Dedicated Teaching
8/30/23

Our faculty-student ratio is high compared to many universities. We teach students to develop skill-sets in computation, analysis, research, communication, practical problem solving, and mathematical modeling.

New: MS Program in Computational and Applied Mathematics
2/14/23
The demand for a professional labor force skilled in data analysis and statistical methods, alongside scientific computation and other applied mathematics techniques, and has grown tremendously over the last decade, and all indications are that such growth will further accelerate in the near future.
Algebra, Analysis, Calculus, Applied Mathematics, Geometry, Topology and more
4/26/22

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.

Active Intellectual Life
4/26/22

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.

Faculty Research.
Faculty Research
4/25/22

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.

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Seminars and Lectures

Fall 2023

Hosted by UB Math:
 National event (recent)—
AMS Sectional Meeting 

Upcoming seminars listed below.

Mon, Dec 4

Algebra Seminar
Hunter Dinkins, Northeastern
q-Hypergeometric Functions and the Geometry of Quiver Varieties 
4:00PM, Mathematics Building room 250

 


Fri, Apr 19

Applied Math Seminar
Anna Vainchtein, University of Pittsburgh
TBA.

3:00PM, Math 122 and on Zoom - contact mbichuch@buffalo.edu for link


Wed, Apr 24

Colloquium
Tomasz Mrowka, MIT
2023-24 Myhill Lecture #1
4:00PM


Thu, Apr 25

Colloquium
Tomasz Mrowka, MIT
2023-24 Myhill Lecture #2
4:00PM


Fri, Apr 26

Colloquium
Tomasz Mrowka, MIT
2023-24 Myhill Lecture #3
4:00PM


Fri, May 3

Applied Math Seminar
Willy Hereman, Colorado School of Mines
TBA.

3:00PM, Math 122 and on Zoom - contact mbichuch@buffalo.edu for link


Faculty Spotlight

  • PNAS publishes collaborative research that sheds light on steep ocean wave dynamics
    11/3/20
    In a new collaborative study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a team of researchers from the University of Washington, SUNY at Buffalo and the University of New Mexico have unveiled the dominant mechanism behind wave-breaking of tall oceanic waves. The research team includes Prof. Bernard Deconinck (UW), Prof. Sergey Dyachenko (UB), Prof. Pavel Lushnikov (UNM) and Dr. Anastassiya Semenova (UW).
  • Dana Foundation News: Muldoon’s research probes questions about individual differences in brain activity
    8/22/20
    New research from the University of Buffalo, using computational models of individual people’s connectomes, shed light into individual differences in brain activation patterns, as well as how those patterns may change over time. Since 2009, scientists around the globe have worked to create the Human Connectome, a structural blueprint of the various neural pathways and connections that underlie thought, reason, emotion, and behavior in the brain. Thanks to those pioneering efforts, we now understand that different regions of the brain work together in concert, forming specific networks that facilitate movement, or learning, or our interactions with others—the cognitive skills that allow us to survive and thrive in our daily lives. Yet despite these advances, it’s still not entirely clear how these networks may differ from person to person. Sarah Muldoon, a mathematician at the University of Buffalo, has long been interested in understanding individual differences in the brain.
  • Professor Hanfeng Li named to AMS 2021 Class of Fellows
    11/3/20
    The University at Buffalo Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that the American Mathematical Society has named Professor Hangfeng Li a member of the 2021 Class of Fellows. The international honor places Professor Li among the world's outstanding mathematicians for his contributions to algebraic dynamics and operator algebras. He joined UB Mathematics in 2005, and is currently teaching MTH 424/524, “Survey of Fourier Series Methods”. His main research interest is on noncommutative geometry and dynamical systems, especially connections between operator algebras and dynamical systems. Professor Li's recent work concentrates on actions of countable sofic groups and algebraic actions of general countable (amenable) groups. Read the article by Charlotte Hsu.
  • Professor Naoki Masuda wins JSPS Prize
    2/26/20
    The University at Buffalo Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Dr. Naoki Masuda, Associate Professor, is the winner of the JSPS (Japan Society for Promotion of Science) Prize 2020. The national award recognizes his work, “Pioneering Research on Theory and Data-Analysis Methods for Temporal Networks”. Dr. Masuda attended the JSPS Awards Ceremony in February, 2020, accompanied by his daughter, Ami Masuda. The JSPS 2020 Award included full funding of their travel to Japan. While there, Dr. Masuda and Ami participated in an exclusive audience with the Japanese Royal Family.
  • Robert Busch wins Milton Plesur Excellence in Teaching Award
    5/24/22
    The Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Robert Busch, clinical assistant professor, is the winner of the coveted Milton Plesur Excellence in Teaching Award, 2019-2020. Busch was recognized by the undergraduate Student Association for his commitment and dedication to students. He was nominated for the award by his students. Upon news of the award, Busch's first thought was to acknowledge his students: “To all my students, over all the years, and in all the classes…for giving me the privilege of being your instructor, for making me into a better teacher, communicator, and human being, for the pleasure of watching you learn and succeed, and for the thrill of seeing you graduate and step into your dreams…from the bottom of my heart…THANK YOU.”
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Our students

  • Miller and Scilla win the 2023 Montague Awards
    10/6/23
    The UB Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Alexandra Miller and Giacomo Scilla are the winners of the 2023 Harriet F. Montague Award. The award was established to commemorate the career of Dr. Montague, who was one of the early graduates the UB mathematics program, and who returned to chair the department for many years. The annual award is presented to one or more UB mathematics majors who have demonstrated intellectual and creative promise in mathematics. Of note, Giacomo Scilla is the recipient of the 2023 Summer Math Scholarship.
  • Destiny Diaz wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Award
    8/22/20
    The University at Buffalo Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Destiny Diaz has won the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Award. The prestigious award is one of the most competitive and respected scientific fellowships in the U.S.  Diaz is completing a BS in mathematics with a minor in Spanish. Recently, Diaz received 2019 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. A Buffalo native, she is a member of the University Honors College and a Prosperity Fellow. In Fall 2019, the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship will support her pursuit of graduate study in biostatistics at UB. The award provides three years of financial support within a five-year fellowship period, which amounts to a $34,000 annual stipend and $12,000 cost-of-education allowance to the graduate institution.
  • Yanyan Li presents research poster at SUNY conference and at UB's Celebration of Academic Excellence
    4/11/22
    Congratulations to UB Mathematics major Yanyan Li on being selected to present a research poster at two major events showcasing UB's undergraduate research excellence. Yanyan is studying gene co-expression networks under the guidance of her faculty mentor, Dr. Naoki Masuda. Specifically, she is deploying mathematical and computational methods for searching anomalous genes in networks of co-expression across different human organs, and how such genes may have evolutionary implications. Yanyan is one of the four awardees to present research at the SUNY 2022 Undergraduate Research Conference, held at Buffalo State College on April 23.  Yanyan will also present her work at UB's 18th Annual Celebration of Student Academic Excellence, on April 27, 2022. All are welcome to attend.
  • Giacomo Scilla wins the 2023 Summer Math Scholarship
    3/16/23
    The UB Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Giacomo Scilla is the recipient of the 2023 Summer Math Scholarship. Together with faculty mentor Dr. Gino Biondini, Scilla formulated an undergraduate research project aimed at understanding the classification of two-dimensional wave patterns governed by the solutions of the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation, with the ultimate goal of deriving efficient methods to generate large ensembles of such solutions.
  • Linda Alegria, UB Math Graduate Student, wins Excellence in Teaching Award
    4/25/22
    The Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Linda Alegria has been awarded the University at Buffalo's 2022 Excellence in Teaching Award for Graduate Student Teaching Assistants. The award was presented at a luncheon in April, with Satish Tripathi, UB President, and Robin Schulze, CAS Dean, in attendance.
  • Yanyan Li presents research poster at SUNY conference and at UB's Celebration of Academic Excellence
    4/11/22
    Congratulations to UB Mathematics major Yanyan Li on being selected to present a research poster at two major events showcasing UB's undergraduate research excellence. Yanyan is studying gene co-expression networks under the guidance of her faculty mentor, Dr. Naoki Masuda. Specifically, she is deploying mathematical and computational methods for searching anomalous genes in networks of co-expression across different human organs, and how such genes may have evolutionary implications. Yanyan is one of the four awardees to present research at the SUNY 2022 Undergraduate Research Conference, held at Buffalo State College on April 23.  Yanyan will also present her work at UB's 18th Annual Celebration of Student Academic Excellence, on April 27, 2022. All are welcome to attend.
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UB Math Spotlight

  • Congratulations to the Class of 2023
    6/13/23
    Four years. You’ve strived, sweated and succeeded. You’ve made friends and memories to last a lifetime. You’ve come so far. To recognize this achievement, the UB Department of Mathematics is pleased to publish the name of each undergraduate in the Class of 2023.
  • Giacomo Scilla wins the 2023 Summer Math Scholarship
    3/16/23
    The UB Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Giacomo Scilla is the recipient of the 2023 Summer Math Scholarship. Together with faculty mentor Dr. Gino Biondini, Scilla formulated an undergraduate research project aimed at understanding the classification of two-dimensional wave patterns governed by the solutions of the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation, with the ultimate goal of deriving efficient methods to generate large ensembles of such solutions.
  • Robert Busch wins Milton Plesur Excellence in Teaching Award
    5/24/22
    The Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Robert Busch, clinical assistant professor, is the winner of the coveted Milton Plesur Excellence in Teaching Award, 2019-2020. Busch was recognized by the undergraduate Student Association for his commitment and dedication to students. He was nominated for the award by his students. Upon news of the award, Busch's first thought was to acknowledge his students: “To all my students, over all the years, and in all the classes…for giving me the privilege of being your instructor, for making me into a better teacher, communicator, and human being, for the pleasure of watching you learn and succeed, and for the thrill of seeing you graduate and step into your dreams…from the bottom of my heart…THANK YOU.”
  • Destiny Diaz wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Award
    8/22/20
    The University at Buffalo Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Destiny Diaz has won the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Award. The prestigious award is one of the most competitive and respected scientific fellowships in the U.S.  Diaz is completing a BS in mathematics with a minor in Spanish. Recently, Diaz received 2019 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. A Buffalo native, she is a member of the University Honors College and a Prosperity Fellow. In Fall 2019, the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship will support her pursuit of graduate study in biostatistics at UB. The award provides three years of financial support within a five-year fellowship period, which amounts to a $34,000 annual stipend and $12,000 cost-of-education allowance to the graduate institution.
  • UB Math Grads win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
    6/4/16
    The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) named a record number of winners from UB this year, one more than all the awards given to students in the rest of the SUNY system. For the 2016 competition, NSF received close to 17,000 applications, and made 2,000 award offers.
  • Professor Naoki Masuda wins JSPS Prize
    2/26/20
    The University at Buffalo Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Dr. Naoki Masuda, Associate Professor, is the winner of the JSPS (Japan Society for Promotion of Science) Prize 2020. The national award recognizes his work, “Pioneering Research on Theory and Data-Analysis Methods for Temporal Networks”. Dr. Masuda attended the JSPS Awards Ceremony in February, 2020, accompanied by his daughter, Ami Masuda. The JSPS 2020 Award included full funding of their travel to Japan. While there, Dr. Masuda and Ami participated in an exclusive audience with the Japanese Royal Family.
  • PNAS publishes collaborative research that sheds light on steep ocean wave dynamics
    11/3/20
    In a new collaborative study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a team of researchers from the University of Washington, SUNY at Buffalo and the University of New Mexico have unveiled the dominant mechanism behind wave-breaking of tall oceanic waves. The research team includes Prof. Bernard Deconinck (UW), Prof. Sergey Dyachenko (UB), Prof. Pavel Lushnikov (UNM) and Dr. Anastassiya Semenova (UW).
  • Linda Alegria, UB Math Graduate Student, wins Excellence in Teaching Award
    4/25/22
    The Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Linda Alegria has been awarded the University at Buffalo's 2022 Excellence in Teaching Award for Graduate Student Teaching Assistants. The award was presented at a luncheon in April, with Satish Tripathi, UB President, and Robin Schulze, CAS Dean, in attendance.
  • Julia Shapiro wins SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence
    3/31/22
    The University at Buffalo Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Julia Shapiro, winner of the 2022 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence. Shapiro will graduate with a bachelor of science in mathematics, and her accomplishments as an undergraduate student include: University Honors College Scholar,  winner of the 2021 Harriet F. Montague Award, and President of the UB Undergraduate Math Club. Shapiro has completed research on Markov Chains through a nationally recognized program at the University of Connecticut, has been a Peer Mentor in the Honors College,  has served as an Ambassador of both the Honors College and the College of Arts and Sciences, and has served as an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant in three separate departments — Mathematics, Biostatistics, and Computer Science. 
  • Professor Sarah Muldoon delivers session on analyzing neuroimaging data across scales
    11/3/20
    Statisticians from across upstate New York will descend on UB May 2-4 for UP-STAT 2022, the 10th joint conference of the Upstate Chapters of the American Statistical Association. Sarah Muldoon, associate professor in the Department of Mathematics, UB College of Arts and Sciences, will deliver a special invited session on modeling and analyzing neuroimaging data across scales. Visit the conference website.  Read the story by David J. Hill.
  • Professor Hanfeng Li named to AMS 2021 Class of Fellows
    11/3/20
    The University at Buffalo Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that the American Mathematical Society has named Professor Hangfeng Li a member of the 2021 Class of Fellows. The international honor places Professor Li among the world's outstanding mathematicians for his contributions to algebraic dynamics and operator algebras. He joined UB Mathematics in 2005, and is currently teaching MTH 424/524, “Survey of Fourier Series Methods”. His main research interest is on noncommutative geometry and dynamical systems, especially connections between operator algebras and dynamical systems. Professor Li's recent work concentrates on actions of countable sofic groups and algebraic actions of general countable (amenable) groups. Read the article by Charlotte Hsu.