Spring Convocation: 19 June 2020

Friday, June 19, 2020

12 graduate degrees in Applied Mathematics were awarded at the Spring 2020 convocation, which was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

MMath:

Tim Dockhorn: “Generative Modeling with Neural Ordinary Differential Equations”

Dongchang Li: “A Novel Class of Intensity-Based Metrics for Image Functions Which Accommodate a Generalized Weber's Model of Perception”

Ming Miao: “Monte Carlo Simulation of diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging”

Yukun Zhao: “Application of the LANS-alpha Model to Gravity Currents”

PhD:

Thomas Bury: “Detecting and Distinguishing Transitions in Ecological Systems: Model and Data-Driven Approaches”

Arnaud Carignan-Dugas (Quantum Information): “A Walk Through Quantum Noise: A Study of Error Signatures and Characterization Methods”

Mohammad Sajjad Edalatzadeh: “Optimal Actuator Design for Nonlinear Systems”

Yinan Li: “Robustly Complete Temporal Logic Control Synthesis for Nonlinear Systems”

Abdulmajid Osumanu: “From Gravity to Hopf Algebra Lattice Models”

Moriah Pellowe: “Mathematical Approaches to the Study of Cellular Heterogeneity  Treatment Design  and Immune Response in Cancer”

Janelle Resch: “Physical Modelling and the Associated Acoustic Behaviour of Trumpet and Trombones”