Recent PH.D.s in Mathematics
The following is a list of recent Ph.D. degrees awarded, including the title of the dissertation and the thesis advisor.
2008 Spring
Brandman, Jeremy: S. Osher
“A level set method for calculating Eigen values of elliptic operators on closed surfaces and a proof of blow up of L^{\infinity} weak solutions of an aggregation equation.”
Busch, Joseph: Y. Moschovakis
“Lower bounds in arithmetic complexity via asymmetric embeddings.”
Hinde, Colin: P. Petersen
“The essence of the Ricci curvature.”
Kwon, Soonsik: T. Tao
“Low regularity problem of the higher order KdV type equations and the orbital stability issues of solution solutions.”
Landa, Yanina: S. Osher
“Visibility of point clouds and exploratory path planning in unknown environments.”
Leo, John: W. Duke
“Fourier coefficients of triangle functions.”
Lui, Lok Ming: T. Chan
“Computational conformal geometry and its applications to human brain mapping.”
Ni, Kang-Yu: T. Chan
“Variational PDE-based image segmentation and inpainting.”
O’Donnol, Danielle: R. Brown
“Intrinsically n-linked spatial graphs.”
Prescott, Tim: M. Biskup
“Invariance principles for random environments and shape theorems.”
Roy, Tristan: T. Tao
“Global Existence of the defocusing cubic wave equation in dimension 3.”
Sinapova, Dima: I. Neeman
“A model for a very good scale and a bad scale.”
Smith, S. Alex: L. Chayes
“Layered percolation on the complete graph.”
Souldatos, Ioannis: G. Hjorth
“Characterizable cardinals and local Hanf numbers.”
Thompson, Alex: G. Hjorth
“Some descriptive set theorist results related to infinite permutation group.”
Waelder, Robert: K. Liu
“Elliptic genera in Algebraic Geometry.”
Yanovsky, Igor: S. Osher
“Unbiased non-linear image registration.”
Zhu, Mingqiang: T. Chan
“Fast numerical algorithms for total variation based image restoration.”
2008 Winter
Epstein, Inessa: G. Hjorth
“Some results on orbit inequivalent actions of non-amenable groups.”
2007 Summer
Cook, Ben: A. Bertozzi
“Lubrication models for particle laden thin films.”
2007 Spring
Boisvert, Alex: A.Merkurjev
“A new definition of the Steenrod operations in algebraic geometry.”
Chung, Jason: L.Vese
“Co-linking properties of Euclidian neighborhood retracts in merger manifolds.”
Crawford, Nickolas: L. Chayes/M. Biskup
“Mean field theories and models of statistical physics.”
Dokos, Pericles: J. Rogawski
“On the combinatorial and spectral properties of finite quotients of the Bruhat-Tits building of type (C2) by discrete subgroups of PGSP4 and the arithmetic of quaternionic hermitian forms.”
Handy, John: J. Garnett
“Bounded analytic functions on the complements of square Cantor sets: the Corona problem and related problems.”
Ioana, Adrian: S. Popa
“Rigidity results in the orbit equivalence theory of non-amenable groups.”
Jetter, Madeleine: M. Green
“Steiner equivalence of convex bodies: analytic and algebraic perspectives.”
Kittrell, John: G. Hjorth
“Full groups and
hyperfiniteness.”
O’Dell, Steve: G. Eskin
“Inverse scattering for Schrodinger type operators in exterior domains containing surfaces with interfaces.”
Ryckman, Eric: R. Killip
“Spectral equivalencies for Jacobi matrices.”
Skeith, William: D. Blasius/R. Ostrovsky
“Homomorphic encryption and non-interactive secure computation.”
Sun, Hae-Sung: H. Hida
“Non-vanishing mod P of special L-values.”
Tanushev, Nick: J. Ralston
“Gaussian beams: theory and applications.”
Upton, Margaret: D. Blasius
“Galois representations attached to Picard curves and equidistribution of traces of Hecke operators for GL2."
2007 Winter
Chan, Stephen: R. Edwards
“Co-linking properties of Euclidian neighborhood retracts in merger manifolds."
2006 Fall
Draganova, Anna: Rothschild
“Asymptotic existence of decompositions of edge-colored graphs and hypergraphs."
Gilette, Allen: Bertozzi
“Image inpainting using a modified Cahn-Hilliard equation.”
2006 Summer
Cai, Shuang: Merkurjev
“Algebraic connective K-theory: A simple definition and its consequences.”
Fernandez, Rahul: Varadarajan
“Airy functions associated to compact lie groups and their analytic properties.”
Park, Fred: Chan “Total variation and duality for blind image.”
Tignor, Kenneth: Blasius
“Geometric P-Adic families for GU(3).”
2006 Spring
Bueti, John: Tao
“A bound for the (n,k) maximal function via incidence combinatorics.”
Feigon, Brooke: Rogawski “Periods and relative trace formulas for GL (2) in the local setting.”
Folsom, Amanda: Duke
“Modular units.”
He, Lin: Osher
“Applications and generalizations of the iterative refinement method.”
Khamsemanan, N: R. Brown “An algprithim for calculating the MOD H Reidmaster trace of some maps of surfaces with boundary.”
Kim, Yon-seo: K. Liu “Localization method as a universal approach to The Gromov-Witten theory.”
Le, Triet: Vese “A study of image segmentation and decomposition in a variational approach.”
Leung, Shing-yu: Osher “Applications of the level set method to geometrical optics, transmission tomography, image processing and crystal growth modeling.”
Lieu, Lin: Vese
“Contribution to problems in image restoration, decomposition, and segmentation by variational methods and partial differential equations.”
Oulette, Keith: Rogawski
“On the Fourier inversion formula for reductive Adelic groups.”
Peterson, Jesse: Popa
“I-chomology and rigidity in II-1 factors.”
Popa, Mihai: Effros
“Combinatorial aspects in non-commulative analysis.”
Reite, Aaron: R. Brown
“Computing the Schirmer number on homogeneous spaces.”
Schubert, Claus: Elman “New u-invariants of quadratic forms and function fields of good forms of height two.”
Sze, Nang Keung: Chan “Multi-level optimization for VLSI circuit placement.”
Thiyanaratnam, P: Caflisch
“Modeling and simulation of modified electro-deposition in 2 and 3 dimensions.”
Visan, Monica: Tao “The defocusing energy-critical non-linear Schrodinger equation in dimensions five and higher.”
Xu, Jinjun: Osher
“Interactive regularization and non-linear inverse scale space in image restoration.”
2005 Fall
Lee, Catherine: R. Brown
“The affect of smoothness and derivative conditions on the fixed point sets of smooth maps.”
Tsai, Ya-Ju: Thiele “Non linear Fourier transform.”
Wang, Chia-Ming: Enquist “Wavelet-based homogenization with application to flow in porous media.”
2005 Summer
Bae, Youri: Caflisch
“Starin and structure in nanoscale systems.”
Klein, Silvius: Thiele
“Spectral theory for discrete quasi-periodic Schrodinger operators.”
Nevai, Andrew: Roberts
“Mathematical models of interspecies plant competition for light.”
2005 Spring
Bene, Alex: K. Liu
“Intersections at cycles in the combinatorial moduli space.”
Biswas, Kingshook: Perez-Marco “On the geometry of Hedgehogs and log-Rieman surfaces.
Caston, Lauren: Varadarajan “Super lie groups and algebras, their actions and applications.”
Chung, Tsz Shun: Osher “Finite volume and discontinuous Galerkin methods for the numerical approximation of wave propogation problems.”
Jones, Nathan: Duke Almost all elliptic curves are Serre curves.’
Kostadinov, Boyan: Varadarajan “The Picard-Fuchs equation and its monodromy for a family of Calabi-Yau hypersurfaces in CP^{N-1}”
Lee, Sunim: Caflisch “Artificial boundary conditions for linear elasticity and atomistic strain models.”
Li, Xiaosheng: Eskin “Inverse scattering problem for system of differential operators.”
Molnar, Stephanie: Thiele
“Sharp growth estimates for T(b) theorems.”
Monascu, Mona-Lis: Merkurjev “Borel-Moore homology and algebraic oriented theories.”
Nguyen, Lan: Blasius “The Ramanujan conjecture for Hilbert modular forms.”
Peng, Pan: K. Liu “Integral structure in Gromov-Witten theory.”
Staecker, Chris: Brown “The coincidence Reidemister trace.”
Tornquist, Asger: Hjorth “The Borel complexity of orbit equivalence.”
Weisbart, David: Varadarajan “Schrodinger operators with matrix potentials and convergence of quantum systems on grids.”
Yakes, Chris: Gamelin “Composition operators on L-domains.”
Yip, Ming Ham: Chan “Some mathematical models for data clustering.”
2005 Winter
Somogi, Zoltan: Roberts
“Stability of an imploding spherical shock wave in a van der Waals gas.”
Virdol, Cristian: Hida “Zeta functions of twisted quaternionic Shimura varieties.”
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