*** Warning: this is a snapshot of my old Dartmouth academic page from 2017,
with updates on former group members. Some links are broken. For current work see here. ***
Research
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Science
Foundation
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Wetterhahn Award
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Jeffe Fellowship
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Bio and CV;
Professional statement (2016)
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Computational partial differential equations: wave scattering (the Helmholtz equation), periodic diffraction problems, variable media, high-frequency eigenvalue problems, acoustics, optics, fluid flow (Stokes).
- Numerical analysis: fast algorithms, integral equations, quadrature, spectral methods.
- Computational biological inverse problems:
spike sorting (neuroscience), cryo electron microscopy.
- Mathematical physics: quantum chaos, random plane waves. (Also see old research and graduate work.) Mathematics of music.
Note: As of November 2017, I have moved full time to
the Flatiron Institute in NYC, heading the
Numerical Analysis effort in the brand-new Center
for Computational Mathematics (CCM). We work on computational
methods, and software implementations, including PDEs, neuroscience, imaging, data analysis, statistics, and numerical libraries.
Publications, talks, and notes (also see google scholar)
Seminars and conferences: I started and ran
Applied and Computational Mathematics Seminar from 2006-2015.
I was the main organizer for the 100-person workshop
Modern Advances in Computational and Applied Mathematics at Yale, June 2017.
Recent group members:
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Paula Chen '17. Senior thesis on spike sorting algorithms
for neural electrical recordings with overlapping spikes. Ph.D program at Brown, DAM, started Sept 2018.
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Matthew Jin '17. NSF-funded undergraduate researcher
measuring topology statistics of nodal sets of
random plane waves. Now a data-sci and engineer at Microsoft.
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Larry (Yuxiang) Liu,
Ph.D June 2016 (Physics).
Thesis. Topic: fast algorithms for Helmholtz and Maxwell scattering from
periodic arrays of obstacles via the MFS.
After a postdoc in applied physics with Owen Miller's group at Yale, Larry became a quant at RBS, Optiver, and now Citadel.
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Min Hyung Cho.
Computational optics, electromagnetics, fast algorithms, layered media.
IACM Instructor July 2012 - June 2015.
Tenure-track at UMASS Lowell, started July 2015.
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Lin Zhao, Ph.D June 2015.
Thesis. Topic:
integral equations for Laplace eigenvalue and doubly-periodic electrostatics and Stokes flow problems. Lin went into investment research at INTECH, now a software engineer at Bloomberg.
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Adrianna Gillman. Research
areas: fast direct solvers, PDEs, integral equations. JWY Instructor
July 2011 - June 2014. Tenure-track at Rice started July 2014; now at CU Boulder.
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Prospective grad students: although the 1st-yr qual includes foundational pure math, the 2nd-yr can be applied, and there is an excellent applied/computational group at Dartmouth. Do apply!
Other collaboration & mentoring:
- Main other collaborators:
Leslie Greengard,
Shravan Veerapaneni,
Jeremy Magland,
Andrew Hassell,
Adrianna Gillman,
Gunnar Martinsson
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- Older group members and advisees (2015 and before):
- John Conley '15,
Presidential Scholar, optimizing multilayer solar cells, 2013-2014. codes.
- James Brofos '15,
adaptive schemes for close evaluation of layer potentials, NSF-funded undergraduate research, summer 2013.
- Ben Southworth '13
(co-advised with Brenden Epps), summer 2013. (went to Boulder applied math PhD program)
- Brad Nelson '13.
(Senior thesis; Cook-Richter award; Neukom prize;
integral equations in graded-index media, 2012-2013)
(went to Stanford applied math PhD program)
- Vipul Kakkad '13 (Presidential Scholar, optimizing bell mode frequencies, 2012). codes
- Kyle Konrad '12 (Senior thesis, high honors, quantum chaos nodal domains, 2011-2012. Picture used in this
CRM poster!. Support from Neukom Scholarship). codes.
- Hahn Nguyen '14 (WISP intern,
close evaluation of layer potentials, poster, 2011)
- Taylor Sipple '13 (Presidential Scholar, polygonal eigenmodes, 2011)
- Kathleen Champion '11 (Presidential Scholar & senior thesis, cell tracking with MCMC and 3D data w/ Gladfelter Lab, 2010-2011) (went to U Wash applied math PhD program)
- Zoe Lawrence, '10 (spatial dynamics of disease, co-advisor Dorothy Wallace, 2010)
- Yong Su '09 (Senior thesis, Tools for the capacitance of the cube and Laplace eigenfunctions on the sphere, 2008-9)(went to Stanford statistics PhD program)
- Evan Tice '09 (Senior thesis, cell division video tracking w/
Gladfelter Lab, 2008-9; awarded Kemeny Prize
for his code)
- Emmanuel Mensah '09 (Indep. study, inverse source problem, published in DUJS)
- Matt Mahoney, Ph.D. '09 (graded index materials, 2006-7)
- Chetan Mehta '08 (Senior thesis, optical tomography, 2007-8)
- Chor Lam '08 (Presidential Scholar, billiards, 2007-8) (went to Cornell math PhD program)
- Vissuta Jiwariyavej '09 (WISP intern,
acoustics & prime numbers, 2006-7)
Teaching
students should check out our
applied courses roadmap
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Math22: Linear Algebra with Applications (Summer 2006, Fall 2016, Summer 2017).
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Math53: Chaos! (Fall 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015).
Chaotic dynamics, maps, flows, fractals, applications...
flyer.
- Math11: Multivariable Calculus
(Fall 2010, 2015).
- Math 116: Great papers in numerical analysis
and computational algorithms.
(Spring 2014). Graduate-level; description.
- Math147: Graduate Teaching Seminar
(Summer 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017). Nationally-recognized mathematics instructor training.
- Math 56: Computational and Experimental Mathematics (Spring 2013, 2014).
New course on computation tools in pure and applied math:
fast Fourier transform, millions of digits...
- Math126/116: Numerical analysis for PDEs and
wave scattering
(Winter 2006, Fall 2008, Winter 2012).
Grad-level: numerical, quadrature, integral equations,
layer potentials, fast methods, coding... description
- Math5: The Mathematics of Music and Sound
(Spring 2007, Fall 2008, 2010, and 2011). How instruments work, voice, ear, Fourier, signal analysis, acoustics, waves...
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Math46: Introduction to Applied
Mathematics (Springs 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011). Core analytical tools formodeling, ODE/PDEs, integral equations, Greens functions, applications...
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Math23: Differential Equations (Fall 2005, Fall 2007).
My Matlab demo
of Taylor series in complex plane
(needs show_zser)
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Math50: Statistical Inference (Winter 2006).
Probability, Bayes...
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Business Calculus (Fall 2004, NYU). Contour worksheet.
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Mathematical Wave Dynamics (Spring 2004, NYU).
New. Honors course on theory and numerics of waves, with
Oliver Buhler.
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Linear Algebra (Fall 2003, NYU). In-class
worksheets
(DjVu format
[plugin]), and
math exam notes.
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Multivariable Calculus (Spring 2003, NYU).
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Undergraduate Math Lab (Fall 2002, NYU).
New; honors class on prime numbers, random matrices, graphs, with
Peter Sarnak,
Steve Miller.
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Laboratory Electronics (Fall 2001, Harvard). Paul Horowitz and Tom Hayes, gods of circuit design.
Service to College on Student Life
- Letter to President Hanlon on Sexual Assault and the Greek System (Sept 2013). Contains useful references for anyone who cares about reducing rape on campus.
- Opening statement for The Great Debate on the future of the Greek system at Dartmouth (April 2014). Accompanying reading list documenting effects of Greek life on student wellbeing.
- Letter to The Dartmouth re article in Green Key special issue (May 2014).
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Statement for Moving Dartmouth Forward Committee on Extreme Behaviors (Aug 2014).
- Our
letter signed by at least 239 faculty, on phasing out the Greek system.
(Nov 2014). Faculty voted on this issue 11/3/14: 116 for, 13 against, 3 abstain.
Old Personal Page
media projects, music, photos, wind energy, electronics...
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Images from our group used for SMS/CRM 2015 poster:
Periods, pitches & pipes:
a new middle-school teaching module connecting music and math.
Megan Martinez, Alex Barnett (via GK12 and NSF, 2013)
RESOURCES...
Quasi-periodic scattering
from dielectric gratings (2010):
My front cover, Notices of the AMS (2008):
MFS basis stability for the Helmholtz equation
(2004):
Math is a
myth in Wales
Dartmouth crime map
Check email
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