Rachel Ward (mathematician)

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Rachel Ward is an American applied mathematician at the

optimization, and signal processing
. At the University of Texas, she is W. A. "Tex" Moncrief Distinguished Professor in Computational Engineering and Sciences—Data Science, and professor of mathematics.[1]

Education

Ward received her BS in mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin in 2005.[2] She earned her PhD in applied and computational mathematics from Princeton University in 2009. Her PhD advisor was Ingrid Daubechies.[3]

Career

Ward was an instructor at the Courant Institute from 2009-2011[4] and then joined faculty at the University of Texas at Austin in 2011.[4] In 2018, she was a Visiting Research Scientist at Facebook AI Research[4] and in 2019 she was a Von Neumann Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study.[5] She serves on the Scientific Advisory Board for the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM).[6]

Awards and honors

Rachel Ward was awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Mathematics in 2012.[7] Rachel Ward and Deanna Needell received the IMA Prize in Mathematics and Applications in 2016.[8] Rachel Ward is an invited speaker at the 2022 International Congress of Mathematicians.[9]

Research

Ward worked on a project funded by the Department of Defense, with faculty from UT Austin's College of Natural Sciences and Cockrell School, to develop unmanned aerial vehicles.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Rachel A Ward". Directory. University of Texas College of Natural Sciences. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  2. ^ "Rachel A. Ward" (PDF). Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  3. ^ "Rachel Angela Ward". Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "PACM Colloquium: Rachel Ward, University of Texas". Program in Applied & Computational Mathematics, Princeton University. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  5. ^ "IAS - Current Van Neumann Fellow: Rachel Ward". Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  6. ^ "ICERM - Trustee and Advisory Boards - Trustee & Advisory Boards". icerm.brown.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  7. ^ "Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellows Database".
  8. ^ "Deanna Needell and Rachel Ward Co-awarded the 2016 IMA Prize in Mathematics and its Applications". IMA. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  9. ^ "Virtual ICM 2022 Sectional Schedule By Day" (PDF).
  10. ^ "Creating Truly Autonomous Systems is the Goal of New $7.5 Million Engineering Project". UT News. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2019.

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