2024 Putnam Results

We are very excited to report that our MAryland Putnam team ranked 7th among 477 institutions that participated in the 2024 Putnam math competition. Our team members this year were Daniel Yuan, Isaac Mammel, and Clarence Lam. Daniel Yuan ranked 26th among 3,988 participants. Clarence Lam and Isaac Mammel were recognized for… Read More
From Math Olympiads to Diplomacy: Meet Visiting Math Professor Qendrim Gashi

Maryland Global, published a great interview with our visiting professor (and diplomat), Qendrim Gashi. The interview is available at https://marylandglobal.umd.edu/about/news/math-olympiads-diplomacy-meet-visiting-math-professor-qendrim-gashi Read More
Eugenia Brin, Longtime Supporter of Science and Performing Arts at UMD, Dies

Eugenia Brin, a Russian immigrant and retired NASA scientist who, with her family of accomplished Terps, became an important benefactor of the University of Maryland, died on Dec. 3, 2024. She was 76 years old. The rest of the article can be read here: https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/news/eugenia-brin-1948-2024 Read More
2024 Michael Brin Dynamical Systems Prize for Young Mathematicians Awardees

Math is excited to announce that Francisco Arana-Herrera has been awarded the 5th Michael Brin Dynamical Systems Prize for Young Mathematicians. The prize was shared between Francisco and Rohil Prasad. Details about eh prize and previous winners can be found at https://science.psu.edu/math/research/dynsys/dynamical-systems-prize-young-mathematicians Read More
UMD Launches Award to Recognize Dual Majors in Computer Science and Mathematics

Starting Spring 2025, the Grant Family Outstanding Achievement Undergraduate Student Award will recognize graduating seniors excelling in both fields. Link to the article can be read here: https://www.cs.umd.edu/article/2024/11/umd-launches-award-recognize-dual-majors-computer-science-and-mathematics Read More

2012 Graduate Degree Recipients

MATH Ph.D.

AMSC Ph.D.

MATH M.A.

STAT M.A.

AMSC M.S.

PhD

Juliana Belding, PhD in Mathematics: Advisor: L. Washington; Dissertation Title: Number Theoretic Algorithms for Elliptic Curves
Hunter Johnson, PhD in Mathematics: Advisor: C. Laskowski; Dissertation Title: Definable Families of Finite VC Dimension
Nicholas Long, PhD in Mathematics: Advisor: M. Boyle; Dissertation Title: Involutions of Shifts of Finite Type: Fixed Point Shifts, Orbit Quotients, and the Dimension Representation
Jane Long, PhD in Mathematics: Advisor: J. Schafer; Dissertation Title: The Cohomology of the Affine Group over F_p² and of PSL(3, F_p)
Yabing Mai, PhD in Mathematical Statistics: Advisor: E. Slud; Dissertation Title: Comparing Survival Distributions in the Presence of Dependent Censoring: Asymptotic Validity and Bias Correction of the Logrank Test
Tinghui Yu, PhD in Mathematical Statistics: Advisor: A. Kagan; Estimation Theory of a Location Parameter in Small Samples

MA

Nicolas Flores-Castillo, MA in Mathematics: Advisor: K. Grove; Thesis Title: Synge's Trick Revisted
John Habert, MA in Mathematics: Advisor: L. Washington
Anton Lukyanenko, MA in Mathematics: Advisor: W. Goldman; Projective Deformations of Triangle Tilings
Cristian Tomesetti, MA in Mathematics: Advisor: D. Dolgopyat

PhD

Huillin Li, PhD in Mathematical Statistics: Advisor: P. Lahari; Dissertation Title: Small Area Estimation: An Empirical Best Linear Unbiased Prediction Approach
Guanhua Lu, PhD in Mathematical Statistics: Advisor: B. Kedem; Dissertation Title: Asymptotic Theory in Multiple-Sample Semiparametric Density Ratio Models and its Application to Mortality Forecasting
Min Min, PhD in Mathematical Statistics: Advisor: P. Smith; Dissertation Title: Asymptotic Normality in Generalized Linear Mixed Models.
Onur Oktay, PhD in Mathematics: Advisor: J. Benedetto; Dissertation Title: Frame Quantization Theory and Equitriangular Tight Frames

MA

Morgan Stern, MA in Mathematics: Advisor: L. Washington
Aneesah Williams, MA in Mathematical Statistics: Advisor: E. Slud; Thesis Title: Fay-Herriot Small Area Estimation in the Survey of Business Owners

PhD

Ganesh Nadarajasundaram, PhD in Mathematical Statistics: Advisors E. Slud and P.Lahari; Dissertation Title: Small Area Estimation and Prediction Problems
Kathryn Truman, PhD in Mathematics: Advisor: L. Washington; Dissertation Title: Analysis and Extension of Non-Commutative NTRU
Shihua Wen, PhD in Mathematical Statistics: Advisor: B. Kedem; Dissertation Title:Simi-Parametric Cluster Detection
Amy Finkbeiner, PhD in Mathematics: Advisor: J. Yorke; Dissertation Title: Global Phenomena from Local Rules: Peer to Peer Networks and Discrete Chrystal Steps

PhD

David Bourne, Ph.D. in Mathematics: Advisor: S. Antman; Dissertation Title: The Taylor-Couette Problem in a Deformable Cylinder
Somantika Datta, Ph.D. in Mathematics: Advisor: J. Benedetto; Dissertation Title: Wiener's Generalized Harmonic Analysis in Waveform Design
Andrew Dykstra, Ph.D. in Mathematics: Advisor: M. Boyle; Dissertation Title: Two Equivalence Relations in Symbolic Dynamics
Eric Errthum, Ph.D. in Mathematics: Advisor: S. Kudla; Dissertation Title: Singular Moduli of Shimura Curves
Tatiana Howard, Ph.D. in Mathematics: Advisor: J. Adams; Dissertation Title: Lifting of Characters p-adic Orthogonal and Metaplectic Groups
Taejung Kim, Ph.D. in Mathematics: Advisor: W. Goldman; Dissertation Title: An Investigation on Holomorphic Vector Bundles and Krichever-Lax Matrices Over an Algebraic Curve
Ashwin Pande, Ph.D. in Mathematics: Advisor: J. Rosenberg; Dissertation Title: Topological T-Duality for KK-Monopoles, Gerbes and Automorphisms
Susan Schmoyer, Ph.D. in Mathematics: Advisor: L. Washington; Dissertation Title: Triviality and Nontriviality of Tate-Lichtenbaum Self Pairings
Christian Zorn, Ph.D. in Mathematics: Advisor: S. Kudla; Dissertation Title: Computing Local L-Factors for the Unramified Principal Series of Sp(2, F) and Its Metaplectic Cover
Shanshan Wang, Ph.D. in Statistics: Advisors: W. Jank and P. Smith; Dissertation Title: Exploring and Modeling Online Auctions using Functional Data Analysis
Juliana Belding, M.A. in Mathematics: Advisor: L. Washington; Scholarly Paper Title: The Discrete Logarithm Problem on the p-torsion Subgroup of Elliptic Curves
Cecilia Gonzalez-Tokman, M.A. in Mathematics: Advisor: B. Hunt; Scholarly Paper Title: Strange Non-chaotic Attractors
Eun Young Kim, M.A. in Mathematics: Advisor: J.-G. Liu; Scholarly Paper Title: Modelling, analysis and computational aspects of electrostatics for biomolecules
Na An, M.A. in Mathematical Statistics: Advisor: P. Smith; Thesis Title: Baseline Adjustment for Ordinal Covariates by Inducing a Partial Ordering in Randomized Clinical Trials

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