Research
The Department of Mathematics has been actively engaged in research since the 1930s. Additional information about the our history is available on the department history page.
Research Areas
Today, the department maintains strong research programs across a wide range of classical and contemporary areas of mathematics, as well as their applications, including:
- Algebra
- Analysis
- Biological modeling
- Dynamical systems
- Financial mathematics
- Geometry
- Inverse problems
- Numerical analysis and scientific computation
- Optimization and control
- Partial differential equations
- Probability
- Symbolic computation
- Topology
Recognition and Awards
Our department is among the nation’s most successful in securing research funding in mathematics. Junior faculty have received Packard and Sloan Fellowships, as well as National Science Foundation CAREER and PECASE awards. Senior faculty include 12 Fellows of major research societies, including the American Mathematical Society, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and the Association for Computing Machinery.
