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New DCII on Machine Learning lead by Math Faculty

SMU Interdisciplinary Institute Cluster on Machine Learning and Control Theory Event Date: April 19 Time: 3:30pm Organizers: Minh-Binh Tran, Alejandro Aceves, Chul Moon Brief Description: Multilayer neural networks have been shown to be the most powerful models in machine learning. However, the fundamental reasons for this success remains not well understood and for that it will require mathematical tools and expertise. One of the most important mathematical tools that can be used to study neural networks is Control/Mean Field theory that deals with the behavior of dynamical systems with inputs, and how their behavior is modified by feedback. By this cluster, we would like to create a forum for faculties and researchers at regional universities and companies working on this important topic. READ MORE

By Katherine Nickles| 2019-04-22T19:17:50-07:00 April 19th, 2019|Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, Dedman College Research, Events, Faculty News, Mathematics|Comments Off

Event: March 6, ManeFrame II (M2) Introduction

Event Date: March 6 Location: Fondren Library East Room 110 Time: 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM The Spring 2019 CSC workshop series will provide a hands-on experience that will guide researchers from the basics of using SMU’s supercomputing resources to advanced parallelization and application specific usage. The topics will cover information useful for researchers to quickly begin to use the advanced compute capabilities provided with the cluster. Registration: https://smu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6fm6rdPms69kvgV Link for more information: http://faculty.smu.edu/csc/documentation/workshops.html

By Katherine Nickles| 2019-01-23T14:13:34-07:00 March 4th, 2019|Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, Dedman College Research, Events, Faculty News, Graduate News, Mathematics, Statistical Science, Undergraduate News|Comments Off

Event: Feb. 27, ManeFrame II Open Help Session

Event Date: February 27 Location: Fondren Library East Room 110 Time: 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM The Spring 2019 CSC workshop series will provide a hands-on experience that will guide researchers from the basics of using SMU’s supercomputing resources to advanced parallelization and application specific usage. The topics will cover information useful for researchers to quickly begin to use the advanced compute capabilities provided with the cluster. Registration: https://smu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6fm6rdPms69kvgV Link for more information: http://faculty.smu.edu/csc/documentation/workshops.html

By Katherine Nickles| 2019-01-23T14:10:21-07:00 February 25th, 2019|Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, Dedman College Research, Events, Faculty News, Graduate News, Mathematics, Statistical Science, Undergraduate News|Comments Off

Event: Feb. 20, Using Spack for Development on ManeFrame II

Event Date: February 20 Location: Fondren Library East Room 110 Time: 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM The Spring 2019 CSC workshop series will provide a hands-on experience that will guide researchers from the basics of using SMU’s supercomputing resources to advanced parallelization and application specific usage. The topics will cover information useful for researchers to quickly begin to use the advanced compute capabilities provided with the cluster. Registration: https://smu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6fm6rdPms69kvgV Link for more information: http://faculty.smu.edu/csc/documentation/workshops.html

By Katherine Nickles| 2019-01-23T14:07:28-07:00 February 18th, 2019|Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, Dedman College Research, Events, Faculty News, Graduate News, Mathematics, Statistical Science, Undergraduate News|Comments Off

Event: Feb. 13, Using Version Control on ManeFrame II

Event Date: February 13 Location: Fondren Library East Room 110 Time: 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM The Spring 2019 CSC workshop series will provide a hands-on experience that will guide researchers from the basics of using SMU’s supercomputing resources to advanced parallelization and application specific usage. The topics will cover information useful for researchers to quickly begin to use the advanced compute capabilities provided with the cluster. Registration: https://smu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6fm6rdPms69kvgV Link for more information: http://faculty.smu.edu/csc/documentation/workshops.html

By Katherine Nickles| 2019-01-23T14:04:36-07:00 February 11th, 2019|Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, Dedman College Research, Faculty News, Graduate News, Mathematics, Statistical Science, Undergraduate News|Comments Off

In Memoriam: Richard Haberman

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), Dynamical Systems Acivity Group electronic magazine Originally Posted: Feb. 7, 2019 Richard Haberman, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, 1978-2015 We are very sad to have to report that Richard Haberman passed away on December 31, 2018. Richard (Rich) was born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1945, and grew up on Long Island. He received his BS (1967) and PhD (1971) at MIT. After a postdoc at UC San Diego and stints at Rutgers and The Ohio State, Rich spent the bulk of his career at Southern Methodist University (SMU). During his time as a graduate student, he met Mark Ablowitz, both of whom had the same advisor David Benney. Rich and Mark established a strong friendship that lasted [...]

By Katherine Nickles| 2019-02-07T18:48:08-07:00 February 7th, 2019|Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, Dedman College Research, Faculty News, Mathematics|Comments Off

Event: November 14, Math Colloquium: Difference-of-convex Learning: optimization with nonconvex sparsity functions.

Event Date: November 14 Location: 126 Clements Hall Time: 3:30 PM Miju Ahn Department of Engineering Management, Information, and Systems (EMIS), Lyle School of Engineering, SMU Sparse learning involves building a robust and efficient model by incorporating sprasity functions in the optimization formulation to select significant variables to serve in the model. The first part of this talk emphasizes on a bi-criteria Lagrangian formulation. In the second part, we introduce a new system of constraints called affine sparsity constraints (ASCs) defined by a discrete sparsity function.

By Katherine Nickles| 2018-11-07T07:46:47-07:00 November 7th, 2018|Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, Dedman College Research, Events, Mathematics|Comments Off

Event: Nov. 2, Mathematics Department Colloquium

Date: November 2, 2018 Location: Department of Mathematics, SMU Room: 126 Clements Hall Time: 3:30pm Alain Bensoussan, Naveen Jindal School of Management, UT Dallas Biosketch: Alain Bensoussan was a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique (X1960) and doctor of mathematical sciences from the Faculty of Sciences of Paris under the direction of Jacques-Louis Lions. For more information contact: Minh-Binh Tran, tranmbinh85@gmail.com

By Katherine Nickles| 2018-10-29T11:47:05-07:00 November 2nd, 2018|Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, Events, Mathematics|Comments Off

From her green childhood to our sustainable future

SMU News Originally Posted: May 23, 2018 Congratulations to Adrienn Sánta ‘18 who left SMU with two bachelor’s degrees – one in mechanical engineering from the Lyle School of Engineering and another in math from Dedman College of Humanities and Science. Championship swimming skills and a certain fearlessness brought Adrienn Sánta from a small town in Hungary to Dallas and SMU, but it’s a little mobile greenhouse called “Evie” that has helped her find her passion. Adrienn grew up in the 2000-year-old town of Pecs in southwest Hungary, near the border with Croatia. She started swimming at 4, and was doing so competitively by the time she was 8. And she was good – very good – ultimately winning both Hungarian and Croatian national championships. “Honestly, [...]

By Katherine Nickles| 2018-05-29T06:48:27-07:00 May 29th, 2018|Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, Dedman College Research, Mathematics, Undergraduate News|Comments Off

SMU Professors Receive Prestigious National Science Foundation Award to Build a Dallas Area Mathematics Teacher Pipeline

Dedman College News Originally Posted: May 22, 2018 Congratulations to SMU Professors Annie Wilhelm and Scott Norris who recently received a Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship capacity-building grant through the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Wilhelm and Dr. Norris's project focuses on recruiting and preparing local Dallas area mathematics teachers for placement in high-need schools within the Dallas Independent School District. "This is an exciting opportunity for SMU to serve and strengthen its connection with the surrounding Dallas community, by helping to fill the need for secondary mathematics teachers in the Dallas area,” says Wilhelm and Norris. Wilhelm is an Assistant Professor in Simmons School of Education and Human Development, Department of Teaching and Learning. Dr. Norris is an Associate Professor in Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, [...]

By Katherine Nickles| 2018-05-22T06:58:07-07:00 May 22nd, 2018|Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, Dedman College Research, Faculty News, Mathematics|Comments Off