the lead institution.

NSF has granted $298,424 to the collaborative research project NSF INCLUDES: South East Alliance for Persons with Disabilities in STEM (SEAPD-STEM), effective October 1, 2016. The pilot project has 21 colleges and universities in the Southeast with Auburn as the lead institution.


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Drs. Zhang and Y. Cao receive NSF grant

NSF grants $38,913 to Drs. Zhang and Cao for project centered around the interdisciplinary training of graduate students in computational data science and engineering.


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Browns donate $2 million to COSAM to set up the Rosemary Kopel Brown Chair in Mathematics

Browns donate $2 million to COSAM to set up the Rosemary Kopel Brown Endowed Eminent Scholar Chair in Mathematics


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NSF provides grant to Drs. Overtoun Jenda and Pete Johnson for REU Algebra and Discrete Mathematics

NSF has granted $287,697 over a three-year period effective May 1, 2016, to Drs. Overtoun Jenda (Principal Investigator) and Pete Johnson


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Rodger reappointed as Don Logan Endowed Chair of Mathematics

Chris Rodger, professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, has been reappointed as the Don Logan Endowed Chair of Mathematics. Rodger is the recipient of a wide range of awards and accolades, including: the 2006 Scharnagel Professorship; the 2008 Auburn University Outreach Award; and the Hall Medal, given by the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications. Rodger holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Sydney, Australia, and a doctorate from the University of Reading, England. A COSAM faculty member for more than 25 years, he has received numerous grants for his outreach work and was among the six principal investigators on a $9 million National Science Foundation grant for the program, “Transforming East Alabama Mathematics,” or TEAM-Math. The purpose of TEAM-Math was to improve mathematics education in 14 local and regional school districts. As COSAM’s associate dean for research and graduate studies from 2010-2014, Rodger led efforts to assist faculty with grant opportunities and proposal development and maintained contract records for the college. Chris Rodger, professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, has been reappointed as the Don Logan Endowed Chair of Mathematics. Rodger is the recipient of a wide range of awards and accolades, including: the 2006 Scharnagel Professorship; the 2008 Auburn University Outreach Award; and the Hall Medal, given by the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications. Rodger holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Sydney, Australia, and a doctorate from the University of Reading, England. A COSAM faculty member for more than 25 years, he has received numerous grants for his outreach work and was among the six principal investigators on a $9 million National Science Foundation grant for the program, “Transforming East Alabama Mathematics,” or TEAM-Math. The purpose of TEAM-Math was to improve mathematics education in 14 local and regional school districts.


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New program for incoming freshmen aims to assist with fundamental mathematics concepts and the college transition

Auburn University is offering a new program, Plainsmen’s Prep: A Bridge to Calculus, from Aug. 4 - 12, which is designed to give approximately 70 incoming freshmen an exclusive opportunity to review pre-calculus and calculus topics needed to be successful in their college courses.


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Trawick named senior vice president and chief operating officer for Southern Power

John Trawick, applied mathematics ’90, has been named senior vice president and chief operating officer for Southern Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company.


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Billor invited to speak at the 26th Colombian Symposium on Statistics

Dr. Nedret Billor is invited to be a plenary speaker at the 26th Colombian Symposium on Statistics, to be held at Sincelejo, Colombia, August 8-12, 2016


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Trawick named senior vice president and chief operating officer for Southern Power

Trawick, formerly senior vice president of commercial operations and planning for Southern Company Services, was recently named senior vice president and chief operating officer for subsidiary Southern Power.


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McDonald awarded a three-year research grant by NSF

McDonald awarded a three-year research grant by NSF


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Cao awarded NSF three-year research grant

Cao awarded NSF three-year research grant


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Han and McDonald awarded research grants by the Simons Foundation

Han and McDonald awarded research grants by the Simons Foundation


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McAtee accepts a Statistician position with Oak Ridge Affiliated Universities

Mr. Aaron McAtee has accepted a Statistician position with Oak Ridge Affiliated Universities (ORAU).


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COSAM recognizes top students at Honors Convocation

COSAM recognized top students and faculty at the annual Honors Convocation, which took place on April 23 in the Auburn University Student Center Ballroom.


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Ghimire accepts tenure track assistant professor position with LSU at Alexandria.

Ghimire accepts tenure track assistant professor position in the Department of Mathematics and Physical Sciences at Louisiana State University at Alexandria.


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Kim receives a 2nd place award at the Undergraduate Research Symposium of AU

Mr. DoYon Kim received a 2nd place award at the Undergraduate Research Symposium of AU for the oral presentation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.


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McDonald has received the 2016 Outstanding Female Faculty Award given by the Society of Women in Sciences and Mathematics

Dr. Jessica McDonald has received the 2016 Outstanding Female Faculty Award given by the Society of Women in Sciences and Mathematics


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Clontz ('15) accepts tenure track assistant professor position at USA

Clontz ('15) accepts tenure track assistant professor position with University of South Alabama


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Kim and Denu selected to be the awardees in the Annual International Student Recognition Banquet

DoYon Kim and Dawit Denu were selected to be the awardees in the Annual International Student Recognition Banquet


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Professor Tin-Yau Tam appointed to a second four-year term as Department Chair

Professor Tin-Yau Tam has been appointed to a second four-year term as Department Chair


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Feng recipient of the 2016-2017 Robert K. Butz Award for Excellence in Teaching

Feng was selected as the recipient of the 2016-2017 Robert K. Butz Award for Excellence in Teaching


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2016 Southern Regional Algebra Conference

2016 Southern Regional Algebra Conference will take place in Auburn March 18-20, 2016, organized by Drs. Ulrich Albrecht and T.-Y. Tam


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Bao accepts tenure track Assistant Professor position with University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Dr. Feng Bao, currently a postdoc at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, accepted a position of tenure track Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.


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Dr. Laura Merchant to participate in the Summer 2016 (Re)design

Dr. Laura Merchant to participate in the Summer 2016 (Re)design


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Auburn DMS to be well represented at 50th annual Spring Topology and Dynamics Conference

Auburn Department of Mathematics and Statistics to be well represented at 50th annual Spring Topology and Dynamics Conference next week at Baylor University


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Three-Day Workshop on Discrete and Intuitive Geometry

Discrete and intuitive geometry cover a wide range of problems of various areas including convexity, the theory of packing, covering and tiling, computational geometry, rigidity theory, and the geometry of numbers and crystallography. Discrete geometry investigates combinatorial and analytic properties of configurations of geometric objects. Intuitive geometry investigates geometry problems that have an intuitive appeal; however, the solutions of these problems are usually very intricate and require tools from many areas.


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Tam signs with CRC Press to produce 'Matrix Inequalities and Their Extensions in Lie Groups'

Dr. T.-Y. Tam has signed a book contract with CRC Press. The book is a research monograph entitled "Matrix Inequalities and Their Extensions in Lie Groups." The aim of book is to present scholarly works and interesting results in a coherent fashion. The book is suitable to researchers and graduate students with the hope that it will stimulate further research in the topics.


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Rodger to be a plenary speaker for the Distance in Graph 2016 (DiGUbud).

Dr. Chris Rodger is invited to be a plenary speaker for the Distance in Graph 2016 (DiGUbud). It is a satellite conference of the Asian Mathematical Conference 2016 which will be held in Ubud, Bali, on July 19-22, 2016.


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Shen to give invited lecture at John H. Barrett Memorial Lectures

Dr. Wenxian Shen will give an invited lecture at John H. Barrett Memorial Lectures in the University of Tennessee, May 16-18, 2016.


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Rodger named Newington Medalist

Chris Rodger, Don Logan Endowed Chair of Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, was named a Newington Medalist by Newington College’s Old Newingtonians’ Union.


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Auburn University unveils $1 million supercomputer, initiates new technology acquisition plan

Auburn University unveiled a new $1 million supercomputer that will enhance research across campus, from microscopic gene sequencing to huge engineering tasks. The university is also initiating a plan to purchase a new one every few years as research needs evolve and expand. The College of Sciences and Mathematics’ Dean Nicholas Giordano, along with Bliss Bailey, chief information officer in the Office of Information Technology, led the effort to bring the new supercomputer to the university.


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Guanqun Cao: A recipient of the 2015-16 Daniel F. Breeden Endowed Grant Program

Guanqun Cao's proposal entitled "Developing Statistical Thinking and Enhancing Communications Skills of Statistical Students" is one of the recipients of the 2015-16 Daniel F. Breeden Endowed Grant Program


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Kim and Erickson selected as co-recipients of the 2015 Andrew C. Connor Memorial Award

Kim and Erickson selected as co-recipients of the 2015 Andrew C. Connor Memorial Award


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Tam gives lectures/colloquia in China and develops joint programs

Tam gives lectures/colloquia in China and develops joint programs


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Dr. ChuChu Chidume accepted the Associate Director position with AU Global

Dr. ChuChu Chidume accepted the Associate Director position with AU Global


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Han accepts Data Analyst job offer from ICF

Han accepts a Data Analyst job offer from ICF


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Zalik appointed Associate Editor

Zalik appointed Associate Editor of Journal of Computational Analysis and Applications


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Abebe receives 2015 Outstanding Teacher of Graduate Students Award

Abebe receives 2015 Outstanding Teacher of Graduate Students Award


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Mr. Dawit Denu receives inaugural 2015 Frank Sturm Graduate Student Service/Outreach Award

Mr. Dawit Denu receives inaugural 2015 Frank Sturm Graduate Student Service/Outreach Award


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Graduate Student Award Recipients Announced

Graduate Student Award Recipients Announced


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T-Y Tam invited to give a plenary talk at the Conference 'Recent Advances in Linear Algebra and Graph Theory'

T-Y Tam has been invited to give a plenary talk at the Conference "Recent Advances in Linear Algebra and Graph Theory"


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Han invited to give a plenary talk at the National Central University in Taiwan.

Han invited to give a plenary talk at the National Central University in Taiwan.


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Dr. Jessica McDonald awarded an NSF grant for 2016 conference

Dr. Jessica McDonald awarded an NSF grant for 2016 conference


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AMS-AAAS Special Session to be dedicated to Włodek Kuperberg on the occasion of his 75th birthday

An AMS-AAAS special session of the Spring AMS Southeastern Sectional Meeting on New Developments in Discrete and Intuitive Geometry is dedicated to the 75th birthday of our colleague Dr. Włodek Kuperberg.


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Donegan receives AU Spirit of Excellence Award

Donegan receives AU Spirit of Excellence Award


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Augustine ('95, '97) to speak on 'The Rise of the Health Data Scientist'

Brady Augustine (BS '95; MS '97), President of Aggressive Analytics, Inc. and a leader in health systems operations and improvement will be on campus to speak on "The Rise of the Health Data Scientist."


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Albrecht and Huang part of AMSTI team awarded $390,000 grant

Alabama Mathematics, Science, and Technology Initiative (AMSTI), Mathematics and Science Partnership has been awarded a grant in the amount of $390,000 by the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE).


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McInnis accepts position as lecturer with Columbus State University

Ms. Elizabeth McInnis has accepted a position as a lecturer in the Department of Mathematics at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia.


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Nwaeze accepts position with Tuskegee University

Mr. Eze Nwaeze has accepted a tenure track assistant position in the Department of Mathematics at Tuskegee University.


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Guanqun Cao is awarded a Simons Travel Grant

Dr. Guanqun Cao is awarded a Simons Travel Grant of amount $35,000 over a five-year period starting September 1, 2015.


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Rogers ('11) accepts Associate Professor position with Montgomery College (Rockville, MD)

Dr. Julie Rogers ('11) has accepted an Associate Professor position with Montgomery College in Rockville, MD.


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COSAM alumnus named vice president for production finance for Universal Television

Chris Cilluffo, mathematics '95, has been named vice president for production finance for the Universal Television Studio finance team.


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Lilly accepts position as Statistical Data Analyst at SiO2 Medical Products

PhD student Ms. Kristin Lilly accepted a full-time job offer to be a Statistical Data Analyst at SiO2 Medical Products, a medical device company in Auburn. Kristin's PhD advisor is Professor Nedret Billor.


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Nane delivers plenary talk at ICAAMM

Dr. Erkan Nane delivered a plenary talk at the International Conference on Applied Analysis and Mathematical Modeling, ICAAMM 2015, June 8-12, Istanbul.


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Trawick, Senior Vice President of the Southern Company Commercial Operations and Planning, to speak

Trawick, Senior Vice President of the Southern Company Commercial Operations and Planning.


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Aust accepts position with Martin Methodist College

PhD student Jennifer Aust has received and accepted the position of tenure-track Assistant Professor of Mathematics from Martin Methodist College in Pulaski, TN. Her major professor is Professor Dean Hoffman.


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COSAM recognizes academic achievement for 2014-2015 academic year

COSAM awarded top students and faculty at the annual Honors Convocation on April 25. This year, the convocation was held in honor of Howard Hargis, former head of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Hargis retired in 2004 after 34 years as a professor at Auburn. During the ceremony, students were recognized for outstanding academic achievement for the 2014-2015 academic year.


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Perry and Yeh new Graduate Student Council senators

Perry and Yeh new Graduate Student Council senators


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Nobel Peace Prize winner to receive honorary doctorate

John Oakberg, mathematics ’69, will receive an honorary doctorate at the College of Sciences and Mathematics’ 2015 spring commencement on Saturday, May 9, at 10 a.m. Oakberg was part of a team of scientists at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna to receive the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize. The award was presented for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest way possible. “The most significant highlight during my career was in sharing, along with all other IAEA staff members, receipt of the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize,” said Oakberg.


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Erzurumluoglu accepts postdoc position at Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada

Erzurumluoglu accepts postdoc position at Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada


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Shen accepted 2-year postdoc position at the University of Alberta

PhD student Mr. Zhongwei Shen accepted a 2-year postdoc position in the Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at the University of Alberta.


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Zhao accepts Actuarial Analyst position with AIG

Zhao accepts Actuarial Analyst position with AIG


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David Zalik, math alumnus, by the AU Harbert College of Business

David Zalik, math alumnus, by the AU Harbert College of Business


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Oakberg (BS in Math, '69) to receive an honorary PhD

Oakberg (BS in Math, '69) to receive an honorary PhD


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Buluswar named Chief Science Officer at AIG

Buluswar named Chief Science Officer at AIG


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Flipping the Classroom: A new way to teach

Auburn University's College of Sciences and Mathematics is "flipping the classroom" as part of an innovative way to teach Auburn students through a newly constructed Engaged in Active Student Learning, or EASL, classroom. Working with the Office of the Provost, the college is leading Auburn's effort on the unusual design since all Auburn students must take core classes in the college prior to graduating. "In contrast to traditional classrooms where faculty teach 'at' students, often in stadium-style rooms, this room was designed to encourage teacher-student interactions, and student-student collaborations, two aspects which are known to lead to improved learning outcomes," said COSAM Dean Nicholas Giordano. "COSAM faculty spent many months preparing to use the EASL classroom as effectively as possible in their teaching, and the new space was ready to use at the beginning of the fall 2014 semester."


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Rodger delivers invited talk at Troy University Mathfest

Rodger delivers invited talk at Troy University Mathfest


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Yu accepts Senior Risk Modeling Analyst position

Yu accepted a Senior Risk Modeling Analyst position offer from Crescent Bank & Trust


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Pannu accepts position at Lamar University

Jasdeep Pannu, of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, has accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position in the Department of Mathematics at Lamar University.


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Department of Mathematics and Statistics faculty chosen to participate in Summer Course (Re)Design Seminar

Andras Bezdek and Gina Jackson, of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, have been selected to participate in the 10-day Summer Course (Re)Design Seminar.


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Pannu accepts a tenure-track Assistant Professor position with Lamar University

Pannu accepts a tenure-track Assistant Professor position with Lamar University


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Drs. Bezdek and Jackson chosen to participate in Summer Course (Re)design Seminar

Drs. Bezdek and Jackson chosen to participate in Summer Course (Re)design Seminar


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Lin receives 2015-2016 Robert K. Butz Award for the Excellence in (undergraduate) Teaching

Lin receives 2015-2016 Robert K. Butz Award for the Excellence in (undergraduate) Teaching


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Clontz accepts Visiting Assistant Professor position at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Clontz accepts Visiting Assistant Professor position at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte


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Graduate student accepts instructor position with United States Navy

Randall Gay, graduate student in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, accepted a position as nuclear power instructor with the United States Navy in Charleston, S.C.


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Gay accepts the Nuclear Power Instructor (Navy) position in Charleston, South Carolina.

Gay accepts the Nuclear Power Instructor (Navy) position in Charleston, South Carolina.


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Han selected as the recipient of the 2015-2017 Jack B. Brown Endowed Faculty Award

Han selected as the recipient of the 2015-2017 Jack B. Brown Endowed Faculty Award


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Yuxiang Zheng selected one of AU Outstanding Master's Students for 2014-2015

Yuxiang Zheng has been selected as one of AU Outstanding master¹s students for 2014-2015. He received his MS degree in 2014 and Dr. Dmitry Glotov was his major professor. He is now a PhD student, again with Dr. Glotov as major professor.


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Students create app, win prize for “Is Toomer’s Corner Being Rolled Right Now” app

Alex Byaly, Steven Clontz, Zachary Sarver and Ph.D. graduate, Daniel Brice, all from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, won first prize at the Smart City Hackathon, a competition hosted in Auburn where teams build smart tools for the benefit of the city.


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Cao delivers keynote talk 9th International Conference on Computational Physics

Cao delivers keynote talk 9th International Conference on Computational Physics


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Bezdek to Deliver a Plenary Talk at the Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Budapest

Bezdek to Deliver a Plenary Talk at the Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Budapest


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Hammer accepts Assistant Professor position with Cedar Crest College (Allentown, PA)

James Hammer has accepted an Assistant Professor position with Cedar Crest College in Allentown Pennsylvania http://www.cedarcrest.edu/ca/index.shtm He will be starting his job there in Fall 2015.


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Peng Zeng Receives 2015 Dr. Marie Kraska Award

Dr. Peng Zeng is the recipient of the 2015 Dr. Marie Kraska Award for Excellence in Teaching (Statistics). The Kraska Award Committee unanimously recommended Dr. Zeng for the award.


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Brice, Byaly, Clontz, and Sarver competed in the Smart City Hackathon

Brice, Byaly, Clontz, and Sarver competed in the Smart City Hackathon


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Perry and Holmes Win Teaching Awards

(1) Ms. Kat Perry has won the 2015 COSAM Outstanding GTA Award. (2) Dr. Randall Holmes has won the 2015 COSAM Outstanding Teacher Award.


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Nguelifack accepts assistant professor position

Brice Nguelifack, Ph.D. student in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position offer in the Department of Mathematics at the United States Naval Academy.


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Kuperberg and Zeng granted Professional Improvement Leave

Krystyna Kuperberg and Peng Zeng have been granted Professional Improvement Leave (PIL) by the Provost Office in Fall 2015 and Spring 2016, respectively.


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Nguelifack accepts a tenure-track assistant professor position in the Department of Mathematics at the US Naval Academy

PhD student Mr. Brice Nguelifack received and accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position offer in the Department of Mathematics at the US Naval Academy (USNA), which is a highly selective four-year federal service academy located in Annapolis, Maryland.


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Auburn University program promotes worldwide mathematical research in southern Africa

In 2009, Overtoun Jenda, associate provost for Diversity and Multicultural Affairs and professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, attended a conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, held by the Southern Africa Mathematical Sciences Association (SAMSA). As the only representative from the United States, Jenda made a promise that he would increase the presence of American mathematical research in Africa, and capitalize on an opportunity to create U.S.-Africa collaboration through Auburn University and SAMSA. When he returned to Auburn, Jenda, along with Ash Abebe, A.J. Meir and Peter Johnson of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, together with southern Africa mathematicians, began to brainstorm and developed what would become the Masamu Program, meaning mathematics in the southern African region.


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Whitley receives 2014 Andrew C. Connor Memorial Award

Mary Elizabeth Whitley, a senior in applied mathematics, is the recipient of the 2014 Andrew C. Connor Memorial Award.


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Billor selected Outstanding Teacher of Graduate Students

Professor Nedret Billor is the recipient of the 2014 Outstanding Teacher of Graduate Students Award given by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. The award recognizes a faculty member who provides outstanding graduate level instruction in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics


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Rodger gives Christie Lecture

Chris Rodger, the Don Logan Endowed Chair of Mathematics, recently gave the Christie Lecture at the Northeastern Section of the Mathematics Association of America. The Christie Lecture was introduced by the Northeastern Section in 1979 to honor Dan Christie of Bowdoin College. He was one of the founding fathers of the section, serving two terms as chair and one as governor.


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In memoriam: Frank Sturm '14

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics of Auburn University is greatly saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Frank Sturm on October 14, 2014. Frank received his PhD in Spring 2014 under the joint advice of Professors Piotr Minc and Michel Smith, in the area of Topology. Frank was a great guy and made a lot of contributions to the department and Auburn University. He was an outstanding graduate student leader. He was liked by faculty, fellow graduate students, and his students. We will miss him greatly.


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Former professor Bob Grone donates math books

Bob Grone, former professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, has donated math books to the department including upper division and graduate texts. After leaving Auburn in 1987, Grone joined the Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences at San Diego State University. He recently retired and received Professor Emeritus status.


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Gordon named Goldwater Scholar

Graham Gordon, a COSAM Honors College student double-majoring in mathematics and physics, has been chosen as a 2014 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, an honor that is only bestowed to a approximately 300 students nationwide each year. The scholarship is widely considered the most prestigious award in the United States for undergraduates in STEM disciplines. Gordon, of Aiken, S.C., conducts research under the guidance of Professor Peter Nylen in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. He is also an undergraduate teaching assistant with Professor Joe Perez in the Department of Physics, and he previously participated in a research group studying computational Rydberg atomic physics. “I would like to thank Dr. Nylen for being an ideal research adviser and Dr. Paul Harris (associate director for national prestigious scholarships) for guiding me during the application process,” Gordon said. “Anyone pursuing research in a STEM field should consider this scholarship. Applying is an enlightening experience itself.” Gordon’s primary research involves partial distance matrix completion with multilateration applications to wireless sensor network localization, and his publications include an article in the Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics.


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Dr. Xiaoying (Maggie) Han gave plenary talk at the International Workshop on Infinite Dimensional Stochastic Systems

Dr. Xiaoying (Maggie) Han gave plenary talk at the International Workshop on Infinite Dimensional Stochastic Systems


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Yongsheng Han invited to give talk at Harmonic Analysis and Applications international conference

Dr. Yongsheng Han, professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, has been invited to give a talk at the international conference "Harmonic Analysis and Applications" which will be held at Chern Institute of Mathematics, Nankai University, China during June 11-14, 2014.


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Tam invited to deliver plenary lecture at SICMAA 2013

Dr. Tin-Yau Tam has been invited to deliver a plenary lecture at the 2013 Shanghai International Conference on Matrix Analysis and Applications (SICMAA2013).


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Govil invited to speak at 10th International Symposium of Geometric Function Theory and Applications

Dr. Narendra Govil, a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, has been invited to be a plenary speaker at the 10th International Symposium of Geometric Function Theory and Applications, August 25-28, 2014.


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Scott Varagona, a 2012 Ph.D. graduate in Mathematics, wins his fifth Alabama Chess Championship.

Scott Varagona, a 2012 Ph.D. graduate in Mathematics, has won his fifth Alabama Chess Championship. He is currently an assistant professor of Mathematics at the University of Montevallo.


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Abebe and Jenda Invited Keynote Speakers, SAMSA 2013 Conference

Abebe and Jenda Invited Keynote Speakers, SAMSA 2013 Conference


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Dr. Wlodek Kuperberg part of the 'Research in Pairs' (RiP) program

Dr. Wlodek Kuperberg collaborated with Professor Gábor Fejes Tóth at Oberwolfach Mathematical Research Institute from April 7 - May 5, 2013, as part of the "Research in Pairs" (RiP) program.


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Gwen Kirk selected to receive 2013 Lilly-Lovelace Distinguished Service Award

Gwen Kirk, Office Administrator/Supervisor in the department of Mathematics and Statistics, has been selected to receive the inaugural 2013 Lilly-Lovelace Distinguished Service Award in the Staff-Departmental category.


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Bennett family establishes Ralph B. Bennett Memorial Endowed Fund for Excellence

The Dr. Ralph B. Bennett Memorial Endowed Fund for Excellence was established for the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. The endowment was established in memory of Ralph Blount Bennett by his wife, Donna V. Bennett, and daughters, Rebecca Ruth Bennett and Leah Elizabeth Bennett Edwards, for the purpose of providing funds for excellence in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.


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Dr. Ralph B. Bennett Memorial Endowed Fund for Excellence

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics (DMS) received the Dr. Ralph B. Bennett Memorial Endowed Fund for Excellence. The Fund will be used to recognize outstanding DMS graduate students in the form of Dr. Ralph B. Bennett Memorial Graduate Fellowship. The Fund may also be used as an undergraduate scholarship for students majoring in mathematics or statistics according to the Agreement.


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Our PhD student Mr. Feng Bao won the best student paper award at the SIAM Southeast Atlantic Section Annual Meeting

Our PhD student Mr. Feng Bao won the best student paper award at the SIAM Southeast Atlantic Section Annual Meeting held on March 23-24, 2013, at the University of Tennessee/Oak Ridge National Lab. The winning paper is entitled "An accurate and stable numerical algoritm for nonlinear filtering problems" co-authored with Dr. Yanzhao Cao and Dr. Xiaoying (Maggie) Han.


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Dr. Marie Kraska Award for Excellence in Teaching

The Kraska Award will be used to recognize an associate or full professor in the department of Mathematics and Statistics of the College of Sciences and Mathematics for his/her outstanding teaching in statistics.


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Logan Chair celebrated with recognition dinner

On Jan. 15, a dinner was held in recognition of Chris Rodger, the inaugural recipient of the Logan Chair, established by Don and Sandy Logan. Rodger is the associate dean for research and graduate studies for COSAM. The Logan Chair is designed to support superior faculty of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics who possess academic leadership in the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research and university and professional service, including outreach activities, within the department, with each category weighted equally. Additionally, the recipient of the Logan Chair is expected to work to strengthen and enhance mathematics, and serve as a positive role model for students and colleagues.


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Tam invited as plenary speaker

Tin-Yau Tam has been invited as a plenary speaker of the 19th ILAS conference at Sung Kyun Kwan University, Suwon, KOREA, August 6 - 9, 2014. ILAS 2014 is one of the main satellite conferences of ICM (International Congress of Mathematicians). The conference organizers will provide him partial travel support.


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2012 - 2013 Mathematics and Statistics Administrative Team

The 2012 - 2013 Mathematics and Statistics Administrative Team has been announced.


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COSAM awards the 2012 Dean’s Outstanding Outreach Award

COSAM named two recipients of the 2012 Dean’s Outstanding Outreach Award, David King, professor of geology, and Ash Abebe, associate professor of mathematics and statistics. The annual Outstanding Outreach Award is given to COSAM faculty members with recent records of service and outreach performance that extend beyond normal expectations.


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Dr. Jane Upshaw named 2008 Distinguished Alumna

The College of Sciences and Mathematics recently named Dr. Jane Upshaw (Mathematics '69) its 2008 Distinguished Alumna. Upshaw was honored at a dinner Friday, November 7 at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center.


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