Department of Applied Mathematics Archive

  • Applied Mathematics Professional Master’s Program to Launch Fall 2013

    Applied Mathematics Professional Master’s Program to Launch Fall 2013

    March 4, 2013
    In fall 2013, IIT will launch a new professional master’s program in applied mathematics. This non-thesis master’s degree will provide applied and computational mathematics training in conjunction with teaching communication and teamwork skills demanded by today’s employers. The program offers students an exciting capstone experience solving serious, real-world problems in business and industry using modeling, statistical and data analysis, stochastic analysis and optimization techniques.

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  • IIT Applied Math Alumnus Jacob Matijevic Honored Posthumously for Work on Mars Rover Missions

    October 24, 2012
    Jacob “Jake” Matijevic (Math ‘69), a great space engineer, died on August 20, 2012 in Los Angeles, Calif. Matijevic received his bachelor’s degree from IIT and later earned a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1973. In honor of Jacob’s contribution to the Mars rover missions, NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory named the rock found by the Curiosity rover, “Jake Matijevic.”

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  • IIT Third-Year Undergraduate Triple Play

    IIT Third-Year Undergraduate Triple Play

    March 29, 2012
    Anita Thomas (AMAT 3rd year) will present her research, "Sampling Within the k-Means Algorithm to Cluster Large Datasets," at the Infinite Possibilities Conference, March 30-31 at the University of Maryland. Thomas reduced the amount of data needed to obtain accurate clusters, thus decreasing runtime to a reasonable speed.

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  • Ye Accepts Postdoc at Syracuse University

    Ye Accepts Postdoc at Syracuse University

    March 22, 2012
    Qi Ye, Ph.D. candidate in applied mathematics, has accepted a two-year Philip T. Church postdoctoral position in the department of mathematics at Syracuse University, where he will be teaching and conducting research with Professors Lixin Shen and Yuesheng Xu on problems in computational harmonic analysis.

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  • IIT Math Club to Hold High School Mathematics Competition March 17

    March 16, 2012
    The IIT Math Club will host their first annual High School Mathematics Competition at the IIT main campus on Saturday, March 17. Eight teams of students from local high schools will take individual exams in the morning, followed by a team competition in the afternoon.

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  • Kan Accepts Postdoc at Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications

    Kan Accepts Postdoc at Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications

    February 26, 2012
    Xingye Kan, Ph.D. candidate in applied mathematics, has accepted a two-year postdoctoral position at the National Science Foundation-funded Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications at the University of Minnesota.

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  • Sixth Annual IIT Karl Menger Lecture and Award

    February 22, 2012
    Alumni, faculty, students, and friends of the IIT Department of Applied Mathematics are invited to the sixth annual IIT Karl Menger Lecture and Award on Monday, April 23.

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