Research & Scholarly Activity
Graduate Research
Metamath: Using Mathematics to Examine the Math Community and Social Justice
Ron Buckmire, Carrie Diaz Eaton, Joseph Hibdon, Jakini Karuba, Katherine M. Kinnaird, Drew Lewis, Jessica Libertini, Omayra Ortega, José Pabón, Rachel Roca, Andrés R. Vindas Meléndez, and Sam Zhan
#DisruptJMM
Rachel Roca, Carrie Diaz Eaton, Drew Lewis, Joseph Hibdon Jr., and Stefanie Marshall
Quantitative Paper currently in process!
Image credit to Piper H.
Using Topological Data Analysis to Examine the Squirrels in Central Park
Rachel Roca
A final project for CMSE 890: a Special Topics Course in Topological Data Analysis
Reach out for a Jupyter notebook that walks through all the computation!
Undergraduate Research
Shortest Paths on Cubes
Dr. Richard Goldstone, Rachel Roca, Dr. Robert Suzzi Valli
College Mathematics Journal Volume 52, 2021 - Issue 2
Random Sample Voting
Dr. Jonathan Hodge, Caitlyn Patel, Rachel Roca
NSF Funded
Paper forthcoming, but check out some results from a voting and audit webinar with Dr. Hodge, Dr. Audrey Malagon, and myself below for Just Peace.
Neural Network Reconstructions of Under-sampled MRI Images
Mathematics of Medical Imaging Team (MoMI) at Manhattan College
Joshua Herman, Alexandra O'Neill, Dr. Angel Pineda, Rachel Roca, and Emely Valdez
NIH Funded
Paper forthcoming
Talks, Presentations, Posters, and Panels
Keynote speaker with Dr. Richard Goldstone and Dr. Robert Suzzi Valli for Manhattan College's Pi Mu Epsilon chapter induction ceremony
Invited presentation on my academic journey from the American Chemical Society Manhattan College group
Manhattan College Department of Mathematics Talk: So You’ve Been Told About Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs): What to Do Next? (2020)
2021 Joint Mathematics Meeting Undergraduate Poster Session
Won an outstanding poster award
2020 OURFA2M2 (Online Undergraduate Resource Fair for the Advancement in Academia of Marginalized Mathematicians) Invited Experience Panelist
Just Peace and Peace Action New York State Webinar: Before the Results are In: Using Math to Understand Voting with Dr. Jonathan Hodge, Dr. Audrey Malagon, and Rachel Roca (2020)
Manhattan College Department of Mathematics's Seminar: Random Sample Voting (2019)
2019 Mathfest Student Paper Session on Random Sample Voting with Caitlyn Patel
Won an outstanding presentation award
Summer Undergraduate Michigan Mathematics Research (SUMMR) Conference on Random Sample Voting with Caitlyn Patel (2019)
2019 MAA Metropolitan New York Meeting Student Session on Shortest Paths on Cubes
2018 Spuyten Duyvil Undergraduate Mathematics Conference on What does Oscillation Have to do with Continuity?
Awards
Goldwater Scholar (2020)
Presidential Scholarship (4 years)
Br. Kenneth Fitzgerald, FSC Scholarship
Brother Francis Bowers Scholarship
Dean’s List (6 semesters)
Member of:
Phi Beta Kappa
Pi Mu Epsilon
Sigma Delta Pi
Epsilon Sigma Pi
Pen and Sword
Sigma Xi
ISMRM Trainee Membership
SIAM Student Membership