The Applied Mathematics Group in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Georgia has scientific interests in Approximation Theory, Computational Math and High Performance Computing, Control Theory and PDE control, Dynamical Systems, Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Ecology, Mathematical Finance, Machine Learning, Numerical Solutions to PDEs, Signal, Image and Video Processing, Sparse Solutions of Linear System, Energy Minimization Problems and Mathematical Models for Collective Behavior. The Applied Math group members are currently investigating various topics including stability in population dynamics models, network analysis, microbial community analysis, compressive sensing, deep learning for data approximation, stochastic filtering, multivariate spline methods for various applications, numerical methods for kinetic equations, existence/uniqueness/stability of energy minimizers and long time behavior of models for collective behavior. Dr. Kelly Black Academic Professional Research Interest: Ecology Modeling Spectral Methods and PDE Approximation Email: kjblack@gmail.com Dr. Weiwei Hu Associate Professor Research Interest: PDE control and Optimization Optimal control Computational methods Flow control problems and network dynamics Email: weiwei.hu@uga.edu Dr. Caner Kazanci Associate Professor Research Interest: Biology and ecological modeling Numerical analysis Stochastic modeling Email: caner@uga.edu Dr. Ming-Jun Lai Professor Research Interest: Multivariate splines and applications Compressive Sensing Numerical PDEs Email: mjlai@uga.edu Dr. Lin Mu Assistant Professor Research Interest: Computational fluid mechanics Numerical PDEs Computational biology Email: linmu@uga.edu Dr. Ruiwen Shu Assistant Professor Research Interest: Energy minimization Collective dynamics kinetic and hyperbolic problems Email: ruiwen.shu@uga.edu Dr. Jingzhi Tie Professor Research Interest: Analysis Geometric analysis Applied mathematics Email: jtie@math.uga.edu Dr. Sofya Zaytseva Lecture Research Interest: Math Biology Applied Science Applied mathematics Email: szaytseva@uga.edu Dr. Qing Zhang Professor Research Interest: Stochastic filtering and deep filtering Applied probability Mathematical finance Email: qz@uga.edu Post Doctoral Associates and their fields of interest Daniel Owusu Adu, Limited Term Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Queen's University, 2022. Seulip Lee, Limited Term Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2021. Bin Xie, Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Associate, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 2019. current students Tsung-Wei Hu Ph.D student JINSIL LEE Ph.D. student working on multivariate splines for numerical solutions of PDEs. ZHAIMING SHEN Ph.D. student working on graph/network clustering. former ph.d. students KENNETH ALLEN Ph.D. 2021, working on matrix completion YIDONG XU Ph.D. Dec. 2019. working on optimization for multicariate splines for data fitting and numerical solution of PDE. His dissertation can be found HERE . Now he returns to China and is looking for an industry to work. DANIEL MCKENZIE Ph.D. Aug. 2019 working on graph/network clustering. A PAPER BASED HIS DISSERTATION CAN BE FOUND HERE. IT IS PUBLISHED ON SIAM J. MATH. DATA SCIENCE IN 2020. Now he is a postdoc at UCLA. Check his webpage for more detail by clicking his name. CLAYTON MERSMANN Ph.D. graduated in Aug, 2019 working on numerical solution of Helmholtz equation and Maxwell equations. SEE HIS DISSERTATION HERE. He is now an assistant professor atUniversity of South Florida. ABRAHM VARGHESE Ph.D. in May, 2018 working on matrix completion. He graduated in May, 2018. His dissertation can be found HERE . He is now an assistant professor at Shenandoah University, Virginia. JAMES LANTERMAN Ph.D. graduated in May, 2018 working on constructing smooth polygonal elements and polygonal splines over quadrilatral partitions. His dissertation can be found HERE . He works for IHG. GEORGE SLAVOV Ph.D. graduated in Aug. 2016 working on numerical solution of diffusion-reaction equation and predator-prey system of PDE by using multivariate splines. HIS DISSERTATION TITLE IS "BIVARIATE SPLINE SOLUTION TO A CLASS OF REACTION-DIFFUSSION EQUATIONS." He is an instructor at Department of Mathematics, University of Georgia. Phong Luu, Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2016, University of North Georgia. LEOPOLD MATAMBA MESSI Ph.D. graduated in Aug. 2013 working on numerical solution of nonlinear PDE by using multivariate splines. He graduated in Aug. 2012. His dissertation title is "Theoretical and Numerical Approximation of the Rudin-Osher-Fetami model for image denoising in the continuous setting." He is a postdoc position at Mathematical Biology Institute, Ohio State University. Duy Nguyen, Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2013, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. QIANGYING HONG Ph.D., graduated in Aug. 2011. Her dissertation title is Bivariate Splines in variational models for image enhancements. She is now a lecturer at University of Kansas, Lawrenceville, Kansas. LOUIS YANG LIU Ph.D., graduated in August, 2010. His dissertation is Non-convex Optimization for Linear System with Pre-Gaussian Matrices and Recovery from Multiple Measurements. He was an assistant professor at the College of William and Mary in fall, 2011 and Spring, 2012. He is now a visiting assisitant professor at Michigan State University. Hoi Tin Kong, Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2010, AIG. David Prager, Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2010, Anderson University. BREE ETTINGER Ph.D., graduated in August, 2009. Her dissertation title is Bivariate Splines for Ozone Concentration Prediction. She is a postdoctorate at a university in Milan, Italy. She is now a lecturer at Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emory University. Jie Yu, Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2009, Northern Trust Corporation. DongHoon Shin, Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2009, Inha University, South Korea. Lirong Yu, Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2009, Dalton State College. Chao Zhuang, Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2008, BMO Financial Group. HAIPENG LIU Ph.D., graduated in August, 2007. His dissertation title is Prewavelets for Numerical Solution of PDE's. He is a lecturer at Georgia State University. JIANBAO WU Ph.D., graduated in August, 2007. His dissertation title is Spherical Splines for Hermite Interpolation and Surface Design. OKKYUNG CHO Ph.D., graduated in August, 2006.Her dissertation title is Construction of Compactly Supported Multiwavelets.She is an assistant professor at Montgomery College. JIE ZHOU Ph.D., graduated in August, 2006. His dissertation title is Construction of Orthonormal Wavelets of Dilation Factor 3 with Application in Image Compression and A New Construction of Multivariate Compactly Supported Tight Frame. He is a tenure track assistant professor at Coastal Carolina University in the fall, 2007. VICTORIA BARAMIDZE Ph.D., graduated in August, 2005. Her dissertation title is Spherical Splines for Scattered Data Fitting. She is an associate professor at West Illinois University. KYUNGLIN NAM Ph.D., graduated in August, 2005. Her dissertation title is "Tight Wavelet Frame Construction and Its Application for Image Processing". She was a visiting assistant professor at University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio. Now she is an instructor at Baylor University. Moustapha Pemy, Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2005, Towson University. GERARD AWANOU Ph.D., graduated in August, 2003. His dissertation title is "Energy Methods for Numerical Solution of 3D Navier-Stokes Equations by Trivariate Splines". After post-doc working at IMA (Institute for Mathematics and its Applications) at the University of Minnesota for two years, he is now an associate professor at North Illinois University. He has been an associate professor at University of Illinois at Chicago since Fall, 2012. Jianwu Wang, Ph.D. in Banking and Finance, 2003, J.P. Morgan. XIANGMING XU Ph.D., graduated in May, 2001. His dissertation title is Construction of Two-Dimensional Non-separable of Orthonormal Wavelets of Short Support. He is a research scientist at Telchemy Inc., Sewanee, GA. Ruihua Liu, Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2001, University of Dayton. WENJIE HE Ph.D., graduated in August, 1998. His dissertation title is Compactly Supported Multivariate Multiwavelets: Theory and Constructions. He is now an associate professor at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, the University of Missouri at St. Louis, Missouri. master degree students RICHARD TATUM Masters of Applied Mathematics and Sciences, graduated in August, 1999. He now works at Naval Surface Warfare Center, VA. VICTORIA BARAMIDZE Masters of Applied Mathematics and Sciences, graduated in August, 1999. Her thesis title is Existence, Uniqueness and Convergence of Cubic and Quintic Smoothing Splines . She is now a Ph.D., student of Dept. of Math., Univ. of Georgia. KATHLEEN FARMER Masters of Sciences, graduated in August, 1997. Her thesis title is Scattered Data Interpolation by C2 Quintic Splines Using Energy Minimization. She is now an instructor at Department of Mathematics, North Lousiana State University. JIANGXIANG LIU Masters of Sciences, graduated in August, 1995. He was a Ph.D., student at Dept. of Computer Sciences, Yale Univ. in Fall, 1995.
