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Liliana Borcea. Noah G. Harding Professor. Ph.D. (1996) Stanford University. Inverse problems, wave propagation, and inverse scattering in random media.

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borcea@caam.rice.edu          DH 2036           (713) 348-5723

Steven J. Cox. Professor, Ph.D. (1988) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Mathematical biology.

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cox@caam.rice.edu         DH 2007           (713) 348-5192

John E. Dennis, Jr. Noah G. Harding Professor Emeritus and Research Professor. Ph.D. (1966) University of Utah. Design and analysis of computer algorithms for nonlinear optimization problems.

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dennis@caam.rice.edu         Off Campus           (713) 348-4805

Mark Embree. Associate Professor. D. Phil. (2000) University of Oxford. Numerical analysis, especially numerical linear algebra, and spectral theory for non-normal operators.

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embree@caam.rice.edu         DH 2006           (713) 348-6160

Matthias Heinkenschloss. Professor. Ph.D. (1991) University of Trier, Germany. Analysis of optimization methods for optimal control, optimal design, and parameter identification problems governed by partial differential equations (PDEs).

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heinken@caam.rice.edu         DH 3088           (713) 348-5176

Illya V. Hicks. Associate Professor. Ph.D. (2000) Rice University. Combinatorial optimization, graph theory, integer programming and related applications.

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illya.hicks@caam.rice.edu         DH 3020           (713) 348-5667

Paul Pfeiffer. Professor Emeritus. Ph.D. (1952) Rice University. Linear systems and controls, statistical communication theory, and applications of probability theory.

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pep@caam.rice.edu         DH 2005           (713) 348-5665

Danny C. Sorensen. Noah G. Harding Professor. Ph.D. (1977) University of California, San Diego. Numerical Linear Algebra for Large Scale Scientific Computing.
(Department Chair since July 2005).

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sorensen@caam.rice.edu         DH 2035           (713) 348-5193

William W. Symes. Noah G. Harding Professor. Ph.D. (1975) Harvard University. Partial differential equations - theory and computation; inverse problems.

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symes@caam.rice.edu         DH 2009           (713) 348-5997

Richard A. Tapia. University Professor. Ph.D. (1967) University of California, Los Angeles. Numerical analysis and optimization theory.

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rat@caam.rice.edu         DH 3073           (713) 348-4049

Tim Warburton. Assistant Professor. PhD (1999) Brown University. High-resolution finite elements, finite volumes, and discontinuous Galerkin methods for partial differential equations.

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timwar@caam.rice.edu         DH 3021           (713) 348-5666

Wotao Yin. Assistant Professor. PhD (2006) Columbia University. Conic optimization methods for solving various imaging problems and deriving geometric properties of regularizing functionals.

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wotao.yin@caam.rice.edu           DH 3086           (713) 348-5368

Yin Zhang. Professor. PhD (1987) State University of New York, Stony Brook. Design, analysis, and implementation of computer algorithms for solving practical optimization problems.

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zhang@caam.rice.edu           DH 3090           (713) 348-5744



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