News from the College of Sciences
A Novel Virus’ Cousins Are Surprisingly Abundant
When SDSU computer scientist Rob Edwards discovered crAssphage in 2014, it was just the tip of a viral iceberg. By Michael Price When San Diego State University computer scientist Rob Edwards and colleagues uncovered a wholly new virus nicknamed...
Thesis Defense – Wasim Merchant (BS)
Assessing the Rose Canyon Fault Zone through the Little Italy and Old Town Areas of San Diego, California: Geotechnical Data Synthesis Wasim Raja MerchantAdvisor: Dr. Jillian Maloney Friday December 15th, 2017CSL 422 – 9:30 am AbstractSan Diego is the third...
Thesis Defense – Jimmy Pham (BS)
3D evidence for the biotite to vermiculite conversion controlling spheroidal weathering at Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve, Peninsular Ranges, southern California, U.S.A. Jimmy Pham Advisor: Dr. Gary Girty and Heather Webb Friday December 15th, 2017 CSL 422...
2017 Gordon Bell Prize
Earthquake Code Originating From SDSU Professor Used in 2017 Gordon Bell Prize Research Chinese Team Recognized for Simulating 20th Century’s Most Devastating Earthquake Simulated ground motion for the 1976 Hangshan earthquake that resulted in the 2017...
Thesis Defense – Bill Savran (PhD)
Developing Stochastic Models as Inputs for High-Frequency Ground Motion Simulations Bill Savran PhD Candidate, Geophysics Wednesday, December 6th, 2017CSL 422 – 10 am Abstract High-frequency (~10 Hz) deterministic ground motion simulations are challenged by our...
2017 Student Cluster Competition at the Supercomputing Conference Nov 11-18.
Pictured Above: 2017 SCC Team Pictured Above: 2016 SCC Team Each year, the SDSU Departments of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Computational Science participate in the renowned Supercomputing Conference Series by attending workshops, submitting papers and...
Seminar – Dan Ellerton
OSL Ages and Formation Mechanisms of a Major Coastal Dunefield, the Cooloola Sand Mass, Southeaster Queensland, Australia Dan EllertonUniversity of Queensland, AustraliaWednesday, November 15th, 2017CSL 422 – 1pm AbstractThe Cooloola Sand Mass is a large (~260...
Current Graduate Students
Michael BareianGraduate Research AssistantEmail: mbareian20[at]yahoo.comResearch Interests: Galaxy Formation and EvolutionThesis Advisor: Dr. Kate RubinHobbies: Basketball, Video Games Mike EngesserTeaching AssociateEmail:...
Welcome new ULM TA grads.
LUDWIG SIEGERT I finished my undergraduate studies in mathematics and management at the University of Ulm in Germany and continued with a master’s degree in the same area of studies. I appreciate the opportunity to continue my studies at SDSU in the next year....
REU summer math projects
In summer 2017, SDSU hosted another NSF-funded research experience for undergraduate students coordinated by program director Vadim Ponomarenko. The students came from all over the country to work at SDSU for eight weeks on mathematics problems. This summer, they...
Welcome new ULM students
SDSU welcomes three new graduate students to the Math Dept from Ulm, Germany. Ludwig Siegert, Marc Schneble, and Maximillian Autenrieth are on campus as foreign exchange students working on their master’s degree in mathematics. Ludwig, Marc and Max...
Colloquium Friday Nov 3 at 2 pm: “It’s Maps All the Way Up (and Down)”
Colloquium: It’s Maps All the Way Up (and Down) Speaker: Prof. Martin Sereno, SDSU MRI Imaging Center Time: 2:00 p.m., Friday, November 3 (refreshments served at 1:45 p.m.) Place: P-148 Abstract: Topological maps of receptor sheets have long been known to...
Rich Levine named JSM Program Chair
Rich Levine has been selected to serve as the Program Chair of the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in 2019. JSM is the largest gathering of statisticians held in North America. It is also one of the broadest statistics meetings, covering methodology, theory and...
Antonio Palacios publishes book
Antonio Palacios and Visarath In of SPAWAR have just published a book in Springer’s Complexity Series, Symmetry in Complex Network Systems: Connecting Equivariant Bifurcation Theory with Engineering Applications. Dr. Palacios has been collaborating with SPAWAR...
Ricardo teaches in Greece
Professor Carretero taught an intensive summer course on Nonlinear Waves: Theory, Applications and Computation in Kavala, Greece during summer 2017. The course, offered through the Democritus University of Thrace, took place in the picturesque town of Kavala, in ...
Welcome new faculty: Dr. Naveen Vaidya
The Department welcomes a new faculty member in Biomathematics, Naveen Vaidya. Naveen comes to us from the University of Missouri –Kansas City. Before joining UMKC, he had four years of postdoctoral research experience in Mathematical Biology working with Dr....
Chris Rasmussen receives Monty Award
Chris Rasmussen receives the 2017 College of Science’s Outstanding Faculty Contributions Award, also known as the Faculty Montys. Chris is an international leader in mathematics education research. He has led the research community to focus on the...
Chris Rasmussen studys abroad: Spain
In June 2017, Chris Rasmussen led a group of 21 SDSU liberal studies students on a study abroad program in Granada, in the Andalucía region of southern Spain. As part of this program, Chris taught these SDSU students (see photo) a three credit mathematics...