Graduate Program

Christopher Severs

"I visited ASU after I was accepted and spoke with the faculty at some length. The faculty I spoke with were very enthusiastic about their research and much of it was in areas I had interest in. The highlight of my trip was going to dinner with Professor Hurlbert and having him explain many interesting problems and scribble them on the back of a napkin for me to take with me and think about. When I visited, I also got the impression that research groups worked together on many projects and interaction with other disciplines was a large part of the experience. This was very appealing to me and one of the primary reasons I decided to come to ASU."

Christopher Severs is a doctoral candidate working on computing the A-homotopy groups of generalized permutahedra under Professor Helene Barcelo.
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Wang-Juh Chen (Sting)

"I never imaged that I could be a mathematician someday until now. Without any formal training in math, I was afraid that I can not even survive in the first year of my study. But after taking MAT courses at ASU during these years, I realize that math is not an unreal subject but can be applied everywhere in our daily life. Right now, I am applying what I have learned on biological and medical problems and hope to improve the quality of clinic."

Wang-Juh Chen (Sting) is a doctoral candidate working on data mining (support vector machines), especially classification on biological and medical data, under Professor Renaut. He is also the first doctoral student in mathematics concentration in computational biosciences.
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Wei Shen

"I got the feeling that optimization is the area which I should work on, at the first time when I touched it. After I came into the math department and talked with Professor Mittelmann, I finally got the chance and knew how to realize what I was thinking of; and I am also thinking that I am on the right track approaching my destination under the guidance of everybody around me in the department, especially my advisor."

Wei Shen is a doctoral candidate working on the optimization theory and applications under Professor Hans Mittelmann.
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Lydia Bilinsky

"Research in mathematical biology at ASU is extremely strong, which is why ASU was my first choice for graduate school. Work is being done here in all areas of math biology, from traditional areas such as epidemiological modeling to newer areas, such as computational neuroscience and the application of optimal control theory to biological systems. There is a real spirit of innovation in the department. We also have a very fruitful collaboration with the faculty of the School of Life Sciences, a necessity in an area as interdisciplinary as mathematical biology."

Lydia Bilinsky is a graduate student working towards a doctorate in mathematics. She is currently investigating how optimal control theory can be applied to the treatment of chronic hepatitis C. The goal is to develop a shorter and less expensive treatment protocol. This work is being done in collaboration with Professor Abdessamad Tridane. Her advisor is Professor Yang Kuang. Learn more about Lydia and her research.