PhD in Mathematics and Statistics

Graduate courses are offered in diverse areas of mathematics, statistics, and optimization, helping students to acquire the foundation needed to embark on research leading to a PhD dissertation. The research interests of the faculty members in mathematics include: optimization, semidefinite programming, distance geometry, operational research, functional analysis, abstract harmonic analysis, operator algebras, functional equations, number theory, representation theory, homological algebra, category O, combinational aspects of representation theory. The research interests of the faculty members in statistics include: biostatistics, sequential analysis, finite mixture models, survival analysis, health outcomes, statistical inference, stochastic processes, asymptotic theory, queueing theory, applied probability, and operational research.