APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS Spring 2007: updates since Fall 2006 are in red Applied Mathematics and Statistics (AMS) Major and Minor in Applied Mathematics and Statistics Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences CHAIRPERSON: James Glimm UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Alan C. Tucker UNDERGRADUATE SECRETARY: Elizabeth Ahmad OFFICE: P-139B Math Tower PHONE: (631) 632-8370 E-MAIL:
[email protected] WEB ADDRESS: http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/CEAS/amsweb.nsf Students majoring in Applied Mathematics and Statistics often double major in one of the following: Computer Science (CSE), Economics (ECO), Information Systems (ISE) Faculty Bradley Plohr, Adjunct Professor, Ph.D., he undergraduate program in Princeton University: Conservation laws; com- Hongshik Ahn, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Applied Mathematics and Statistics putational fluid dynamics. University of Wisconsin: Biostatistics; survival Taims to give mathematically ori- analysis. John Reinitz, Professor, Ph.D., Yale University: ented students a liberal education in quan- Mathematical biology. Esther Arkin, Professor, Ph.D., Stanford titative problem solving. The courses in University: Computational geometry; combina- Robert Rizzo, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Yale this program survey a wide variety of torial optimization. University: Bioinformatics; drug design. mathematical theories and techniques Edward J. Beltrami, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., David Sharp, Adjunct Professor, Ph.D., that are currently used by analysts and Adelphi University: Optimization; stochastic California Institute of Technology: Mathematical researchers in government, industry, and models. physics. science. Many of the applied mathematics Yung Ming Chen, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., Ram P. Srivastav, Professor, D.Sc., University of courses give students the opportunity to New York University: Partial differential equa- Glasgow; Ph.D., University of Lucknow: Integral develop problem-solving techniques using equations; numerical solutions.