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  • Mathematical Billiards Expert Covers All the Angles — in Theory November 7, 2023 -

    Dr. Vladimir Dragovic, professor and head of mathematical sciences in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, is an expert in mathematical billiards. It’s a field that has applications in physics and engineering, but Dragovic is drawn to the beauty of theory. Continue reading at UTD Magazine.

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  • UTD Putnam Club Ranks Top 10% in Prestigious Math Competition March 13, 2023 -

    by Carly Orewiler The UT Dallas Putnam Club secured its rank as No. 32 among 456 university teams after competing in the 83rd annual Putnam Competition. The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, administered by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), is a top-tier mathematics contest for undergraduate students in the U.S. and Canada. It began […]

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  • Teaching Awards Recognize Math Faculty, TAs as Class Acts August 9, 2022 -

    The School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics places great importance on the work of talented and committed teachers. Each year, students are asked to nominate faculty and teaching assistants worthy of recognition for the extraordinary efforts they make to provide our students a top-quality education. The school normally makes up to five awards in the […]

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  • Data Science Class’s Web Apps Helped Track Spread of Covid-19 -

    With the generous support of the UT Dallas Center for Disease Dynamics and Statistics, which was organized by the Department of Mathematical Sciences immediately following the outbreak of the pandemic under the auspices of the Office of the Vice President of Research, students in Dr. Qiwei Li’s class developed several real-time web apps to forecast […]

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  • Research Scientist Returns to UTD Flock -

    Computational mathematician Georgia Stuart BS’12, MATs’14, PhD’20 is one of the rare scholars who received all her degrees – bachelor’s, two master’s and a doctorate – from UT Dallas. According to the Office of Statistics, Planning and Analysis, only 10 students in the university’s history have graduated with the same order and number of degrees from […]

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  • Recent PhD Grad Applies Math Models to Finance, Wealth Management -

    Subas Acharya, PhD’22, who worked under the co-supervision of Professor Dmitriy Rachinskiy (Department of Mathematical Sciences) and Professor Alain Bensoussan (ICDRiA, JSOM), submitted his dissertation on applying stochastic processes to finance. His work was advised and supported by Dr. Alejandro Rivera (JSOM). The research applies techniques on problems of mathematical finance and economics, such as stochastic optimal control […]

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  • Mathematical Sciences Welcomes Faculty Members new mathematical sciences faculty -

    The Department of Mathematical Sciences welcomed additions to its faculty. Liang Hong, PhD, associate professor of mathematical sciences, received his BA in economics from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, and PhD in mathematics from Purdue University. His research has spanned a wide spectrum of topics, including actuarial science, data science and statistics, machine learning, […]

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  • A Nod to the Past: Pioneering Mathematical Physicist Ivor Robinson -

    The late Professor Emeritus Ivor Robinson was founding head of the Division of Mathematics and Mathematical Physics at The University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. Robinson was among the first members recruited in 1963 to the Graduate Research Center of the Southwest (GRCSW), the private research organization that in 1969 became The University of Texas […]

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  • Reminiscence of Dr. David Lewis -

    By Dr. Paul Stanford David joined our department shortly before I did, so we have known each other for a considerable period. He sported a magnificent handlebar mustache at the time, one which settled down over the years.  He was cheerful and supportive, worked patiently with his students, and was always professional in his duties […]

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  • Professor Relishes Role with Society for Applied Mathematicians Math professor Sue Minkoff with students in mathematical sciences. -

    Dr. Susan Minkoff, a professor of mathematical sciences at UT Dallas, is enjoying serving her second term as secretary of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), a post she’ll keep till the end of 2023.  SIAM, with roughly 15,000 members, is an international professional society that serves as the main applied mathematics professional […]

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  • Teaching Awards Recognize Faculty, TAs as Class Acts -

    The School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics places great importance on the work of talented and committed teachers. Each year, students are asked to nominate faculty and teaching assistants worthy of recognition for the extraordinary efforts they make to provide our students a top-quality education. The school normally makes up to five awards in the […]

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  • Nobel Laureate Penrose to Reminisce Work with Rindler on Spinors, Spacetime August 10, 2021 -

    Sir Roger Penrose, the British scholar who won half of the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics “for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity,” gave a transatlantic talk over Zoom on Sept. 2, 2021, titled, “Spinors, Space-Time, and Working with Wolfgang Rindler.”  The Nobel laureate and the late UT Dallas physics […]

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  • Watch Green Fellows Present Research Online May 6 May 5, 2021 -

    The Green Fellows program, offered jointly by The University of Texas at Dallas and the UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, provides a semester-long, fully paid undergraduate research fellowship. The program is most appropriate for those students interested in PhD or MD/PhD pathways after graduation from UT Dallas. This week, from 2-4 pm Thursday, May […]

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  • Meet Our New Dean January 31, 2021 -

    Following a national search, Dr. David Hyndman has been hired and takes the helm as dean of the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics effective Feb. 1.  Dr. Hyndman’s research and service are known internationally. His group’s research on hydrogeology evaluates human impacts on the water cycle through changes in climate and land use. Dr. […]

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