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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.
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By the Numbers
- First classes in 1868
- 130 undergraduates
- 65 graduate students
- 25 tenured & tenure-track faculty
- 14 visiting & adjunct faculty
- $1.2 million in sponsored research (AY'11)
Departmental News
- George Shakan '12, was honored at the 2011 SACNAS National Conference in San Jose, CA, October 27-30, 2011.
- Sarah Olson was awarded a three-year NSF grant for the project "Mechanisms of marine invertebrate sperm chemotaxis: from cellular signaling to flagellar swimming."
- Umberto Mosco (PI) and Bogdan Vernescu (Co-PI) were awarded a three-year NSF grand for the project "Fractal Fibers and Singular Homogenization."
- Berk Sunar (ECE Department, PI) and William Martin (MA/CS Departments, co-PI) were awarded a three-year NSF grant for the project "Homomorphic Encryption for Cloud Privacy."
- Burt Tilley (PI) awarded a three-year grant by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) for the project "Thermal transport models for layered materials."
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