Mathematics and Statistics Research

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Statistical Consulting Center

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics supports an active group of researchers with interests spanning a broad range. There is a strong emphasis on conducting research of regional significance, and on active involvement of both graduate and undergraduate students. 

Projects Currently in Progress

Faculty members and graduate students are currently conducting research in the areas of bioinformatics, biostatistics, computational biology, computational engineering, financial analytics, forensic statistics, numerical analysis, quantitative genetics, Ramsey theory and statistics.

Faculty Research

Matt Biesecker
  • Research interests: mathematical modeling, optimization, calculus of variations
Fred Boehm

  • Research interests: biostatistics, with a focus in statistical genetics

 

Tom Brandenburger
  • Research interests: predictive analytics, financial statistics
Kurt Cogswell

  • Research interests: dynamical systems, Ergodic theory


 

Gemechis Djira

  • Research interests: simultaneous inferences, bioassays, longitudinal data analysis, statistical computing, Bayesian analysis, sequential methods
  • (with Ramu Sudhagoni)


 

Xijin Ge

  • Research interests: bioinformatics, genomics and cancer
Jung-Han Kimn

  • Research interests: efficient parallel algorithm based on domain decompositions: mathematical analysis and practical implementation
Semhar Michael

  • Research interests: computational statistics with a focus on finite mixture modeling and model-based clustering
  • Studying complexity of model-based clustering
Hossein Moradi

  • Research interests: big Data, dimension reduction and variable selection, functional data analysis, multivariate statistics, spatial and spatiotemporal statistics
Michael Puthawala

  • Research interests: machine learning: manifold learning, geometric learning, universality; math/applied math: inverse problems, scientific computing, optimal transport


 

Chris Saunders

  • Research interests: forensic inference of source, statistical pattern recognition and approximation theory


 

Dan Schaal
  • Research interests: combinatorics, ramsey theory on the real numbers


 

Don Vestal

  • Research interests: number theory and combinatorics (especially Ramsey theory)


 

Sharon Vestal

  • Research interests: analyzing and Improving student performance in calculus courses, abstract harmonic analysis and wavelet theory

Student Research

Graduate Student Research
  • Vahid Hosseinzadeh – working with Michael Puthawala
    • The intersection of geometric deep learning and power systems stability
  • Cole Patten – working with Michael Puthawala and Chris Saunders
  • Cole Rausch – working with Michael Puthawala

    • Stability of Inverses of Relu Activation Layers in Deep Neural Networks

       

Recent Theses and Dissertations
  • Anthony Glackin (M.S., 2024):
  • Cole Patten (M.S., 2024):
  • Cami Fuglsby (Ph.D., 2023):
  • Rachel Bergjord (M.S., 2023):
  • Shi Wen Wong (M.S., 2023):
  • Skylar Halverson (M.S., 2022):
  • Stephanie Liebl (M.S., 2022):
  • Rylee Sundermann (M.S., 2022):
  • Tessa Sundermann (M.S., 2022):
  • Madeline Anne Ausdemore (Ph.D., 2021):
  • Nicholas Brown (Ph.D., 2021):
  • Jessie Hendricks (Ph.D., 2021):
  • Paul May (Ph.D., 2021):
  • Rong Zhou (M.S., 2021):
  • Abdelbaset Abdalla (Ph.D., 2019):
  • Shaopeng Gu (M.S., 2019):
  • Amanda Jensen (M.S., 2019):
  • Nicholas Stegmeier (M.S., 2019):
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
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905 Campanile Ave.
Brookings, SD 57007
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Brookings, SD 57007
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