Applied Mathematics Seminars
Fall 2025
September 11
Dr. Tomas Gedeon (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Steady states in Boolean models of regulatory networks"
August 28
Dr. Jess Kunke (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Developing scalable spatial stream network models to support freshwater fish conservation efforts"
Spring 2025
March 13
Dr. Fangtian Zhong (School of Computing, MSU): "Practical adversarial Malware Attacks and Defenses"
March 6
Dr. Bree Cummins (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Matching data from multiple yeast cell cycle experiments to a genetic network model"
February 20
Dr. Hari Sitaula (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MT Tech.): "Algorithms to Compute Discrete Residues of Rational Functions"
February 13
Dr. Martín A. Mosquera (Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, MSU): "The Exponential Operator in Quantum Chemistry: From Atoms to Biomolecules"
February 6
Dr. Tomas Gedeon (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Modeling complex phenotypes supported by gene regulatory networks"
Fall 2024
November 21
Ben Vogel (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Accounting for correlation and censoring in Bayesian Network Scale-up Models"
November 7
Nick Boyer (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Modeling Algal Growth and CO2 Capture in High Alkalinity Environments"
October 31
Dr. Katie Banner (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Listening in the Dark: Statistical metholdology for conservation of North American Bats"
October 17
Jordan Schupbach (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "On using 2^k trees and hierarchical B-splines for nonlinear regression Mathematical aspects of multi-mode non-coherent communications and measurement"
October 10
Joint talk on Atomization and the Euler Characteristic
Brendan Christensen (Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Dept., MSU): "A Geometric and Topological Analysis of Atomization from Large-Scale Simulations"
Alex McCleary (Computer Science Dept., MSU): Application of the Weighted Euler Characteristic Transform in Atomization Simulations'
October 3
Dr. Jarek Kwapisz (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences): "Mathematical aspects of multi-mode non-coherent communications and measurement"
September 26
Dr. Ross P. Carlson (Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Center for Biolfilm Engineering, MSU): "Geometry, Linear Optimization, and Systems Biology’s Search for the Rules of Life"
September 12
Derek Jollie and Alec Fluer (Department of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Multi-Modal Scientific Foundation Models and Sampling Multiplex Networks"
September 5
Dr. Doris Voina (AI Institute in Dynamic Systems, University of Washington): "Deep Generative Modeling for Identification of Noisy, Non-Stationary Dynamical Systems"
Spring 2024
April 25
Dr. Francis Motta (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, Florida Atlantic University): "Population Synchrony with Applications to Plasmodium Dynamics"
April 18
Dr. Quirine Krol (MSU Magnetic Resonance Laboratory): "Modeling Effective Water Vapor Transport and Subsequent Coarsening in Snow: A Rigorous Upscaling Approach"
April 11
Elizabeth Andreas (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Adversarial Decision and Process Modeling and Complexity Analysis - with Imperfect Decision-Making Intelligence"
April 4
Dr. Alex McCleary (MSU School of Computing): "Galois Connections in Persistent Homology"
March 28
Dr. Amitabha Bose (Mathematical Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology): "Understanding entrainment of circadian oscillator models using one-dimensional maps"
March 21
Elizabeth Andreas (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU), PhD Defense: "Quantifying Robustness of the Gap Gene Network"
March 7
Dr. Lori Ray (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Quantifying Transport in the Brain"
February 29
Dr. Christian Stratton (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Clustering and ordination of sagebrush steppe communities in Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve"
February 22
Dr. Stephanie McCalla (Dept. of Chemical & Biological Engineering, MSU): "Rational Design of Nucleic Acid Assays"
February 8
Dr. Al Parker (Center for Biofilm Engineering & Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Statistical considerations when using presence/absence assays in microbiology"
February 1
Dr. Abigail Hickok (Dept. of Mathematics, Columbia): "Applications of TDA to Spatial Data"
January 25
Dr. Tomas Gedeon (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Biology problems that I think about"
Fall 2023
November 30th
Dr. Siwei He (Dept. of Civil Engineering, MSU): "Some Mathematical Challenges in Snow Hydrology"
November 16th
Dr. Anastasia Bizyaeva (AI Institute in Dynamic Systems, Univ. of Washington): "Model Reduction of Nonlinear Feedback Systems by Data-Informed Balancing"
November 2nd
Dr. Julian Fox (Dept. of Chemical Engineering, MSU): "Exploring the Physics of Atomization Processes using Computational Fluid Dynamics"
October 26th
Dr. Joseph D. Seymour (Chemical and Biological Engineering and Center for Biofilm Engineering, MSU): "Physical Mechanism of Alginate Gel Capillary Structure Formation from Phase Separation Scaling Laws"
October 19th
Dr. Zilong Song (Math and Statistics Dept., Utah State University): "Ion Transport Systems in Biological Structures"
October 12th
Dr. Mario Bencomo (Dept. of Mathematics, CSU-Fresno): "Inverse Problems and an Application in Seismic Imaging"
October 5th
Dr. Joseph Shaw (Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering and the Director of the Optical Technology Center, MSU): "Measuring Without Touching: Optical Remote Sensing Systems for Studying the Natural Environment"
September 28th
Jacob Munson (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Uncertainity Estimation in Recommender Systems for Enhanced Top-N Recommendations"
September 21st
Drs. Bree Cummins, John Smith, Tianyu Zhang and Dominique Zosso (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Math Faculty Flash Talks"
September 7th
Dr. Tomas Gedeon (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Combinatorial Structure of Continuous Dynamics in Gene Regulatory Networks"
Spring 2023
April 20
Therese Azevedo (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "The Impact of Mentorship"
April 13
Dr. Tianyu Zhang (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Modeling Complex Outcomes of Antibiotic Therapy against a Polymicrobial Infection"
April 6
Jacob Munson (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Some Collaborative Filtering Approaches for Grade Analysis"
March 30
Elizabeth Andreas (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Measuring Robustness of the Gap Gene Network"
March 23
Dr. Tomas Gedeon (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Oscillator Death in Coupled Biochemical Oscillators"
March 9
Dr. Curt Vogel (Former Professor in the Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Network Methods in Computer Vision"
March 2
Dr. Ian Laga (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "A Case-Control Sampling Strategy for Zero-Inflacted Models"
February 23
Elizabeth Andreas (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Measuring Complexity using Markov Chains"
Fall 2022
December 8
Dr. Firas Khasawneh (ME Dept, Michigan State University): "Scoring Surface Patterns Using Persistent Homology with Application to Vibration Striking Treatment"
December 1
Dr. Stephanie Sonner (Dept. of Mathematics, Radboud University, Nijmegen): "Travelling Waves for Degenerate Reaction Diffusion Systems Modeling Celluloytic Biofilms"
November 17
Dr. John Smith (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Process-based Modeling Approaches to Forest Carbon Prediction"
November 10
Dr. Bo Li (Dept. of Mathematics and Quantitative Biology-PhD Program, UC-San Diego): "Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Bacterial Colony Growth with Cell-Cell Mechanical Interactions"
November 3
Dr. Bree Cummins (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Simulation Study of Recruitment Techniques in an At-Risk Population for HIV"
October 27
Dr. Scott McCalla (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Tracking Bacterial Growth Using a Nonlocal Interfacial Model"
October 20
Dr. Dominique Zosso (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "From Convex Geometry to Convex Optimization"
October 14
Dr. Meghan Rhodes (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Modelling and Analyzing the Role of Tissue Mechanics in Glioma Invasion"
September 29
Julian Fox (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "DSGRN and the Investigation of a Yeast Cell Cycle Pulse Generator"
September 22
Dr. Tomas Gedeon (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "Operon Dynamics with State Dependent Transcription and/or Translation Delays"
September 15
Dr. Leo Rebholz (Dept. of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Clemson University): "Anderson acceleration and how it speeds up nonlinear solvers"
September 14
Dr. Rachel Levanger (Fidelity National Financial, Director of Data Science): "A Topical Data Analyst in Industry"
September 1
Dr. Lisa Davis (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): "An Accurate and Stable Filtered Explicit Scheme for a Linear Hyperbolic Equation Inspired by DNA Transcription Modeling"
Spring 2022
May 5
Susan Schrader (Dept. of Petroleum Engineering, MT Tech): Ph.D. Proposal "A Versatile Model for Fluid Flow in Low Permeability Porous Media"
April 28
Cam Dudiak (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Master's Thesis Defense "Analysis of Dynamic Biological Systems Imagery."
April 27
Amy Jenson (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Master's Thesis Defense "Brine Flow through Subglacial Channels"
April 21
Dr. Fernando Correr (Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology Dept., MSU): Title of Talk "Unravelling Functional Genomics of Plants through Transcriptomics"
April 14
Dominic Bair (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Master's Thesis Defense "DVM: A Deep Learning Algorithm for Minimizing Functionals"
April 7
Robin Belton (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Ph.D. Defense "Directed Graph Descriptors and Distances for Analyzing Multivariate Time Series Data"
March 31
Dr. Jeff Heys (Chemical and Biological Engineering Dept., MSU): Title of Talk is "Quantitative Analysis of Transport in the Brain and Implications for Sleep"
March 24
Dr. William Cuello (Dept. of Mathematics, Rutgets University): Title of Talk is "Widespread Ecological Networks and their Dynamical Signatures (WENDy)"
March 10
Dr. Isaac Klapper (Dept. of Mathematics, Temple Univ): Title of Talk is "Modeling Microbial Biofilms in Their Environments."
March 10
Sam McCrosson (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Title of Talk is "Exodromy of Stratified Spaces."
March 3
Dr. Tomas Gedeon (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Title of Talk is "Operon Dynamics with State Dependent Transcription and/or Translation Delays."
February 24
Dr. Mark Pernarowski (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Title of Talk is "Modeling Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation."
February 17
Dr. Lisa Davis (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Title of Talk is "A Filtered Explicit Scheme for Linear Hyperbolic Problems"
February 10
John Oliver (Los Alamos National Lab): Student Opportunities in 2022: An XTD-SS Perspective
Fall 2021
November 19
Jacob Munson (Individual Interdisciplinary PhD Program, MSU): Title of Talk is "Recommender Systems: Matrix Factorications & Lessons from the Netflix Prize."
November 16
Catherine Potts (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): PhD Dissertation Defense, "Adapting Archetypal Analysis to Scientific Imaging Applications."
November 4
Dr. Nick Cogan (Dept. of Mathematics, FSU): Title of Talk is "Multiphase Models: From Biofilms to the Origin of Life"
October 28
Dr. Andrew Hoegh (Dept. of Mathematics, MSU): Title of Talk is "Statistical Methods for Predicting Zoonotic Spillover."
October 21
Anna Schenfisch (Dept. of Mathematics, MSU): Title of Talk is "A Faithful Discretization of the Persistent Homology Transform."
October 14
Dr. Tianyu Zhang (Dept. of Mathematics, MSU): Title of Talk is "PDE-Constrained Generalized Nash Equilibrium Model of Biofilm Community."
October 7
Dr. Tomas Gedeon (Dept. of Mathematics, MSU): Title of Talk is "Modeling Cellular Metabolism."
September 23
Dr. Breschine Cummins (Dept. of Mathematics, MSU): Title of Talk is "Discovering Genetic Network Interactions through Iterative Hypothesis Reduction."
September 9
Griffin Smith (Dept. of Mathematics, MSU): Title of Talk is "A PDE Model for Janus Particle Swarming."
September 2
Dr. Elizabeth Burroughs (Dept. of Mathematics, MSU): Title of Talk is "Empathetic Critical Thinking through Modeling."
Spring 2021
April 21
Seth Dayutis (Dept. of Mathematics, MSU): Master's Thesis Presentation: "A Biofilm Model that Avoids a Tragedy of the Commons."
April 16
Wiliiam Johns (Dept. of Mathematics, MSU): PhD Thesis Defense, "Minimax Multi-Input AAA Rational Approximations wiith Stable Poles."
April 15
Catherine Potts (Dept. of Mathematics, MSU): Kopriva Talk, "Archetypal Analysis Applied to Neuronal Cellular Signaling."
April 8
William Johns (Dept. of Mathematics, MSU): Title of Talk is "Minimax Multi-input AAA Rational Approximations with Stable Poles."
April 8
Elizabeth Andreas (Dept. of Mathematics, MSU): Masters' Thesis Defense, "Comparing Network Models of Gap Gene Interaction during Drosophila Melanogaster Development."
April 1
Dr. Jesse Berwald (Quantum Engineer, Quantum Computing Inc.): Title of Talk is "Quantum Computing: A Brief Tour with Mathematical Highlights."
March 25
Elizabeth Andreas (Dept. of Mathematics, MSU): Title of Talk is "Comparing Network Models of Gap Gene Interaction during Drosophila Melanogaster Development."
March 11
Dr. Mark Petersen (MT Peaks Sponsored Event - Research Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory): Title of Talk is "Ocean Modeling in the High Desert."
March 4
Dr. Shane Kepley (Dept. of Mathematics, Rutgers University): Title of Talk is "Numerical Methods for Studying Equilibria and their Bifurcations in Hill Function Models."
February 25
Dr. Miroslav Kramar (Dept. of Mathematics, Univ. of Oklahoma): Title of Talk is "Towards Understanding Complex Spatio-Temporal Systems."
February 18
Dr. Malgorzata Peszynska (Dept. of Mathematics, Univ. of Oregon): Title of Talk is "Hysteresis in conservation laws: modeling, analysis, and simulation."
February 11
Dr. Aaron Luttman (MT PEAKS Sponsored Event - Senior Technical Advisor, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory): Title of Talk is "Mathematics Research for Security and Science in the US National Laboratories."
February 4
William Duncan (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Title of Talk is "Equilibria in Networks with Steep Sigmoidal Nonlinearities."
January 25
Gabriel Peyre (CNRS and Ecole Normale): Title of Talk is "Scaling Optimal Transport for High Dimensional Learning."
Fall 2020
November 24
Robin Belton (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Title of Talk is "Directed Descriptors of Data."
November 5
Dr. Hermann Eberl (Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph, Canada): Title of Talk is "Time Integration of a Highly Degenerate Diuffusion-Reaction System with Gradient Blow-Up and a Small Application to Cross-Talk in Biofilms."
October 29
Dr. Scott McCalla (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Title of Talk is "The Effects of Sacred Value Networks within an Evolutionary, Adversarial Game."
October 22
Dr. Tomas Gedeon (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Title of Talk is "How to describe, analyze and interrogate dynamics of gene regulatory networks."
October 15
Dr. Dominique Zosso (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Title of Talk is "Deep Learning for PDE: Part II (application to PDE)"
October 8
William Johns (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Title of Talk is "Density of States in Warm Dense Matter"
October 1
Dr. David Millman (School of Computing, MSU): Title of Talk is "Approximate Nearest neighbors in the Space of Persistence Diagrams"
September 24
Kyle Hickmann (DXCP-8: Verification & Analysis, Los Alamos National Laboratory): Title of Talk is "Mathematics and simulations of shock and detonation at Los Alamos National Laboratory."
September 17
Dr. Dominique Zosso (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Title of Talk is "Deep Learning and PDE: a quick and practical introduction"
September 10
Dr. Lisa Davis (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Title of Talk is "Continuum and Stochastic Models for Transcription on a Crowded Gene"
September 3
Dr. William Duncan (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU, Duke University): Title of Talk is "Infinitesimal Homeostasis in Biological Networks"
Spring 2020
March 6
Dr. James Keener (Dept. of Mathematics, University of Utah): Title of Talk is "The Mathematics of Life: Making Diffusion Your Friend."
February 27
Dr. Jack Dockery (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Title of Talk is "Oscillations Signaling, and Traveling Waves in Biofilms."
February 13
Dr. Tianyu Zhang (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Title of Talk is "Data Analysis in Wastewater Treatment"
January 30
William Johns (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Title of Talk is "A Greedy Approach and Some Optimization for Electro-Magnetic Transients Simulation"
Fall 2019
November 21
Catherine Potts (Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, MSU): Title of Talk is "Archetypal Analysis: Representation and Meaning"
November 14
Dr. Jia Zhao (Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Utah State University): Title of Talk is "Modeling and Numerical Approximations of Thermodynamically Consistent Systems with Applications in Biological Problems"
November 5
Dr. Bjorn Sandstede (Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University): Title of Talk is "Localized Planar Patterns"
October 24
Dr. Lisa Davis (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Title of Talk is "Montana Partnership for Broadening Career Pathways for Mathematics and Statistics Students"
October 17
William Johns (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Title of Talk is "Rational approximations for modeling EM transients in transmission lines"
October 10
Dr. Bree Cummins (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Title of Talk is "Using Extremal Events to Characterize Noisy Time Series"
October 3
Dr. Braxton Osting (Dept. of Mathematics, University of Utah): Title of Talk is "Diffusion-generated methods for target-valued maps"
September 19
Dr. Vrushali Bokil (Dept. of Mathematics, Oregon State University): Title of Talk is "Compatible Discretizations of Maxwell's Equations in Complex Materials"
September 12
Dr. Andrew J. Bernoff (Math Dept., Harvey Mudd College): Title of Talk is "Agent-Based and Continuous Models of Locust Hopper Brands"
September 5
Dr. Tomas Gedeon (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Title of Talk is "Regulatory network analysis, biopolymerization, micro RNA detection assay and microbial consortia"
Spring 2019:
January 17
Dr. Diane Debinski (Ecology Department, MSU): Title of Talk is "Chasing Down Biodiversity Patterns and Processes"
January 24
Dr. Jack Dockery (Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Title of Talk is "Signaling and Traveling Waves in Biofilms"
January 31
Dr. Maryam Bahramipanah (Electrical & Computer Engineering, MSU): Title of Talk is "Decentralized Adaptive Model-Based Real-Time Control of Active Distribution Networks Using Energy Storage Systems"
February 7
Dr. David Millman (Computer Science, MSU): Title of Talk is "Some Geometric Problems in Monte Carlo Transport Solvers"
February 14
Dr. Bradley Whitaker (Electrical & Computer Engineering, MSU): Title of Talk is "Frozen Dictionary Learning for Classification"
February 21
Dr. Eric Sproles (Earth Sciences, MSU): Title of Talk is "Finding the Sweet Spot at the Intersection of Data, Spatial, and Earth Science"
February 28
Dr. Nicholas Borys (Physics, MSU): Title of Talk is "Mining Data to Reveal Hidden Physics in Two-Dimensional Semiconductors at Ultra-Small Length Scales"
March 7
Dr. Yuriko Yano (Ecology, MSU): Title of Talk is "How Does a Warmer Climate Affect Soil Nutrients, and How Would Trees Cope with Such Changes?"
March 14
Dr. Catherine Haase (Ecology, MSU): Title of Talk is "Modeling The Energetic Costs of Disease: A Case Study of the Bioenergetics of White-Nose Syndrome in Western Bats"
March 28
Dr. Anne Lohfink (Physics, MSU): Title of Talk is "Illuminating the Surrounding of Black Holes"
April 4
Nellie Ciesielski (PhD Student, Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Title of Dissertation Defense is "Modeling a Biphasic DNA Amplification Reaction"
April 9
Dr. Faranak Pahlevani (Mathematics Department, Penn State Univ-Abington): Title of Talk is "Energy, Enstrophy and Parameter Sensitivity of the Time Relaxation Model"
April 11
Anthony Gaussoin (PhD Student, Mathematical Sciences, MSU): Title of Dissertation Defense is "Designing Pattern Formation Through Anisotrophy"
April 25
Dr. Puck Rombach (Mathematics, University of Vermont): Title of Talk is "Role Colorying Graphs in Hereditary Classes"