The Institute of Applied Mathematics promotes interdisciplinary research in the mathematical sciences at UBC by bringing together students and faculty who do mathematical work within a variety of disciplines. The Institute’s faculty and student members come from many different departments and faculties across the university, including the physical, chemical, biological, and engineering sciences. Students affiliated with the IAM pursue interdisciplinary masters and doctoral studies in applied and computational mathematics.
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Affiliated UBC Faculty & Postdocs
| Name | Role | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Greif, Chen | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Numerical analysis; scientific computing; numerical linear algebra; numerical solution of elliptic partial differential equations; numerical analysis, scientific computing, numerical linear algebra, numerical solution of elliptic partial differential equations |
| Haber, Eldad | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Scientific computing and its application to geophysical and medical imaging |
| Harvey, Nicholas | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | randomized algorithms, combinatorial optimization, graph sparsification, discrepancy theory and learning theory; algorithmic problems arising in computer networking, including cache analysis, load balancing, data replication, peer-to-peer networks, and network coding. |
| Hauert, Christoph | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Modelization and Simulation; Evolution and Phylogenesis; Biological Behavior; dynamical systems; evolution; game theory; social dilemmas; stochastic processes; Modelization and Simulation, Evolution and Phylogenesis, Biological Behavior, Dynamical systems, Evolution, Game theory, Social dilemmas, Stochastic processes |
| Kenne, Steve Cyrille | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Optimal control theory; Partial differential equations ; Multiscale modelling of infectious diseases; Optimal control theory, Partial differential equations , Multiscale modelling of infectious diseases |
| Li, Yue-Xian | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Calcium signalling in neuroendocrine cells Fertilization calcium waves in oocytes |
| MacDonald, Colin | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | List of publications; The Closest Point Method: a new method for PDEs on surfaces; Time-stepping for PDEs: constructing Runge-Kutta methods, strong-stability-preserving methods (visit the SSP Site); WENO spatial discretizations; The Predicted Sequential Regularization Method; List of talks and presentations. |
| Marcus, Brian Harry | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Coding and information theory, symbolic dynamics, ergodic theory and dynamical systems |
| Martinez, Mark | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Complex fluids; Flow visualization; Fluid mechanics; Complex fluids, Flow visualization, Fluid mechanics |
| Mitchell, Ian | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | safety critical systems, assistive technology (mobility), robotics, scientific computing, cyber-physical systems, Mathematical software, computational science and engineering, hybrid and cyber-physical systems, verification and validation, reproducible research, level set methods, robotic path, planning |
| Ollivier-Gooch, Carl | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Algorithm Development for Computational Fluid Dynamics; Applied Aerodynamics; Numerical analysis; Unstructured Mesh Generation; Error and Stability Analysis for Unstructured Mesh Methods; Computer Sciences and Mathematical Tools; Fluid mechanics; Algorithm Development for Computational Fluid Dynamics, Applied Aerodynamics, Numerical Analysis, Unstructured Mesh Generation, Error and Stability Analysis for Unstructured Mesh Methods, Computer Sciences and Mathematical Tools, Fluid Mechanics |
| Ortner, Christoph | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Numerical Analysis & Scientific Computing; Applied Analysis; Multi-scale Modelling and Coarse-graining; Molecular Simulation; Scientific Machine-learning, in particular for applications in multi-scale modelling; Numerical Analysis & Scientific Computing, Applied Analysis, Multi-scale Modelling and Coarse-graining, Molecular Simulation, Scientific Machine-learning, in particular for applications in multi-scale modelling |
| Paat, Joseph | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Mixed integer programming; Combinatorial optimization; Polyhedral Geometry; Convex optimization; Mixed integer programming, Combinatorial optimization, Polyhedral Geometry, Convex optimization |
| Pai, Dinesh | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Robotics, computer graphics, medical imaging, neuroscience, sensorimotor computation |
| Peirce, Anthony | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Scientific computing, nonlinear dynamics and applied partial differential equations |
| Plan, Yaniv | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | applied probability, high-dimensional inference, random matrix theory, compressive sensing, and matrix completion. |
| Plotkin, Steven | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Biophysics theory and computation |
| Ponga de la Torre, Mauricio | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Spallation in Metals; Sub-linear scaling methods for calculating crystal defects using DFT; |
| Radic, Valentina | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Climate Changes and Impacts; Climate Science; Glaciology; Meteorology; Climate Changes and Impacts, Climate Science, Glaciology, Meteorology |
| Rechnitzer, Andrew | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Enumerative combinatorics, Simulation of combinatorial objects, Lattice statistical mechanics |
| Robeva, Elina | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Algebraic statistics; Graphical Models; Tensor decomposition; Causality; Applied algebraic geometry; Shape-constrained density estimation; Tensor networks; Algebraic statistics, Graphical models, Tensor decomposition, Causality, Applied algebraic geometry, Shape-constrained density estimation, Tensor networks |
| Salcudean, Tim | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Biomedical technologies, Haptic interfaces, teleoperation and simulators, medical robotics, imaging and interfaces, optimization-based design, prostate cancer |
| Schajer, Gary | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | optical metrology; residual stress measurement; ESPI; DIC; wood mechanics; optical metrology, residual stress measurement, ESPI, DIC, wood mechanics |
| Schiebinger, Geoffrey | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Applied & Theoretical Statistics; Computational Genomics; data science; Genetics; Genome Sciences; Machine Learning; Measurement technologies; Models Inference and Algorithms; Single-cell RNA sequencing; Theory of Statistics; Applied & Theoretical Statistics, Computational Genomics, Data Science, Genetics, Genome Sciences, Machine Learning, Measurement technologies, Models Inference and Algorithms, Single-cell RNA sequencing, Theory of Statistics |
| Schmidt, Mark | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Machine learning; Numerical Optimizaiton; Probabilistic Graphical Models; Causality |