Research
I am a member of the Numerical Analysis & Scientific Computing group. I am the head of the SCOPA (Scientific Computing, Optimization, and Parallel Algorithms) lab. You can find more information on the SCOPA webpage. A list of my publications is available here.
My key research areas include:
- machine learning and data science
- scientific computing and numerical methods
- numerical optimization and variational techniques
- nonlinear optimal control
- inverse problems (governed by dynamical systems)
- parallel and distributed-memory algorithms
The goal of my research is the development, analysis, and deployment of computational and mathematical methods that integrate data with simulation and optimization with the aspiration to support decision making in challenging problems in the applied sciences. My work draws on tools from numerical analysis, scientific computing, optimization, statistics, and machine learning to tackle problems in medical imaging, computational anatomy, data science, and beyond.
SCOPA Members
- Pegah Amiri, PhD Student
- Christopher Chukwuemeka, PhD Student
- Asikul Islam, PhD Student
- Samundra Regmi, PhD Student (co-advised with Dr. Charon)
Former SCOPA Members
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- Jannatul Chhoa, PhD Student (co-advised with Dr. He) 2021-2025
- Dinh Binh Le, Undergraduate Student (2025 SURF Recipient)
- Radmir Sultamuratov, PhD Student (co-advised with Dr. Azencott), 2021-2024
- Mayank Konduri, Highschool Student, 2023-2024
- Anjalee Nair, Undergraduate Student (2024 SURF Recipient), Summer 2024
- Li Meng, Graduate Student, 2023-2024
- German Villalobos, PhD Student, 2020-2023
- Brayan Gutierrez, Undergraduate Student (2023 SURF Recipient), Summer 2023
- Jae Youn Kim, PhD Student, 2019-2023
- Danial Khan, Undergraduate Student (2022 SURF Recipient), Summer 2022
- Gundeep Singh, Undergraduate Student (2021 PURS Recipient), Summer 2019 and Fall 2021
- Ali Hamza Abidi Syed, Undergraduate Student (2021 PURS and SURF Recipient), Spring 2021 and Summer 2021
- Hossein Dabirian, Graduate Student (co-advised with Dr. Azencott), 2019-2021
- Yaseen Syed, Undergraduate Student (2021 PURS Recipient), Spring 2021
- Saeed Sarmadi, PhD Student (co-advised with Dr. Azencott), 2017-2020
- Haley Rosso, Undergraduate Student (2020 SURF Recipient), Summer 2020
- James L. Herring, Postdoctoral Researcher, 2018-2019
- Felix Huber, Visiting Graduate Student (co-advised with Dr. Mehl), 2018-2019
- Erin Gabrysch, Graduate Student (co-advised with Dr. Quaini), 2018-2019
- Brenda Gonzalez, Undergraduate Honors Student (2018 SURF Recipient), Summer 2018
- Orion Lowy, Undergraduate Student (co-advised with Dr. Bodmann), Summer 2018
Support
This work is supported by the following awards:
- NSF Award DMS-2145845 (CAREER Award; 2022-2027)
- NSF Award DMS-2430460 (2025)
- NSF Award DMS-2012825 (2020-2023)
- NSF Award DMS-2009923 (2020-2023)
- NSF Award DMS-1854853 (2019-2022)
- SIMONS Foundation Award 586055 (2019)
- NVIDIA Corporation
- UH DOR GEAR Award 2025