data science

During the 2023-2024 academic year, my second year as chair, I focused on getting the new degree requirements approved and on adapting the Group to the new budgetary challenges that the University is facing. 

A tensor is a multi-way array of numbers. An order-1 tensor is just a vector $u \in \mathbb{R}^n$. An order-2 tensor is a matrix $M \in \mathbb{R}^{n_1 \times n_2}$. An order-3 tensor is a 3-way array $T \in \mathbb{R}^{n_1 \times n_2 \times n_3}$, and so on.

Our undergraduate math programs are thriving! Last Winter, undergraduate programs underwent its seven-year Program Review. The external reviewers described our Department “to be dynamic, welcoming and a great place to study Mathematics” and said that our program’s strength was centered around “committed faculty, lecturers, staff and TA’s that come together to deliver a strong program to incoming students through to graduate education.”

This past academic year, the Department awarded 184 degrees!  

With the anticipation of Data Science activities in full swing at UC Davis, in Fall 2020, our campus decided to renovate the first floor and basement of the former Physical Sciences and Engineering Library (PSEL) for the use of campus-wide Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (AI) related activities. The renovation was finally completed in December 2023.