APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICSSpring 2006: updates since Spring 2005 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: Christine Rota 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 Robert Rizzo, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Yale he undergraduate program in University: Bioinformatics; drug design. Hongshik Ahn, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Applied Mathematics and Statistics University of Wisconsin: Biostatistics; survival David Sharp, Adjunct Professor, Ph.D., Taims to give mathematically ori- analysis. California Institute of Technology: Mathematical ented students a liberal education in quan- physics. Esther Arkin, Professor, Ph.D., Stanford titative problem solving. The courses in University: Computational geometry; combina- Ram P. Srivastav, Professor, D.Sc., University of this program survey a wide variety of torial optimization. Glasgow; Ph.D., University of Lucknow: Integral mathematical theories and techniques equations; numerical solutions. Edward J. Beltrami, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., that are currently used by analysts and Adelphi University: Optimization; stochastic Michael Taksar, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., researchers in government, industry, and models. Cornell University: Stochastic processes. science. Many of the applied mathematics Yung Ming Chen, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., Reginald P. Tewarson, Professor Emeritus, courses give students the opportunity to New York University: Partial differential equa- Ph.D., Boston University: Numerical analysis; develop problem-solving techniques using biomathematics.