Incoming Assistant Professor of Fall 2018
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics welcomes Dr. Jianping Sun who will join as a new tenure-track assistant professor in Fall 2018. Learn more about her by clicking on her photo to the right.
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NSF awarded a grant for $9,000 to support the 2019 UNCG Summer School in Computational Number Theory workshop
NSF awarded a grant for $9,000 to support the 2019 UNCG Summer School in Computational Number Theory workshop. Congratulations to Brett Tangedal, Talia Fernós, Sebastian Pauli, Dan Yasaki, and Filip Saidak.
The Department was involved in hosting four excellent REU programs
The Department was involved in hosting four excellent REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) programs, namely, Math-Bio REU, Statistics REU, NREUP (National Research Experience for Undergraduates Program), and Number Theory REU at Elon University. The first three programs’ final research presentations were held at UNCG on Friday, July 20, where a total of 8 presentations… Continue reading…
UNCG Summer School in Computational Number Theory was held May 28-June 1, 2018
The UNCG Summer School in Computational Number Theory was held May 28-June 1, 2018. There were 26 participants who attended the workshop from various universities. Thanks go to Dan Yasaki, Sebastian Pauli, Filip Saidak, and Brett Tangedal for organizing a successful workshop.
The Department successfully hosted its Fourth Quantitative Methodology Series
The Department successfully hosted its Fourth Quantitative Methodology Series on May 7 & 9, 2018. There were 69 participants over 2 days of 4 workshops. Thanks go to Scott Richter, Sat Gupta, and Matt Jester for organizing a successful workshop.
Professor Sat Gupta was featured in UNCG’s research magazine in an article entitled, “Much More Than Numbers”.
With more than 125 journal articles, the Senior Research Excellence Award winner is both an accomplished theoretical researcher and statistical consultant…
Wei Chen (Vivian) successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation
Wei Chen (Vivian) successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation titled “Spectral Estimation for Random Processes with Stationary Increments” on Monday, March 12, 2018. Vivian was advised by Haimeng Zhang.
Sat Gupta and Tom Lewis receive Teaching Excellence Awards.
Sat Gupta and Tom Lewis have been chosen by the College of Arts and Sciences to receive 2018 Teaching Excellence Awards. Sat will receive the Senior Teaching Excellence Award and Tom will receive the Junior (Tenure-Track) Teaching Excellence Award. These awards will be presented to them at the Dean’s End of Year Celebration event on… Continue reading…
Carri Richter has been selected as one of the recipients of a 2018 College of Arts and Sciences Staff Excellence Award.
Carri Richter has been selected as one of the recipients of a 2018 College of Arts and Sciences Staff Excellence Award. This award will be presented to her at the Dean’s End of Year Celebration event on April 30th at 2 p.m.
Igor Erovenko has been awarded a CURM mini-grant
Igor Erovenko has been awarded a CURM (Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics) mini-grant for the 2018-2019 academic year. CURM is funded by the National Science Foundation.