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Welcome

Mathematics and statistics are present in all the aspects of our modern society. Mathematicians work in a broad range of professions. Everywhere, in the insurance or the finance industry, in the automobile or the aircraft industry, in the software and the internet industry, in the biotechnology and biomedical industry, mathematicians and statisticians have an important role in the modeling and analysis of phenomena, deepening the understanding in those respective domains.

The department offers B.S. degrees in Mathematical Sciences & Actuarial Mathematics,  M.S. degrees in Applied Mathematics & Applied Statistics, Professional M.S. degrees in Financial Mathematics & Industrial Mathematics, a Master of Mathematics for Educators, as well as a Ph.D. in Mathematical Sciences.  The department is also home to the Center for Industrial Mathematics and Statistics (CIMS), which has been supporting the development of industrial collaborations at the undergraduate, graduate and research level with over 30 companies, businesses and government labs.

Departmental News

• WPI to host  a Sonja Kovalevsky Mathematics Day on November 21, 2009
• Homer Walker awarded NSF grant to study "Anderson Acceleration for Fixed-Point Iteration"
• Vadim Yakovlev awarded EADS grant to study "Comprehensive Electromagnetic-Thermal-Mechanical Model for Microwave Sintering of Particulate Materials"
• 22nd Annual Math Meet held on October 21, 2009
• Mathematical Sciences Department welcomes new faculty
• A conference in the honor of Professor Umberto Mosco was held in Rome, June 24-26, 2009.
• William Martin promoted to Professor of Mathematical Sciences
• Umberto Mosco and Co-PI Bogdan Vernescu awarded NSF grant to study "Transmission Problems and Large Surfaces"
• Mayer Humi appointed to Editorial Board of newly established international journal
• Christopher Larsen awarded Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship
• Dalin Tang named recipient of 2008 Kalenian Award
• William Martin Co-PI on NSF grant to study "Exploring Physical Functions for Lightweight and Robust Cryptography"
• Christopher Larsen awarded NSF grant to study "Damage and Fracture Evolution"