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= '''Applied and Computational Mathematics at UW-Madison''' =
= '''Applied and Computational Mathematics at UW-Madison''' =
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Welcome to the Applied and Computational Mathematics Group at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.  Our faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, and students are involved in a variety of research projects, including fluid dynamics, partial and stochastic differential equations, scientific computing, biology, biochemistry, and topology.
Welcome to the Applied and Computational Mathematics Group at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.  Our faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, and students are involved in a variety of research projects, including fluid dynamics, partial and stochastic differential equations, scientific computing, biology, biochemistry, and topology.


To pursue graduate studies in Applied and Computational Mathematics, see the [https://www.math.wisc.edu/graduate Mathematics Graduate Program].
To pursue graduate studies in Applied and Computational Mathematics, see the [https://math.wisc.edu/graduate/ Mathematics Graduate Program].


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== News and opportunities ==
== News and opportunities ==


* '''Leonardo Andrés Zepeda-Núñez''' has joined the department (Fall 2019). <!-- Updated by saverio 2019-07-19 -->
Full a full list of recent events within the department, see the [https://math.wisc.edu/ Mathematics Department Website].
 
* '''Leonardo Andrés Zepeda-Núñez''' has joined the department (Fall 2019). <!-- Updated by Saverio 2019-07-19 -->


* '''Amy Cochran''' has joined the department (Fall 2019). <!-- Updated by saverio 2019-07-19 -->
* '''Amy Cochran''' has joined the department (Fall 2019). <!-- Updated by saverio 2019-07-19 -->
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== Workshops ==
== Workshops ==
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== Seminars ==
== Seminars ==


''organized by Applied Math''
''Organized by Applied Math''


* [http://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Applied/ACMS Applied and Computational Math Seminar] (Fridays at 2:25pm, VV 901)
* [http://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Applied/ACMS Applied and Computational Math Seminar] (Fridays at 2:25pm, VV 901)
* [http://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Applied/GPS Graduate Applied Math Seminar] (Mondays at 3:40pm, VV 901)
* [http://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Applied/GPS Graduate Applied Math Seminar] (Mondays at 3:40pm, VV 901)
* [http://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Applied/Physical_Applied_Math Physical Applied Math] Group Meeting (Spagnolie/Thiffeault) (Thursdays at 4:00pm, VV 901)
* [http://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Applied/Physical_Applied_Math Physical Applied Math] Group Meeting (Spagnolie/Thiffeault) (Thursdays at 4:00pm, VV 901)
* [http://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Networks_Seminar Networks Seminar] (Anderson/Johnston/Craciun) (Wednesdays at 2:25pm, VV 901)
* [http://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Networks_Seminar Networks Seminar] (Anderson/Johnston/Craciun) (Wednesdays at 2:25pm, VV 901)
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''other seminar series of interest''
''Other seminar series of interest''


* [http://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Colloquia  Mathematics Colloquium] (Fridays at 4:00pm, VV B239)
* [http://www.math.wisc.edu/wiki/index.php/Colloquia  Mathematics Colloquium] (Fridays at 4:00pm, VV B239)
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[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~angenent/ Sigurd Angenent:] (Leiden, 1986) partial differential equations.
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~angenent/ Sigurd Angenent:] (Leiden, 1986) partial differential equations.


[https://www.math.wisc.edu/~chennan/ Nan Chen:] (Courant, 2016) contemporary applied mathematics, geophysics, applied stochastics, algorithms and data science.
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/~chennan/ Nan Chen:] (Courant, 2016) uncertainty quantification, data assimilation, geophysics, stochastic modeling, and data science.


[https://sites.google.com/site/amylouisecochran/home Amy Cochran:] (Cornell, 2013) population health science, computational psychiatry.
[https://sites.google.com/site/amylouisecochran/home Amy Cochran:] (Cornell, 2013) population health science, computational psychiatry.
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== Postdoctoral Fellows and Researchers ==
== Postdoctoral fellows and researchers ==


[http://vv811a.math.wisc.edu/persepolis/index.php/members/10-members/30-majid-arabgol Majid Arabgol:]
[http://vv811a.math.wisc.edu/persepolis/index.php/members/10-members/30-majid-arabgol Majid Arabgol:]
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== Current Graduate Students ==
== Current graduate students ==
 
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/grad-students Max Bacharach:] Student of Sébastian Roch.
 
[https://www.physics.wisc.edu/directory/bonner-gage/ Gage Bonner:] Student of Jean-Luc Thiffeault and Benedek Valko.
 
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/grad-students Carrie Hongfei Chen] Student of Jean-Luc Thiffeault.
 
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/grad-students Jeffrey Covington:] Student of Nan Chen.
 
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/grad-students Enkhzaya Enkhtaivan:] Student of Amy Cochran.


[https://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/yufeng-webpage/home Yu Feng:] Student of Jean-Luc Thiffeault.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none;"
|+ List of current graduate students (updated summer of 2021).
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! Student !! Advisor (1) !! Advisor (2) !! Program Start Year !! Research Area
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| [https://math.wisc.edu/graduate-students/ Zinan Wang]                || Sigurd Angenent    ||              ||      || 
|-
| [https://math.wisc.edu/graduate-students/ Jeffrey Covington]        || Nan Chen            ||              || 2018 ||
|-
| [https://math.wisc.edu/graduate-students/ Xiao Hou]                  || Nan Chen            || Qin Li      ||      ||
|-
| [https://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/yingdali Yingda Li]              || Nan Chen            ||              ||      ||
|-
| [https://math.wisc.edu/graduate-students/ Yuchen Li]                || Nan Chen            ||              ||      ||
|-
| [https://math.wisc.edu/graduate-students/ Haley Colgate]            || Amy Cochran        ||              || 2020 ||
|-
| [https://math.wisc.edu/graduate-students/ Enkhzaya "Eza" Enkhtaivan] || Amy Cochran        ||              ||      ||
|-
| [https://sites.google.com/view/jiaxinjin/ Jiaxin Jin]                || Gheorghe Craciun    || Chanwoo Kim  ||      ||
|-
| [https://sites.google.com/site/mathjennyy/ Jenny Yeon]              || Gheorghe Craciun    ||              ||      ||
|-
| [https://sites.google.com/view/pollyyu Polly Yu]                    || Gheorghe Craciun    ||              ||      ||
|-
| [https://math.wisc.edu/graduate-students/ Hongxu Chen]              || Chanwoo Kim        || Qin Li      ||      ||
|-
| [https://math.wisc.edu/graduate-students/ Shi Chen]                  || Qin Li              ||              ||      ||
|-
| [https://people.math.wisc.edu/~zding49/ Zhiyan Ding]                || Qin Li              ||              ||      ||
|-
| [https://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/nair-anjali/home Anjali Nair]    || Qin Li              ||              || 2018 ||
|-
| [https://math.wisc.edu/graduate-students/ Jenny Wei]                || Qin Li              || Yingyu Liang ||      ||
|-
| [https://math.wisc.edu/graduate-students/ Borong Zhang]              || Qin Li              ||              ||      ||
|-
| [https://math.wisc.edu/graduate-students/ Parvathi Madathil Kooloth] || Leslie Smith        ||              ||      ||
|-
| [https://math.wisc.edu/graduate-students/ Varun Gudibanda]          || Leslie Smith        ||              || 2020 ||
|-
| [https://www.physics.wisc.edu/directory/lough-wilson-bennett/ Wilson Lough]              || Saverio Spagnolie  ||              || 2018 ||
|-
| [https://math.wisc.edu/graduate-students/ Tianhong Huang]            || Samuel Stechmann    ||              ||      ||
|-
| [https://jasonltorchinsky.github.io/ Jason Torchinsky]              || Samuel Stechmann    ||              || 2018 || Data assimilation, multi-model communication, atmospheric modelling
|-
| [https://math.wisc.edu/graduate-students/ Carrie Hongfei Chen]      || Jean-Luc Thiffeault ||              ||      ||
|-
| [https://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/yufeng-webpage/home Yu Feng]      || Jean-Luc Thiffeault ||              ||      ||
|-
| [https://www.math.wisc.edu/~boakley/ Bryan Oakley]                   || Jean-Luc Thiffeault ||              ||      ||
|}


[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~jhao8/ Jing Hao:] Student of Jean-Luc Thiffeault.


[https://www.math.wisc.edu/grad-students Xiao Hou:] Student of Nan Chen.
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/grad-students Tianhong Huang:] Student of Samuel Stechmann.
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/grad-students Yuchen Li:] Student of Nan Chen.
[https://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/yingdali Yingda Li:] Student of Nan Chen.
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/grad-students Liu Liu:] Student of Shi Jin.
[https://www.physics.wisc.edu/people/wilson-bennettlough Wilson Lough:] Student of Saverio Spagnolie.
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~tamorrell/ Thomas Morrell:] Student of Saverio Spagnolie and Jean-Luc Thiffeault.
[https://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/nair-anjali/home Anjali Nair:] Student of Qin Li and Samuel Stechmann.
[https://www.math.wisc.edu/~boakley/ Bryan Oakley:] Student of Jean-Luc Thiffeault.
[https://jasonltorchinsky.github.io/ Jason Torchinsky:] Student of Samuel Stechmann.
[http://www.math.wisc.edu/~wen/ Huanyu Wen:] Student of Jean-Luc Thiffeault.
[https://sites.google.com/view/pollyyu Polly Yu:] Student of Gheorghe Craciun.
[ Shuqi Yu:] Student of Sébastian Roch.


<!-- Past students: -->
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<!-- [https://math.wisc.edu/graduate-students/ Liu Liu:] Student of Shi Jin. -->
<!-- Yun Sun: Student of David Anderson.-->
<!-- Yun Sun: Student of David Anderson.-->
<!-- [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~zhou/ Zhennan Zhou:] Student of Shi Jin.-->
<!-- [http://www.math.wisc.edu/~zhou/ Zhennan Zhou:] Student of Shi Jin.-->
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== Graduate course offerings ==
== Graduate course offerings ==


=== [http://www.math.wisc.edu/graduate/gcourses_fall Fall 2019] ===
=== Fall 2021 ===
 
* Math 623: Complex Analysis (Betsy Stovall)
* Math 627: Introduction to Fourier Analysis (Sergey Denisov)
* Math 632: Introduction to Stochastic Processes (Vadim Gorin, Benedek Valko)
* Math 703: Methods of Applied Mathematics I (Gheorghe Craciun)
* Math 714: Methods of Computational Math I (Leonardo Andrés Zepeda-Núñez)
* Math 833: Topics in the Theory of Probability (Nan Chen)
 
 
=== Spring 2021 ===
 
* Math 632: Introduction to Stochastic Processes (Scott Smith, Erik Bates, Tetiana Shcherbyna)
* Math 704: Methods of Applied Mathematics II (Jean-Luc Thiffeault)
* Math 705: Mathematical Fluid Dynamics (Leslie Smith)
* Math 715: Methods of Computational Math II (Leonardo Andrés Zepeda-Núñez)
* Math 716: Ordinary Differential Equations (Sigurd Angenent)
* Math 801: Topics in Applied Mathematics (Gheorghe Craciun)
* Math 807: Dynamical Systems (Hung Tran)
* Math 820: Partial Differential Equations (Chanwoo Kim)
 
<!--=== [http://www.math.wisc.edu/graduate/gcourses_fall Fall 2019] ===


* Math 632: Introduction to Stochastic Processes (David Anderson, Timo Seppalainen, Benedek Valko)
* Math 632: Introduction to Stochastic Processes (David Anderson, Timo Seppalainen, Benedek Valko)
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* Math 715: Methods of Computational Math II (TBA)
* Math 715: Methods of Computational Math II (TBA)


<!-- === [http://www.math.wisc.edu/graduate/gcourses_fall Fall 2016] ===
=== [http://www.math.wisc.edu/graduate/gcourses_fall Fall 2016] ===


* Math 606: Mathematical Methods for Structural Biology (Julie Mitchell)
* Math 606: Mathematical Methods for Structural Biology (Julie Mitchell)

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Jet striking an inclined plane.
HMSS2013 highlight1.png
Scattered rain clouds versus an organized storm (a squall line).

Applied and Computational Mathematics at UW-Madison

Welcome to the Applied and Computational Mathematics Group at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Our faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, and students are involved in a variety of research projects, including fluid dynamics, partial and stochastic differential equations, scientific computing, biology, biochemistry, and topology.

To pursue graduate studies in Applied and Computational Mathematics, see the Mathematics Graduate Program.

News and opportunities

Full a full list of recent events within the department, see the Mathematics Department Website.

  • Leonardo Andrés Zepeda-Núñez has joined the department (Fall 2019).
  • Amy Cochran has joined the department (Fall 2019).
  • Jason Torchinsky (Ph.D. student of Sam Stechmann) has been awarded a Computational Science Graduate Fellowship from the Department of Energy (Spring 2019).
  • Nan Chen has joined the department (Fall 2018).
  • Will Mitchell (former Ph.D. student of Saverio Spagnolie) has accepted a faculty position at Macalester College to begin in Fall 2019.
  • Lei Li (former Ph.D. student of Saverio Spagnolie) has accepted a faculty position at Shanghai Jiao Tong University to begin in Fall 2018.
  • Gheorghe Craciun was featured in SIAM News on his recent proof of the Global Attractor Conjecture. link to paper
  • Scott Hottovy (former postdoc of Sam Stechmann) has accepted a faculty position at the US Naval Academy to begin in Fall 2016.
  • Reed Ogrosky (former postdoc of Sam Stechmann) has accepted a faculty position at Virginia Commonwealth University to begin in Fall 2016.





Workshops

Seminars

Organized by Applied Math


Other seminar series of interest


Tenured and tenure-track faculty

David Anderson: (Duke, 2005) probability and stochastic processes, computational methods for stochastic processes, biochemical networks, mathematical/systems biology.

Sigurd Angenent: (Leiden, 1986) partial differential equations.

Nan Chen: (Courant, 2016) uncertainty quantification, data assimilation, geophysics, stochastic modeling, and data science.

Amy Cochran: (Cornell, 2013) population health science, computational psychiatry.

Gheorghe Craciun: (Ohio State, 2002) mathematical biology, biochemical networks, biological interaction networks.

Shamgar Gurevich: (Tel Aviv, 2006) Representation theory of groups, algebraic geometry, applications to signal Processing, structural biology, mathematical physics.

Qin Li: (Wisconsin, 2012) applied & computational mathematics.

Gloria Mari-Beffa: (Minnesota, 1991) differential geometry, applied math.

Sébastien Roch: (Berkeley, 2007) applied probability, statistics and theoretical computer science, with emphasis on biological applications.

Leslie Smith: (MIT, 1988) applied mathematics. Waves and coherent structures in oceanic and atmospheric flows.

Saverio Spagnolie: (Courant, 2008) fluid dynamics, biological locomotion, soft matter, computational mathematics.

Sam Stechmann: (Courant, 2008) applied math, stochastic modeling, fluid dynamics, atmospheric science, computational mathematics.

Jean-Luc Thiffeault: (Texas, 1998) fluid dynamics, mixing, biological swimming and mixing, topological dynamics.

Fabian Waleffe: (MIT, 1989) applied and computational mathematics. Fluid dynamics, hydrodynamic instabilities. Turbulence and unstable coherent flows.

Leonardo Andrés Zepeda-Núñez: (MIT, 2015) machine learning, numerical analysis, wave propagation, inverse problems.



Postdoctoral fellows and researchers

Majid Arabgol: HPC & Visualization Research Scholar

Anakewit (Tete) Boonkasame: (UW Madison, 2012)

Marko Budišić: (UC Santa Barbara, 2012) dynamical systems

Yongyong Cai: (National University of Singapore, 2012)

Arthur Evans: (UCSD, 2011) soft matter, complex fluids

Prerna Gera: (Buffalo, 2018) fluid-structure interactions

Matthew Johnston: (University of Waterloo, 2011) dynamical systems



Current graduate students

List of current graduate students (updated summer of 2021).
Student Advisor (1) Advisor (2) Program Start Year Research Area
Zinan Wang Sigurd Angenent
Jeffrey Covington Nan Chen 2018
Xiao Hou Nan Chen Qin Li
Yingda Li Nan Chen
Yuchen Li Nan Chen
Haley Colgate Amy Cochran 2020
Enkhzaya "Eza" Enkhtaivan Amy Cochran
Jiaxin Jin Gheorghe Craciun Chanwoo Kim
Jenny Yeon Gheorghe Craciun
Polly Yu Gheorghe Craciun
Hongxu Chen Chanwoo Kim Qin Li
Shi Chen Qin Li
Zhiyan Ding Qin Li
Anjali Nair Qin Li 2018
Jenny Wei Qin Li Yingyu Liang
Borong Zhang Qin Li
Parvathi Madathil Kooloth Leslie Smith
Varun Gudibanda Leslie Smith 2020
Wilson Lough Saverio Spagnolie 2018
Tianhong Huang Samuel Stechmann
Jason Torchinsky Samuel Stechmann 2018 Data assimilation, multi-model communication, atmospheric modelling
Carrie Hongfei Chen Jean-Luc Thiffeault
Yu Feng Jean-Luc Thiffeault
Bryan Oakley Jean-Luc Thiffeault




Graduate course offerings

Fall 2021

  • Math 623: Complex Analysis (Betsy Stovall)
  • Math 627: Introduction to Fourier Analysis (Sergey Denisov)
  • Math 632: Introduction to Stochastic Processes (Vadim Gorin, Benedek Valko)
  • Math 703: Methods of Applied Mathematics I (Gheorghe Craciun)
  • Math 714: Methods of Computational Math I (Leonardo Andrés Zepeda-Núñez)
  • Math 833: Topics in the Theory of Probability (Nan Chen)


Spring 2021

  • Math 632: Introduction to Stochastic Processes (Scott Smith, Erik Bates, Tetiana Shcherbyna)
  • Math 704: Methods of Applied Mathematics II (Jean-Luc Thiffeault)
  • Math 705: Mathematical Fluid Dynamics (Leslie Smith)
  • Math 715: Methods of Computational Math II (Leonardo Andrés Zepeda-Núñez)
  • Math 716: Ordinary Differential Equations (Sigurd Angenent)
  • Math 801: Topics in Applied Mathematics (Gheorghe Craciun)
  • Math 807: Dynamical Systems (Hung Tran)
  • Math 820: Partial Differential Equations (Chanwoo Kim)







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