Scott B. Lindstrom

I work with triangles and their friends

at Centre for Optimisation and Decision Science, Curtin University

The views expressed here are my own, not those of Curtin University

Contact

Note to handling editors: please send referee invitations to the editorial manager account associated with my ORCiD. If you create a redundant editorial manager account for me because you were too lazy to check, I will refuse to consider the paper until the redudant account is deleted and the paper assigned to the correct account.
email first name dot surname at my current institution's domain.

Other

My Curtin University page (incl. e-mail)
My ORCiD page
My Google Scholar page
My WOS reviewer record (generally lags behind my ORCiD reviewer record and Google Scholar page)

Disclaimer

Views expressed on this page are my own, and are not those of Curtin University.

News

November, 2025: "Quadratic Convergence of a Projection Method for a Plane Curve Feasibility Problem," is accepted in MATRIX Annals 2025. Congratulations to Jordan Collard on a great first paper!
November, 2025: I am Visiting Associate Professor at Kyoto University Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences (KURIMS).
October, 2025: I am organizing the inaugural HDR Forum on October 20. More than 30 students are showcasing at the expo, and we will welcome panelists from industries from mining to professional sports. All are welcome.
May, 2024: Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute very kindly interviewed me for their latest newsletter. They asked me my advice for year 12 students who are considering skipping calculus, and my thoughts on the future of mathematics in a tech-evolving society.
April, 2024: "The ADMM algorithm for audio signal recovery and performance modification with the dual Douglas–Rachford dynamical system" is accepted in AIMS Mathematics. Congratulations to Andrew Calcan on a great first paper! Open access version here.
Updated: the recording of my VA & Opt seminar has been re-posted..
Stephen Arnold at Compass Learning Technologies has put together an excellent tutorial page and video for understanding the general base continued logarithm dynamical systems Jon Borwein, Neil Calkin, Andrew Mattingly, and I introduced. They are a very nice resource for anyone interested in exploring this area.

About Me

I am a mathematician at Centre for Optimisation and Decision Science. I use variational analysis and computational tools to study problems in nonlinear optimisation from a geometric standpoint. I work on splitting methods in particular, with applications including machine learning, data science, and inverse problems (i.e. signal recovery). I also develop forward error bound architecture for conic-linear programming. Error bounds are essentially accuracy guarantees for the conic-linear problem formulations employed in tools like CVX, Alfonso, Mosek, Hypatia, etc.

I use modern computational tools to build models of problems, and experimental techniques to analyse them, a methodology I described in a recent book chapter. Images of these models have received various accolades; some are featured on the gallery page. Because I am a visual learner, I am also a very visual teacher. I employ many pictures in my research, as well as in the classroom. I currently have projects available that are suitable for undergraduates and graduates alike. If you are interested in working with me, then you can e-mail me or talk to me at a meeting of the Mathematical Sciences Club, for which I currently serve as faculty adviser.

I earned an M.S. in mathematics at Portland State University, followed by a PhD at the Computer-Assisted Research Mathematics and its Applications Priority Research Centre at University of Newcastle. This centre was founded by my adviser, Jonathan Borwein, who invited me to come to Australia to work with him, and passed away in 2016. Following completion of my PhD, I was a postdoctoral fellow at Hong Kong Polytechnic University for two and a half years.