I am a Hedrick Math Fellow at UCLA, working with Prof. Hayden Schaeffer and Prof. Yifan Chen. I received my PhD in 2026 at the University of Minnesota, where I was advised by Prof. Yulong Lu. You can find my CV here.
My research interests lie in mathematics of machine learning and data science and their application to scientific computing; see my research page for additional details. If you are interested in similar topics, feel free to reach out by email!
Email: fcole99@g.ucla.edu
Office: MS 7360
Recent and upcoming travel:
Novemeber 2026: SIAM conference on Mathematics of Data Science.
September 2026: Seminar visit to Oden Institute, UT Austin.
September 2026: Seminar visit to Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Montana State University.