Mathematics MA: Focus on Applied and Interdisciplinary Mathematics. The new program begins Fall 2018. APPLY TODAY.
Introducing—Mathematics MA: Focus on Applied and Interdisciplinary Mathematics
1/30/18

Students acquire highly marketable techniques involving networks, complex systems, machine learning and data analysis alongside topics such as probability, statistics, computational methods and applied mathematics methods. The Mathematics MA includes an internship with a leading industry partner. The new program begins Fall 2018.  APPLY TODAY.

Leaders in the Field
Leaders in the Field
9/5/17

Our faculty are well-published scholars in fields of algebra, analysis, applied mathematics, and geometry/topology. Cultivating excellence, collegiality, and diversity, our faculty observe the highest standards of ethics, integrity, and professionalism.

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Active Intellectual Life
9/5/17

The Department of Mathematics is proud of its excellent teaching and active research programs. Several of our faculty members are recipients of the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. A strong tradition of mentorship attracts the most promising individuals and supports their development.

UB Mathletes
Meet Our Mathletes
12/11/17

Powerfully fit and analytically minded, a team of UB math students competes for the $250,000 top prize on NBC’s “Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge.”

DEDICATED TEACHING
Dedicated Teaching
5/31/17

Our faculty-student ratio is high compared to many universities.
We teach:
    — Computational skills
    — Analytical skills
    — Research skills
    — Communication skills
    — Practical problem solving
    — Mathematical modeling skills

Faculty Research
Faculty Research
3/15/16

Each year  about one-third of our faculty hold external research grants from agencies such as the U.S. Department of Defense, the National Security Agency, and the National Science Foundation. Faculty research enhances our intellectual and technological environment to support exceptionally creative science and education.

EDGE@UB
EDGE@UB
3/12/16

The National Science Foundation has awarded UB Math a three-year, $600,000 grant to support the new program “Experiential Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE@UB).” Led by mathematics professor and director of graduate studies William Menasco, the collaboration includes industry and academic partners. Learn more.

MATH ADVANTAGE
Variety of Concentrations
7/20/15

Mathematics is a broad discipline with many diverse applications in physical sciences, life sciences, and engineering as well as social and managerial sciences. The Department of Mathematics provides a variety of concentrations leading to Baccalaureate, Masters, and PhD degrees.

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Apr 23

Algebra Seminar- Joshua Eike from Brandeis University
Regular Languages and Growth in Groups
4:00PM, Mon Apr 23 2018, 250 Math Building


Apr 26

Tenured faculty meeting
4:00PM, Thu Apr 26 2018, 250 Math Bldg.


May 4

G&T Seminar
Angelica Deibel (Brandeis)
4:00PM, Fri May 4 2018, 122 Math


May 7

Algebra Seminar
Shizhuo Zhang, Indiana University
4:00PM, Mon May 7 2018, 250 Mathemtics Bldg.


May 11

Last Day of Classes
Friday, May 11, 2018


May 12

Reading Days
Saturday, May 12, 2018


NEW & NOTEWORTHY

  • Menasco co-authors new book, Braid Foliations in Low-Dimensional Topology
    Menasco co-authors new book, Braid Foliations in Low-Dimensional Topology
    12/7/17

    The American Mathematical Society recently published Braid Foliations in Low-Dimensional Topology, co-authored by UB Mathematics Professor William W. Menasco, and Western Illinois University Professor Douglas J. LaFountain. This book is a self-contained introduction to braid foliation techniques, which is a theory developed to study knots, links and surfaces in general 3-manifolds and more specifically in contact 3-manifolds. Professor Menasco is currently serving UB Math as Director of Graduate Studies. Learn more.

  • What's in a ripple?
    What's in a ripple?
    10/31/17

    A new paper by Gino Biondini and colleagues at the University of Colorado Boulder brings us closer to finding an answer. The research, published in August in the Proceedings of the Royal Society A, lays out a set of newly formulated equations that are designed to characterize what happens when an undular bore occurs and spreads along two axes. Visually, this phenomenon resembles the concentric ripples that proliferate outward when you toss a stone into a pond. Read more.

  • Dane Taylor
    Dane Taylor
    8/24/17

    UB Math welcomes Dane Taylor to our faculty in Fall 2017. His work, at the intersection of high-dimensional data analysis (HDDA), nonlinear and complex systems, and network science, uses analyses of functional and structural networks, time series, images, videos, etc., to study complex systems arising in biology, physics, and engineering. Aiming to develop new tools for HDDA, Taylor's research incorporates methodologies from nonlinear dynamics, linear algebra, spectral graph theory, computational topology, statistics, statistical physics and machine learning. We expect Taylor will make full use of abundant resources available at UB and within our department.

  • Alexandru Chirvasitu
    Alexandru Chirvasitu
    8/24/17

    UB Math welcomes Alexandru Chirvasitu to our faculty in Fall 2017. His work includes: representation theory with a quantum group flavour; non-commutative geometry and some functional analysis and operator algebras; category theory; and some algebraic geometry, mostly foundational issues, such as scheme/stack reconstruction from category-theoretic data. Chirvasitu is co-author of Exotic Elliptic Algebras of dimension 4 (with S. Paul Smith) forthcoming in Advances in Mathematics. We look forward to watching his impressive publication repository continue to grow as a member of our faculty.

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Our students

  • Matthew Eichhorn
    Eichorn wins Summer Math Scholarship
    2/26/18
    Matthew Eichhorn, a junior from Williamsville, NY, who is double majoring in Mathematics and Computer Science, has won our second Math Summer Scholarship. Matt is highly involved in the Math Department, participating in competitions including the Putnam exam and the Rochester Math Olympiad. Additionally, he has served as an undergraduate teaching assistant for both MTH 141 and MTH 241, as well as a tutor in the Thomas J. Edwards Undergraduate Learning Center, which assists students with material ranging from algebra and trigonometry through MTH 142.

    The scholarship provides the opportunity for Matt to study theory and applications of machine learning under the guidance of Dr. John Ringland. The primary application will be designing and using deep convolutional neural networks to analyze Google Street View imagery from rural Thailand, with the ultimate goal of determining how farming practices, especially small-scale residential horticulture, are related to the food-security and health of the population.
  • Michael Montoro, center, receives the first annual Summer Math Scholarship, presented by Dr. Joseph Hundley, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies (left), and Dr. David Hemmer, Professor and Chair, Department of Mathematics (right).
    Montoro wins Summer Math Scholarship
    2/26/18
    The University at Buffalo Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Michael Montoro is the recipient of the first annual Summer Math Scholarship. The annual undergraduate research award, established in 2017, is a result of a scholarship endowment by The Summer Math Foundation, Inc. of Amherst, New York. The endowment supports a six week, full-time summer program for the selected undergraduate student to work with a UB Math faculty mentor, which includes a $3000 stipend.
  • Photo: UB SOFA members in New York, April 2017
    "The Society of Future Actuaries" (SOFA) formed by UB students
    12/5/17
    Founded by UB students interested in actuarial careers, "The Society of Future Actuaries" (SOFA) is now a club with roughly half of the membership interested in general data analytics.
  • Charles Cain (left) receives the 2017 Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching Award from David Hemmer, Chair, Department of Mathematics.
    2017 Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching
    8/2/17
    The Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2017 Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching. Winning the top awards, including a $750 prize, were Charles Cain and Abdalrazzaq Zalloum.
  • Summer Math Scholarship
    Summer Math Scholarship
    7/15/16
    Starting in Summer 2017, one UB mathematics major will be the first to receive the “Summer Math Scholarship” to pursue individual research with a faculty mentor. The Summer Math Foundation, Inc. of Amherst, NY has funded the program for 2017 and simultaneously established an endowment to support the program for future summers.
  • Thomas Effland
    Tom Effland wins ACM SRC Grand Finals
    9/28/15
    Thomas Effland wins Grand Finals in the Association for Computing Machinery Student Research Competition for his paper, Focused Retrieval of University Course Descriptions from Highly Variable Sources.
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