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Welcome to Mathematics

Mathematics has been a human endeavor for millennia. It has always been driven by two sources: the intrinsic beauty of numbers, shapes, and structures on the one hand and the necessity to solve practical problems in fields as diverse as atomic physics, computed tomography, and finance on the other.

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Upcoming Colloquium

AI is here. How can we help all the humans?

November 18, 2024
Lecture: 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. - Reception at 3 p.m. in the first floor lobby of University Hall
Location: UH 1005
Speaker: Po-Shen Loh, Mathematics Professor, Carnegie Mellon University

Learn more on our colloquium page

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Debbie Jo Severin

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Hongkun Zhang

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Young-Ran Lee

Young-Ran Lee

Ph.D. 2004 Career: J. L. Doob Research Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Research Assistant Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Assistant Professor, Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea

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