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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 […]

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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: […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Animations that are true to life

UC Merced UC Merced News highlighted Department of Mathematics visiting assistant professor, Vu Thai Luan’s research collaboration. Professor Luan is developing computational tools that will allow animators to produce the next generation of true-to-life simulations. Imagine going to see the latest Pixar movie. You’re sitting in the theater enjoying the film, when you begin to notice […]

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Event: March, 22 SIAM SMU/UTD student chapter colloquium

Date: March 22, 2018 Location: 126 Clements Hall Colloquium: 3:45 pm – 4:45 pm Coffee: 3:30 pm – 3:45 pm Below is the information on our upcoming colloquium given by Dr. Jack Xin If you would like to meet with Dr. Jack Xin please sign up using the wiki page:  https://wiki.smu.edu/display/MathSeminarWiki/Jack+Xin%2C+Department+of+Mathematics%2C+UC+Irvine “Non-convex Relaxation Methods in Data Science” Dr. […]

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Celebrating women in Math; our SMU-Math alumni

Originally Posted: March 6, 2018 In honoring women’s accomplishments in Math and Sciences, several professional organizations are highlighting stories in different venues. The March issue of the Notices of the American Mathematical Society showcases 27 outstanding mathematicians. On behalf of the SMU Department of Mathematics, I would like to recognize some recent alumni who earned […]

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Event: April 5, Mathematics Department Colloqium: Miguel Zapata

Date: April 5, 2018 Time: 3:45-4:45 pm Location: 126 Clements Hall A 3D free-surface model using an unstructured finite-volume technique. Link for more information: http://www.smu.edu/Dedman/Academics/Departments/Math/Seminars    

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Watch: Senior Aleena Taufiq found her passion at SMU as a math and mechanical engineering major

SMU YouTube Originally Posted: Watch: Senior Aleena Taufiq is passing on her love for engineering to low-income middle school students through an afterschool program called “Geared Up.” https://youtu.be/ON8TsqBUcJw  

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Former Texas First Lady and Civic Leader Rita Clements has died

SMU News Originally Posted: January 8, 2018 Longtime SMU supporter Rita Clements, former Texas First Lady, civic leader and political activist, has died after a long illness. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Dallas. “Rita Clements’ passion for education was clear to everyone […]