Descartes Labs, 1607 Paseo de Peralta Ste. B, Santa Fe, NM 87544. rickchartrand@cal.berkeley.edu

Education

• • B.Sc.(Hons.) Mathematics, University of Manitoba, 1993

  • M.A. Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, 1994

  • Ph.D. Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, 1999

Research Interests

Mathematical modeling and optimization, forecasting, machine learning, image processing,

Hobbies

• • • Curling: understandable, as I grew up in Winnipeg, the center of the curling universe. Was surprised to find it available in Santa Fe.

    • Cooking: in truth, this is just a cover for eating.

    • Travel: I didn't go overseas until 2014, now trying to make up for lost time. Often centered around food, curling, or both.

    • Hiking: down canyons, up mountains... Favorite non-local places are in southern Utah.

    • Table tennis: my USATT rating has been as high as 1765. This means I'm about average among tournament players in the US. Among non-tournament, non-club players, I kick butt.

    • Skiing: my favorite thing to do with the kids. Riding up the lift, they more or less have to talk to you.

    • Hockey: mostly ice hockey, street hockey when I lived in Berkeley. Better at street hockey, as my skills are better than my skating.

    • Other sports: I've dabbled in many different sports, to varying degrees of seriousness. I appreciate those that help offset the eating thing.

    • Languages: thanks to a Mexican nanny, my children are fluent in Spanish. I'm trying to catch up. I learned French in school in Canada, emerging nearly fluent, but Spanish has pushed some of it out. Working on Italian (for travel); dabbled in Russian (for math), Ukrainian (many friends back in Winnipeg), and Mandarin (for the hell of it).