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Research Advisors for Data Analytics

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    Christopher Beattie , bio

    The principal research interests of Professor Beattie are in the areas of scientific computing and large scale computational linear algebra, with an emphasis on iterative Krylov methods.

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    Eric de Sturler , bio

    Professor de Sturler's research focuses on numerical analysis for large-scale computational problems with an emphasis on fast solvers for linear and nonlinear systems, inverse problems and parameter estimation, optimization, and design, including iterative solvers and numerical linear algebra, randomization, stochastic methods, model reduction, and high performance computing with applications in computational mechanics, such structural optimization and computational fluid dynamics, tomography and image reconstruction, big data, computational physics, biology, and computer graphics.

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    Mark Embree , bio

    CMDA Program Director Professor Embree studies numerical linear algebra and spectral theory, with particular interest in eigenvalue computations for nonsymmetric matrices and transient behavior of dynamical systems.

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    Ionut-Gabriel Farcas , bio

    Professor Farcaș's research bridges scientific computing, high-performance computing, and computational physics. His work focuses on scientific machine learning, reduced and surrogate modeling, uncertainty quantification, and sparse grid and multi-fidelity methods. These computational techniques are designed to tackle complex, large-scale numerical simulations, such as those arising in turbulent transport in fusion devices or combustion processes in rocket engines.

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    Serkan Gugercin , bio

    Professor Gugercin studies computational mathematics, numerical analysis, and systems and control theory with a focus on data-driven modeling and model reduction of large-scale dynamical systems with applications to inverse problems, structural dynamics, material design, and flow control.

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    Agnieszka Miedlar , bio

    Professor Miedlar conducts research in numerical analysis and scientific computing, with a focus on iterative solvers for large-scale linear systems and eigenvalue problems, and adaptive finite element methods (AFEMs).

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    Mirjeta Pasha , bio

    Dr. Pasha is an Assistant Professor with research interests on high dimensional (tensor) data analysis, regularization for inverse problems, uncertainty quantification, and high-performance computing. She develops computationally efficient methods and algorithms to solve large-scale problems that arise from an extensive list of applications in data science, medicine, and engineering.

Researchers of Data Analytics

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    Andrea Carracedo Rodriguez , bio

    Dr. Carracedo Rodriguez conducts research in numerical analysis, with a focus on efficiently building approximations to dynamical systems from data or via model reduction.

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    Jason R. Wilson , bio

    Collegiate Assistant Professor Wilson teaches Math and CMDA classes. His research interests include large scale linear algebra, high performance computing, and the mathematical foundations of data science.

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    Nilton Garcia Hilares , bio

    Dr. Hilares' research interests lie in computational and applied linear algebra.

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    Layne T. Watson , bio

    Dr. Watson's research interests include numerical analysis; nonlinear programming; mathematical software; solid mechanics; fluid mechanics; image processing; parallel computation; bioinformatics.