Dr. Wandi Ding 

Dr. Wandi Ding

Dr. Ding is a professor and an M.S. Graduate Program advisor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). She serves as faculty for the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Computational and Data Science Program, as well as the Honors College. She is part of the leadership team to establish MTSU’s Quantum Information and Materials Center (QIMC) and is a member of the interdisciplinary team of the MTSU Quantum Initiative. 

She is an active learner & user of SIMIODE (Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations), which is a Community of Practice dedicated to using modeling to teach differential equations. 

She works with Dr. Judith Iriarte-Gross to serve as co-president of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) Tennessee Chapter (2021-- present). She serves as the secretary of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at MTSU. 

Dr. Ding's research interests include mathematical biology, optimal control, computational biology, mathematical modeling,  ordinary and partial differential equations, difference equations, and hybrid systems with applications to population dynamics, disease modeling and control, natural resource management,  and systems biology. She is also interested in machine learning / deep learning,  AI ethics, quantum computing,  quantum biology, and improving undergraduate STEM education through research experiences.

Dr. Ding's research focuses on understanding the spatial and temporal patterns that arise in dynamic biological systems and, when possible, finding the best way to control the system. Please see Research for details.

My old webpages at MTSU (2007-24):  www.mtsu.edu/faculty/wandi-ding (summary) and www.mtsu.edu/faculty/wding/ (comprehensive) 

Highlights of the Conferences/Special Sessions organized:

• Co-organizer: (with S. Lenhart and C. Edholm ) AMS Special Session on Dynamics and Management in Disease or Ecological Models (associated with Gibbs Lecture by Suzanne Lenhart), at the 2024 Joint Mathematics Meetings in SanFrancisco, CA, January 4-5, 2024. 

• Co-organizer: (with H. Qin and J. Kong ) A satellite session “Fairness in Machine Intelligence for Global Health (FairMI4GH)” of the 2023 annual meeting of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH), April 3rd, 2023.         YouTube

• Co-organizer (with X. Zhao, M. Horn, P. Hinow, and X. Huo ) Shanks Workshop on Advances in Mathematical and Theoretical, Vanderbilt University, March 17-19, 2023.

• Co-organizer (with B. Winkel, Y. Ma, and L. Noble ) SIMIODE ((Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations) EXPO, February 10-13, 2023. 

Contact

wding AT mtsu.edu

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