New York University Tandon School of Engineering

2018-2020 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (without addenda)

Nov 29, 2024

2018-2020 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (without addenda) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Department of Mathematics

Chair: Bruce Kleiner

Mission Statement

The undergraduate division of the Department of Mathematics offers a wide variety of courses in pure and applied mathematics taught by a distinguished faculty with a tradition of excellence in teaching and research. Most of the faculty is associated with the University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, noted for its advanced training and research programs.

The Department

The department offers BS and MS degrees in Mathematics, as well as a BS degree with a dual major in Mathematics and Physics . Both degrees provide a student with a solid basis for future studies in mathematics or careers that require mathematical skills.

Degrees Offered by the Mathematics Program

Bachelor of Science

Mathematics, B.S.
Physics and Mathematics, B.S. (with the Department of Applied Physics )

Master of Science

Contact

Department of Mathematics
NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Six MetroTech Center
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Tel: (646) 997-3850
Web: math.nyu.edu/tandon

Department Heads

DIRECTOR, COURANT INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

Professor Russel Caflisch

CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT

Professor Bruce Kleiner

DIRECTOR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

Professor Oliver Buhler

VICE-CHAIR FOR UNDERGRADUATE AFFAIRS AT CAS

Professor Matthew Leingang

VICE-CHAIR FOR UNDERGRADUATE AFFAIRS AT TANDON

Professor Elizabeth Stepp

Faculty

Armstrong, Scott	Associate Professor of Mathematics Partial differential equations, probability theory, and stochastic homogenization
Avellaneda, Marco	Professor of Mathematics Applied mathematics, mathematical modeling in finance, probability
Bakhtin, Yuri	Associate Professor of Mathematics Random dynamics, probabilistic models of mathematical physics
Bandeira, Afonso S.	Assistant Professor of Mathematics Applied mathematics, optimization, probability, information theory, signal processing, mathematics of data science
Ben Arous, Gérard	Professor of Mathematics Probability theory, stochastic processes, partial differential equations
Berger, Marsha	Silver Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics Computational fluid dynamics, adaptive methods for partial differential equations, parallel computing
Bogomolov, Fedor	Silver Professor of Mathematics Algebraic geometry and related problems in algebra, topology, number theory
Bourgade, Paul	Associate Professor of Mathematics Probability, random matrices, statistical physics and stochastic processes
Bühler, Oliver	Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science Geophysical fluid dynamics, interactions between waves and vortices, acoustics, statistical mechanics
Caflisch, Russel	Professor of Mathematics; Director, Courant Institute Applied math, PDEs, fluid dynamics, plasma physics, materials science, Monte Carlo methods, computational finance
Cappell, Sylvain E.	Silver Professor of Mathematics Algebraic and geometric topology, symplectic and algebraic geometry
Cerfon, Antoine	Assistant Professor of Mathematics Magnetohydrodynamics in fusion and astrophysical plasmas, nonneutral plasmas, kinetic theory in plasmas and rarefied gases
Cheeger, Jeff	Silver Professor of Mathematics Differential geometry and its connections to analysis and topology
Chen, Yu	Associate Professor of Mathematics Numerical scattering theory, ill-posed problems, scientific computing
Deift, Percy A.	Silver Professor of Mathematics Spectral theory and inverse spectral theory, integrable systems, Riemann-Hilbert problems
Donev, Aleksandar	Associate Professor of Mathematics Multi-scale (hybrid) methods; fluctuating hydrodynamics; coarse-grained particle methods; jamming and packing
Fernandez-Granda, Carlos	Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Galichon, Alfred	Professor of Economics and Mathematics Optimal transport, mathematical finance, economic equilibrium
Gerber, Edwin	Associate Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science Atmospheric dynamics, climate variability, stochastic modeling
Germain, Pierre	Professor of Mathematics Nonlinear partial differential equations, harmonic analysis
Giannakis, Dimitris	Assistant Professor of Mathematics Atmosphere ocean science, geometric data analysis, uncertainty quantification
Goodman, Jonathan B.	Professor of Mathematics Fluid dynamics, computational physics, computational finance
Greengard, Leslie	Silver Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Applied and computational math, partial differential equations, computational chemistry, mathematical biology
Gromov, Mikhael	Jay Gould Professor of Mathematics Riemannian manifolds, symplectic manifolds, infinite groups, math models of biomolecular systems
Gunturk, C. Sinan	Professor of Mathematics Harmonic analysis, information theory, signal processing
Hang, Fengbo	Associate Professor of Mathematics Geometric analysis
Holland, David	Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science Ocean-ice studies, climate theory and modeling
Holmes-Cerfon, Miranda	Assistant Professor of Mathematics Materials science, statistical mechanics, stochastic methods, computational geometry
Kleeman, Richard	Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science Climate dynamics, El Nino, predictability of weather and climate dynamical systems
Kleiner, Bruce	Professor of Mathematics Geometric analysis, geometric group theory and geometric evolution equations
Kohn, Robert V.	Silver Professor of Mathematics Nonlinear partial differential equations, materials science, mathematical finance
Lin, Fang-Hua	Silver Professor of Mathematics Partial differential equations, geometric measure theory
Lubetzky, Eyal	Professor of Mathematics Probability theory and combinatorics
Lutwak, Erwin	Professor of Mathematics; Deputy Chair for Tandon Convex geometry, geometric and analytic inequalities
Majda, Andrew J.	Professor of Mathematics and The Samuel F. B. Morse Professor of Arts and Science Modern applied mathematics, atmosphere/ocean science, partial differential equations
Masmoudi, Nader	Professor of Mathematics Nonlinear parallel differential equations
McKean, Henry P.	Silver Professor of Mathematics Probability, partial differential equations, complex function theory
McLaughlin, David W.	Silver Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science Applied mathematics, nonlinear wave equations, visual neural science
Miller, Edward	Professor of Mathematics Differential topology
Mishra, Bhubaneswar	Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics Robotics, genomics, finance, mathematical and theoretical computer science
Mogilner, Alex	Professor of Mathematics and Biology Computational Biology, Cell Biophysics and Mathematical Biology
Newman, Charles M.	Silver Professor of Mathematics Probability theory, statistical physics, stochastic models
O’Neil, Mike	Assistant Professor of Mathematics (joint appointment with NYU Tandon) Electromagnetics, acoustics, fluid dynamics, fast algorithms, integral equations and computational statistics
Overton, Michael	Silver Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics Numerical linear algebra, optimization, linear and semi-definite programming
Pauluis, Olivier	Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science Climate and the general circulation of the atmosphere, moist convection, tropical meteorology, numerical modeling
Percus, Jerome K.	Professor of Mathematics and Physics Chemical physics, mathematical biology
Peskin, Charles S.	Silver Professor of Mathematics and Neural Science Applications of mathematics and computing to problems in medicine and biology, cardiac fluid dynamics, molecular machinery within biological cells, mathematical/computational neuroscience
Pirutka, Alena	Associate Professor of Mathematics Arithmetic and algebraic geometry, number theory
Rangan, Aaditya	Associate Professor of Mathematics Computational biology, numerical analysis
Rinzel, John	Professor of Neural Science and Mathematics Computational neuroscience, nonlinear dynamics of neurons and neural circuits, sensory processing
Ristroph, Leif	Assistant Professor of Mathematics Fluid dynamics, non-linear dynamics, experimental physics, biophysics, and geophysics
Serfaty, Sylvia	Silver Professor of Mathematics Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Ginzburg-Landau equations, and variational problems from material science
Shatah, Jalal M. I.	Professor of Mathematics Partial differential equations, analysis
Shelley, Michael J.	Professor of Mathematics, Neural Science, and Mechanical Engineering, and the Lilian and George Lyttle Professor of Applied Mathematics Applied math and modeling, visual neuroscience, fluid dynamics, computational physics and neuroscience
Smith, K. Shafer	Associate Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science Geophysical fluid dynamics, physical oceanography and climate
Spencer, Joel H.	Silver Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Discrete mathematics, theoretical computer science.
Sreenivasan, Katepalli R.	Professor of Physics and Mathematics; Executive Vice Provost for Engineering and Applied Sciences, NYU Turbulence, complex fluids, cryogenic helium and nonlinear dynamics
Stadler, Georg	Associate Professor of Mathematics Parallel scientific computing, inverse problems, PDE-constrained optimization, variational inequalities, computational earth sciences
Stein, Daniel	Professor of Mathematics and Physics Theoretical condensed matter physics, statistical mechanics, and mathematical physics
Tabak, Esteban G.	Professor of Mathematics Dynamics of the atmosphere and ocean, energy transfer in systems with many degrees of freedom
Tranchina, Daniel A.	Professor of Biology, Mathematics, and Neural Science Mathematical modeling in neuroscience
Trefethen, Nick	Global Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
Tschinkel, Yuri	Professor of Mathematics Algebraic geometry, number theory, automorphic forms
Vanden-Eijnden, Eric	Professor of Mathematics Stochastic partial differential equations, statistical mechanics, turbulence theory
Varadhan, S. R. Srinivasa	Professor of Mathematics and the Frank Jay Gould Professor of Science Probability theory, stochastic processes, partial differential equations
Wright, Margaret H.	Silver Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics Optimization; scientific computing; linear algebra
Yang, Deane	Professor of Mathematics Convex geometric analysis, Riemannian geometry, Partial differential equations
Yang, Yisong	Professor of Mathematics Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Mathematical Physics, Applied Mathematics
Young, Lai-Sang	Silver Professor of Mathematics and the Henry & Lucy Moses Professor of Science Dynamical systems and ergodic theory
Young, Robert	Associate Professor of Mathematics Geometric group theory, metric geometry, and quantitative geometry
Zeitouni, Ofer	Global Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
Zhang, Gaoyong	Professor of Mathematics Convex geometry, Geometric analysis
Zhang, Jun	Professor of Physics and Mathematics Fluid dynamics, biophysics, complex systems
Zorin, Denis	Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics Computer graphics; geometric modeling; subdivision surfaces; multiresolution surface representations; fluid and solid simulation; perceptually based methods for computer graphics

Contract Faculty

Bhat, Vindya	Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics Ramsey theory; combinatorics
Clarkson, Corrin	Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Hammoud, Naima	Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Kalaycioglu, Selin	Clinical Associate Professor of Mathematics Computational group theory, representation theory of finite groups, mathematics education
Kolm, Petter N.	Clinical Professor of Mathematics Data science, econometrics, financial mathematics, machine learning, market making, optimization, portfolio optimization, quantitative & systematic trading, risk management, robo advisory & investing, smart beta strategies, stochastic optimal control, transaction costs, and tax-aware investing.
Leingang, Matthew Liu, Shizhu	Clinical Professor of Mathematics Mathematics Education, Web Pedagogies, Differential Geometry Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Majmudar, Trushant	Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics Bio-fluid Dynamics, bio-locomotion, soft condensed matter
Manocha, Harvansh	Industry Professor of Mathematics, Courant Tandon Special Functions of Mathematical Physics, Lie Theory and Special Functions, Fractional calculus, Quantum Algebras and q-Functions
Medina, Luciano	Lecturer, Courant Tandon
Oveys, Hesam	Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics Stochastic processes, branching processes, mathematical biology, mathematical finance, and partial differential equations
Patel, Jigarkumar	Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Qian, Jinghua	Senior Lecturer, Courant Tandon; Director of Freshman Mathematics for Tandon Probability and stochastic processes, statistics, analysis
Sia, Charmaine	Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics Algebraic topology, homotopy theory, the theory of topological modular forms, structured ring spectra, forms of K-theory
Sondjaja, Mutiara Stepp, Elizabeth	Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics Optimization; interior-point methods; operations research Clinical Associate Professor of Mathematics Point-Set Topology; Continuum Theory
Van Wagenen, Lindsey	Senior Lecturer, Courant Tandon; Director of Sophomore Mathematics for Tandon Dynamical systems, stochastic processes, nonlinear optics
Wielaard, James	Industry Associate Professor, Courant Tandon Mathematical biology
Zhao, Fang	Lecturer, Courant Tandon; Director of Precalculus Mathematics for Tandon