Fall 2023
| Date | Speaker's Name | Topic | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 8 | Dr. Benjamin Bumpus, UF CSE | Computational Category Theory | Chopping stuff up to decide things fast |
| September 15 | Matt Dallas, UF Math | Numerical Analysis | Singular Newton-Anderson and Bifurcation Phenomena |
| September 29 | Dr. Ke Chen, Univ. of Maryland | Scientific Machine Learning | Advances in Inverse Problem Solving: From Linearized Approaches to Deep Learning |
| October 13 | Andrew Jensen, UF MAE | Biomechanics | Toward Obtaining Clinically Practical Joint Kinematics Measurements from Single-Plane Fluoroscopy |
| October 20 | Alex Webber, UF CSE | Comp. Linguistics | Classification of Mixtec Figures using Finetuned Deep Learning Models |
| October 27 | Dr. Wuchen Li, Univ. of South Carolina | Game Theory | Mean-Field Games for Scalable Computation and Diverse Applications |
| November 3 | Dr. Kejun Huang, UF CSE | Tensor Decomp | A Unified Volume-optimization Framework for Unsupervised Learning |
| November 17 | Dr. Chunmei Wang, UF Math | Numerical PDEs | Finite Expression Methods for Discovering Physical Laws from Data |
| December 1 | Dr. Jorg Peters, UF CSE | Scientific Computing | Modeling and Computing with Geometry, and Polyhedral Control-Net Splines for Analysis |
Spring 2023
| Date | Speaker's Name | Topic | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 19 | Dr. Haizhao Yang, Univ. of Maryland | Applied Math | Finite Expression Method for Discovering Physical Laws from Data |
| February 10 | Dr. Chunmei Wang, UF Math | Numerical Analysis | Efficient Numerical Methods for Weak Solutions of Partial Differential Equations |
| February 17 | Dr. Kening Wang, Univ. of North Florida | Optimal Control | Additive Schwarz Preconditioners for C0 Interior Penalty Methods for Fourth Order Problems |
| February 24 | Dr. Hubert Wagner, UF Math | Topological Data Analysis | Topology of Imaging Data |
| March 10 | Rhea Shroff, UF Math, UF Math | Numerical Analysis | Extrapolation Methods for Tensor Eigenvalue Solvers |
| March 31 | Dr. Yanzhi Yang, Missouri Univ. | Numerical Analysis | Numerical Methods for Nonlocal Problems with the Fractional Laplacian |
| April 7 | Dr. Gabriela Jaramillo, Univ. of Houston | Applied Math | Analysis and Numerical Simulations for a Nonlocal One-dimensional Gray-Scott Model |
| April 14 | Dr. Feng Bao, FSU | Applied Math | A Stochastic Maximum Principle Approach for Reinforcement Learning with Parameterized Environment |
| April 21 | Dr. Rana Ezzeddine, UF Astronomy | Applied Math | Untangling the History of the Milky Way with Galactic Archaeology and Machine Learning |
| April 28 | Dr. Daozhi Han, Univ. of Buffalo | Applied Math | Modeling and numerical methods for two-phase flows in superposed free flow and porous media |
Fall 2022
| Date | Speaker's Name | Topic | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 9 | Dr. Haizhao Yang, Univ. of Maryland | PDE | Finite Expression Method for Solving High-Dimensional PDEs |
| September 16 | Dr. James Fairbanks, UF CISE | Applied Math | Using Category Theory to Design Computational Mathematics Software |
| September 23 | Rhea Shroff, UF Math | Numerical Analysis | Methods for Solving Tensor Eigenvalue Problems |
| September 30 | Dr. Udayan B. Darji, Univ. of Louisville | Graph Theory | Social Networks, the Random Graph and Graphons |
| October 14 | Dr. Isaac Harris, Purdue Math | Applied Math | Recovering Small and Extended Corroded Regions in EIT |
| October 21 | Dr. Annalisa Quanini, Univ. of Houston | Applied Math | Towards the Computational Design of Smart Nanocarriers |
| October 28 | Dr. Youngmin Park, UF Math | Applied Math | High-Order Accuracy Computation of Coupling Functions for Strongly Coupled Oscillators |
| November 4 | Dr. Osman Rasit Isik, Mugla Sitki Kocman University | Applied Math | An Application of the Time Filter Regularization to the FDM for Heat Equation |
| November 18 | Ovidiu Nechita, UF Math | Optimization | Applications and Solutions of the Vertex Separator Problem |
| December 2 | David Burrell, UF Math | Computational Group Theory | Classification Problems and Cluster Computing |
Spring 2022
| Date | Speaker's Name | Topic | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 25 | Nirjal Shrestha, UF Math | Deep Learning | Deep Learning as an Optimal Control |
| February 1 | Dr. Kathe Todd-Brown, UF EES | Applied Math | The Mathematics of Soils |
| February 8 | Dr. Helen Moore, UF | Applied Math | How to Mathematically Optimize Combination Drug Regimens |
| February 15 | Dr. Joel Rosenfield, USF Math | Applied Math | Dynamic Mode Decompositions for Control Affine Systems |
| March 15 | Dr. Darren Narayan, RIT Math | Applied Math | STEM Real World Applications of Mathematics |
| March 22 | Dr. Aleksandr Kazachkov, USF ISE | Optimization | Strengthening V-polyhedral Disjunctive Cuts |
| March 29 | Dr. Padmanabhan Seshaiyer, GMU Math | Applied Math | Inclusive mathematical problem solving for the grand challenges: From Context to Competencies |
| April 12 | Matthew Dallas UF, Math | Numerical Analysis | The Newton-Anderson Algorithm at Singular Points |
| April 19 | Dr. Alvaro Ortiz, UF Math | Applied Math | Stability analysis of the persistence of pathogens mediated by biology within water distribution networks with asymptotically exponential flows |
Fall 2021
| Date | Speaker's Name | Topic | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 21 | Dr. Chunmei Wang, UF Math | Numerical PDE | Efficient Numerical Methods for Weak Solutions of Partial Differential Equations |
| October 6 | Mehrdad Alvandipour, UF Math | Neural Networks | Provable Inexact Learned Descent Algorithms for Inverse Problems |
| October 19 | Wanyu Bian, UF Math | Applied Math | An Optimization-Based Meta-Learning Model for MRI Reconstruction with Diverse Dataset |
| October 26 | Joel Mathias, UF Power Lab | Optimal Control | Optimal Control for Demand-Side Resource Allocation in the Electricity Grid |
| November 9 | Kejun Huang, UF CISE | Machine Learning | Latent Variable Identification using Identifiable Matrix Factorization Methods |
| November 23 | Matthew Dallas, UF Math | Numerical Analysis | Newton’s Method at Singular Points |
Spring 2021
| Date | Speaker's Name | Topic | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 3 | Dr. Yuwen Li, Penn State | Applied Math | A posteriori error estimation and preconditioners in the Hilbert space |
| February 17 | Dr. Summer Atkins, UF Math | Biomath | Regularization of Singular Control Problems that Arise in Mathematical Biology |
| February 24 | Nikolay Bliznyuk, UF ABE | Agricultural & Bio Engineering | Bayesian calibration of computer experiments |
| March 10 | Xiaoming He, Missouri University | Numerical PDE | A diffuse interface model and semi-implicit energy stable finite element method for two-phase MHD flows |
| March 17 | Ying Li, UF Math | Numerical Analysis | An artificial compressibility CNLF Method for the Stokes-Darcy Model and application in ensemble simulations |
| March 31 | Victor DeCaria, Oakridge National Labs | Numerical Analysis | A new implicit solver for semiconductor models |
| April 7 | Mengying Xiao, University of West Florida | Applied Math | Acceleration of nonlinear solvers for fluid flow problems |
Fall 2020
| Date | Speaker's Name | Topic | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 16 | Dr. Jorg Peters, UF CISE | Applied Math | Semi-structured splines for design and analysis. |
| September 23 | Dr. Khanh Ngoc Dinh, Columbia Univ. | Biomath | Modeling and simulating cancer evolutions with mutations and copy number variants. |
| September 30 | Dr. Arielle Gaudiello, Polk State College | Biomath | Impact of asymmetric movement on the spatial spread of infectious diseases. |
| October 14 | Dr. Xuping Xie, NYU Courant | Large Eddy Simulation Reduced Order Modeling | |
| October 21 | Dr. Peter Kvam, UF Psychology | ||
| October 28 | Dr. Greta Chiaravalli, Politecnico di Milano | ||
| November 4 | Alberto Perez, UF Chemistry | ||
| November 18 | Dr. Steve Miller, UF MAE | Why is a Supersonic Aircraft like a Tornado or Why is a Raven like a Writing Desk? | |
| December 9 | Dr. Ali Pakzad, Indiana Univ. Bloomington |
Spring 2020
| Date | Speaker's Name | Topic | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 28 | Arya Pourtabatabaie, UF Math | Applied Math | Groth-Sahai proofs: Efficient non-interactive proof systems for bilinear groups |
| February 11 | Dr. Paul Torrey, UF Astronomy | Astronomy | Probing the Growth of Cosmic Structure with Numerical Simulations |
| February 18 | Anil Rao, UF MAE | Optimal Control | A Novel Computational Framework for the Numerical Solution of Complex Constrained Optimal Control Problems |
| March 10 | Dr. Sara Pollock, UF Math | Numerical PDE | |
| March 17 | Alberto Perez, UF Chemistry | ||
| April 14 | Steve Miller, UF MAE | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
Fall 2019
| Date | Speaker's Name | Topic | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 9 | Dr. William Hager, UF Math | Numerical Optimization | Primal and Dual Pseudospectral Integration Schemes |
| September 16 | Dr. Yunmei Chen, UF Math | Numerical Optimization in Machine Learning | Extra Proximal-Gradient Inspired Deep Neural Network for Image Reconstruction |
| September 23 | Ali Sadeghian, Data Science Research Lab | Data Science | DRUM: End-To-End Differentiable Rule Mining On Knowledge Graphs |
| September 30 | Dr. Arunava Banerjee, UF CISE | Computational Neurosicence | Mathematical Problems in Computational Neuroscience |
| October 14 | Summer Atkins, UF Math | Applications of Optimal Control in Biology | Penalization of Singular Control Problems that Arise in Math Biology |
| October 28 | Dr. Sergei Shabanov, UF Math | Data Processing and Error Analysis | Remote chemical sensing. Data processing and error analysis |
| November 4 | Dr. Tracy Stepien, UF Math | Approximate Bayesian Computation Methods | Using a continuum model to decipher the mechanics of embryonic tissue spreading from time-lapse image sequences: An approximate Bayesian |
| November 18 | Dr. Peter Bubenik, UF Math | Topological Data Analysis | An Introduction to Topological Data Analysis |
| November 25 | Dr. Quoc Tran-Dinh, Univ. of North Carolina | ||
| December 2 | Dr. Yi Zhang, Univ. of North Carolina Greensville |
Spring 2019
| Date | Speaker's Name | Topic | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 4 | Christie Mauretour, UF Math | Numerical Optimization | Improved Solutions to the Vertex Separator Problem (VSP) based on the Optimality Conditions |
| February 18 | James Diffenderfer, UF Math | Numerical Optimization | Error Analysis for ZFP Compression for Floating-point Data |
| March 18 | Adithya Devraj, UF ECE | Numerical Optimization | Stochastic Approximation and Reinforcement Learning: Hidden Theory and New Super-Fast Algorithms |
| March 25 | Joel Mathias, UF ECE | Mathematical Modeling | State Space Collapse in Resource Allocation for Demand Dispatch |
| April 1 | Dr. Asen Dontchev, Univ. of Michigan | Mathematical Modeling | A Model Predictive Control Algorithm |
| April 8 | Alipour Babak, UF Computer Science | Data Analysis | Flutes vs. Cellos: Analyzing Mobility-Traffic Correlations in Large WLAN Traces |
| April 15 | Dr. Chen Yu, UF Math | Mathematical Modeling | The Energy Conservation of Inhomogeneous Euler Equations |
| April 22 | Parker Edwards, UF Math | Data Analysis | Topological Data Analysis of Actin Networks |
Fall 2018
| Date | Speaker's Name | Topic | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 17 | Dr. Sara Pollock | Numerical Optimization | Convergence of Anderson Accelerated Iterations for Steady Navier-Stokes |
| October 1 | James Diffenderfer | Numerical Optimization | Recent Advances in Numerical Optimization |
| October 8 | Dr. Libin Rong | Mathematical Modeling | Modeling Virus Dynamics |
| October 15 | Anand Radhakrishnan | Numerical Analysis | Learning Algorithms to Solve Poisson’s Equation with Applications in Nonlinear Filtering and MCMC |
Spring 2018
| Date | Speaker's Name | Topic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 17 | Christie Mauretour | Numerical Optimization | Improved Solutions to the Vertex Separator Problem Based on the First Order Optimality Conditions |
Fall 2017
| Date | Speaker's Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| November 13 | Dr. Matthias Heinkenschloss | A Parallel-in-Time Gradient-Type Method for Optimal Control Problems |
Spring 2017
| Date | Speaker's Name | Topic | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2 | Davoud Ataee Tarzanagh | Data Analysis | Randomized Tensor Decompositions Based on Circulant Algebra |
| March 16 | Dr. Panos Pardalos | Optimization | On the Passage from Local to Global in Optimization: New Challenges in Theory and Practice |
| April 6 | Dr. Arunava Banerjee | Computational Neuroscience | Computing with spikes |
Fall 2016
| Date | Speaker's Name | Topic | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 9 | Dr. William Hager | Numerical Optimization | An Active Set Algorithm for Nonlinear Optimization with Polyhedral Constraints |
| September 23 | Davoud Ataee Tarzanagh | Machine Learning / Data Analysis | Estimation of Structured Graphical Models through Schatten Norm Minimization |
| October 21 | Mahya Aghaee | Optimal Control | Optimal Control for an SIR Epidemiological Model with Timevarying Populations |
| October 28 | James Hungerford | Optimization | A Multilevel Vertex Separator Algorithm Based on the Solution of Bilinear Programs |
| November 18 | Shuhang Chen | Differential Equations | Predict influence with continuous-time information propagation in network |
Spring 2016
| Date | Speaker's Name | Title of Talk |
|---|---|---|
| January 28 | James Diffenderfer | Construction of a full row-rank matrix system for multiple scanning directions in computed tomography |
| February 18 | Dr. William Hager | Inexact alternating direction method of multipliers for separable convex optimization |
| Match 24 | David Yerger | Exploring the phenotypic search space of grammatical evolution |
| March 31 | Dr. Dhanesh Patel | Simulation of gas-liquid flows in jet ejector |
| April 7 | Davoud Ataee Tarzanagh | A linearly convergent gradient method for large scale machine learning |
| April 14 | Dr. Sean Meyn | Zero marginal cost power grid |
Fall 2015
| Date | Speaker's Name | Title of Talk |
|---|---|---|
| September 1 | William Hager | Convergence rate for a Gauss collocation method applied to unconstrained optimal control |
| September 15 | J.J. Zhu | A decentralized multi-block variable splitting algorithm with application in power-grid load control |
| October 13 | Omar Saucedo | Calculating human to human avian influenza R0 via likelihood and Jacobian Approach |
| October 27 | Jason Linehan | Information and compression distances |
| November 24 | Sarah Trainor | Some simple nosocomial disease transmission models |
Spring 2015
| Date | Speaker's Name | Title of Talk |
|---|---|---|
| January 20 | Su Ke | Global convergence of a nonmonotone filter method for equality constrained optimization |
| February 3 | Omar Saucedo | Brown Shrimp (Farfantepenaeus aztecus) Dynamics in the Gulf of Mexico |
| February 17 | J.J. Zhu | Optimization technique in dimension reduction |
| April 7 | Joel Rosenfeld | A local approximation scheme for adaptive dynamic programming |
| April 14 | Jintai Ding | Authenticated Key Exchange from Ideal Lattices |
| April 21 | Jonathan Brooks | Distributed Optimization-Based Load Control in a Power Grid for Primary Frequency Response while Minimizing Consumer Disutility |
Fall 2014
| Date | Speaker's Name | Title of Talk |
|---|---|---|
| September 23 | J.J. Zhu | Recent development in stochastic optimization algorithms |
| October 14 | Alexander Gruber | Design and Cryptanalysis of Matsumoto-Imai and its Variants |
| October 21 | Omar Saucedo | A Two Patch Avian Influenza Model with Migration |
| November 4 | Joel Rosenfeld | The Hamilton Jacobi Bellman equation and its use in Optimal Control |
| November 18 | Evan Milliken | A Model of Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus with Viral Diffusion between Wild and Farmed Patches |
Spring 2014
| Date | Speaker's Name | Title of Talk |
|---|---|---|
| February 20 | J.J. Zhu | Projection algorithms for non-convex minimization |
| February 27 | Hao Liu | A New Nonlinear Conjugate Gradient Method |
| March 13 | Cuong Ngo | Alternating Direction Approximate Newton Method for Partially Parallel Imaging |
| March 20 | Conference Discussion | |
| April 10 | Prof. Alireza Entezari (CS Dept.) | A Box Spline Framework for Sparse Approximation in Computed Tomography |
| April 17 | Prof. Pando Georgiev (ISE) | Adaptive function approximation with applications to multiclass learning problems |
Fall 2013
| Date | Speaker's Name | Title of Talk |
|---|---|---|
| September 10 | James Hungerford | The Vertex Separator Problem and Continuous Quadratic Programming |
| September 24 | Cuong Ngo | Alternating Direction Approximate Newton Method for Partially Parallel Imaging |
| October 08 | Maryam Yashtini | Adaptive BOSVS Algorithm for Regularized Convex Optimization Problems with Application to Medical Image Reconstruction |
| October 15 | Maryam Yashtini | Adaptive BOSVS Algorithm for Regularized Convex Optimization Problems with Application to Medical Image Reconstruction |
| October 29 | JJ Zhu | Frank-Wolfe type algorithm |
| November 05 | Omar Saucedo | A Two-patch Avian Influenza Model |
| November 19 | Hayriye Gulbudak | Increased Disease Prevalence of Avian Influenza in Poultry Caused by Imperfect Vaccination |
Spring 2013
| Date | Speaker's Name | Title of Talk |
|---|---|---|
| January 29 | Cuong Ngo | Newton-based Bregman Operator Splitting with for Parallel Image Reconstruction |
| February 12 | Hayriye Gulbudak | A Structured Avian Influenza Vaccination Model |
| February 25 | Prof. Max Gunzburger | The science of ice sheets: the mathematical modeling and computational simulation of ice flows |
| March 19 | Prof. Pando Georgiev | Reproducing Kernel Banach Spaces and applications |
| April 2 | Hossein Pourbashash | A Mathematical Model and Analysis for Babesiosis Disease in Bovine and Tick Populations |
| April 16 | Xie Xu | Sparse Approximation of Volumetric Data |
Fall 2012
| Date | Speaker's Name | Title of Talk |
|---|---|---|
| September 5 | William Hager | Limited Memory Conjugate Gradients |
| September 19 | James Hungerford | Edge Directions of Polyhedra and Their Role in Optimization |
| October 3 | Delphine Mico | A measure of the extent of the Violation of the KKT conditions using an Active set Method |
| October 31 | Omar Saucedo | An Avian Influenza Model |
| November 14 | Hayriye Gulbudak | Modeling Culling in Avian Influenza |
| December 5 | Dr. Scott A. McKinley | Sensing and Decision-Making in Random Search |
Spring 2012
| Date | Speaker's Name | Title of Talk |
|---|---|---|
| January 31 | Cuong Ngo | Minimizing a quadratic over a sphere |
| February 7 | Hongyan Hou | Convergence Analysis for Pseudospectral Methods in Optimal Control |
| February 14 | Cameron Browne | Modeling Within-Host Virus Dynamics: The standard model, applications, and extensions. |
| February 21 | Maryam Yashtini | A fast algorithm for sparse reconstruction based on shrinkage, subspace optimization and continuation |
| February 28 | Roberta De Asmundis | On spectral properties of steepest descent methods |
| March 20 | Delphine Mico | Estimating the Violation of the KKT Conditions |
| March 27 | Professor Guanghui Lan | Stochastic First- and Zero-order Methods for Nonconvex Stochastic Programming |
| April 3 | James Hungerford | Edge Directions in Polyhedral Optimization Part 1 |
| April 10 | James Hungerford | Edge Directions in Polyhedral Optimization Part 2 |
| April 17 | Maryam Yashtini | Bregman Operator Splitting With Variable Stepsize For Total Variation Image Reconstruction |
Fall 2011
| Date | Speaker's Name | Title of Talk |
|---|---|---|
| September 7 | James Hungerford | A Continuous Multilevel Solver for the Vertex Separator Problem |
| September 21 | Maryam Yasthini | The Bregman Operator Splitting With Barzilia/Borwein Step Size for Image Reconstruction |
| October 5 | James Hungerford | Local Optimality Conditions for Weakly Concave Quadratic Programs |
| October 26 | Delphine Mico | Estimating the Violation of the KKT Conditions |
Spring 2011
| Date | Speaker's Name | Title of Talk |
|---|---|---|
| January 26 | James Hungerford | Solving a Projection Problem Using Lagrangian Duality |
| February 9 | Maryam Yashtini | A Unified Primal-Dual Algorithm Framework Based on Bregman Iteration |
| February 21 | Prof. Gilbert Strang | Fast Transforms: Banded Matrices With Banded Inverses |
| February 28 | Prof. Asen Dontchev | Constrained Spline Interpolation |
| March 16 | Prof. Pando Georgiev | Continuous selections, quasi-variational inequalities and generalized Nash equilibrium problems for lower semi-continuous strategy maps |
| March 30 | Olivia Prosper | Assessing the Role of Spatial Heterogeneity and Human Movement in Malaria Dynamics and Malaria Control |