Department of Mathematics and Statistics at UMass Amherst

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Research Overview

Our department conducts research in a wide range of areas in mathematics and statistics.

Upcoming Events

Jan

31

Mathematical and Computational Biology Seminar - Ruth Baker

Ruth Baker

University of Oxford

11:00am

Mathematical and Computational Biology Seminar
Jan

31

Statistics and Probability Seminar - Xiao Hui Tai

Xiao Hui Tai

University of California Berkeley

2:00pm

Statistics and Probability Seminar
Feb

3

Floer Homotopy Theory Seminar - Mike Sullivan

Mike Sullivan

1:00pm

Floer Homotopy Theory Seminar
Feb

7

Statistics and Probability Seminar - Suman Majumder

Suman Majumder

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

2:00pm

Statistics and Probability Seminar
Feb

7

Statistics and Probability Seminar - Suman Majumder

Suman Majumder

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

2:00pm

Statistics and Probability Seminar
Feb

10

Floer Homotopy Theory Seminar - Yasin Karacan

Yasin Karacan

1:00pm

Floer Homotopy Theory Seminar

Faculty Spotlight

Professor Markos Katsoulakis and Professor Luc Rey-Bellet will help develop new machine learning approach for applied sciences and engineering

Thanks to a $1.95 million grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Professor Markos Katsoulakis and Professor Luc Rey-Bellet from the department, and Paul Dupuis, of Brown University, will spend the next four years developing a new approach to machine learning that extends beyond the traditional reliance on big data.

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Department News

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Andrea Nahmod receives Samuel F. Conti Faculty Fellowship Award for 2020-2021
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George Avrunin wins SIGSOFT award

The SIGSOFT Impact Paper award recognizes the breadth and vitality of the software engineering community.
$Machine learning algorithms$

Faculty members develop more trustworthy algorithms to predict extreme events

Luc Rey-Bellet and Markos Katsoulakis were awarded a three-year, $370,000 grant from to build new mathematical tools that will lead to more reliable and predictive models for extreme events.
$Professor Markos Katsoulakis$

Katsoulakis develops more trustworthy AI methods

Professor Markos Katsoulakis and colleagues reported that they have developed a mathematical and computational framework that provides more trustworthy models and algorithms for probabilistic artificial intelligence-based modeling.

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