People

Fred J. Hickernell

Professor of Applied Mathematics and Vice Provost for Research

I have enjoyed mathematics since I was a child and received a BA in mathematics and in physics from Pomona College in 1977 and a PhD in (applied) mathematics from Massachussetts Institute of Technology in 1981. Since 2005, I have been serving at Illinois Tech, having served previously at University of Southern California and Hong Kong Baptist University. My research straddles computational mathematics and statistics. Because I enjoy facilitating the success of others, I have enjoyed mentoring students and early career colleagues. This is also a reason that I have served in academic administration for much of my career.

I enjoy spending time with my wife and children and discussing fundamental questions about life. A favorite verse is Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6

Current Collaborators

Sou-Cheng Terrya Choi

Research Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics, Illinois Institute of TechnologyPrincipal Data Scientist, SAS Institute Inc.

Choi is a researcher in computational mathematics and engineering, particularly in numerical linear algebra and mathematical algorithms for solving large-scale linear or nonlinear equations and high-dimensional numerical integration, as well as their applications to problems in engineering and science.

Yuhan Ding

Associate Teaching Professor of Applied MathematicsDirector, Master of Data Science

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Claude Hall, Jr.

PhD Candidate in Applied Mathematics

What started as a gift from my father; soon became something I would be doing for the rest of my life. Spent my entire childhood competing in mathematics. I soon found myself at Birmingham Southern College and double majored in Mathematics and Computer Science. After graduating, I'm back in Chicago at Illinois Institute of Technology to help find better solutions in integrating high-dimensional functions in Quasi-Monte Carlo.

Onyekachi Osisiogu

Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interest: High-dimensional algorithms, Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods, Data Science, Information-Based Complexity, Programming

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Jagadeeswaran (Jag) Rathinavel

Principal Data Scientist at Wi-Tronix LLc
Jags is interested in Quasi-Monte Carlo methods, Deep Learning, Video Compression algorithms, Computer Vision, Embedded Systems, and Python/C++ Programming.

Aleksei Sorokin

PhD Candidate in Applied Mathematics

Aleksei is interested in Quasi-Monte Carlo methods, machine learning, and Python development.

Xin Tong

Postdoctoral Scholar, Florida State University

Xin's work focus on function minimization and Guaranteed Automatic Integration Library (GAIL). Xin is also interested in Numerical Analysis and PDEs, Data-Driven Modeling, and Deep Learning methods.


Kan Zhang

PhD Candidate, Applied Mathematics

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Joshua Jay Herman

Bank Of America Software Engineer II Python Developer / Assistant Vice President; Programmer Prof MKTS

I am a software engineer that manages post trade capture data for settlement of market data . I define and work with various distributed systems and pipelines to manage post trade data for correctness and enrichment of data such that it means various regulatory requirements and adding apis and user interfaces to assist with QA and front office UI / UX so that we can be more efficient. I have made code contributions to Python and I am interested in two dimentional celular automata (see https://conwaylife.com/wiki/OCA:SnowLife) and knot theory.

Research Group Alumni

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Graduate Research Assistant, Master of Marketing Analytics candidate 2021

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