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Southern California Applied Mathematics Symposium (SOCAMS) 2025

We are trilled to announce our department is organizing the Southern California Applied Mathematics Symposium (SOCAMS) 2025 on April 26^th, 2025 at UC Riverside, and we are pleased to extend our warmest invitation to you to participate in the conference.

SOCAMS 2025 is a unique opportunity to connect and exchange ideas with researchers from universities throughout Southern California who work in all areas of Applied and Computational Mathematics. This one-day event is designed to provide a platform for young faculty, post-docs, and graduate students to showcase their research work in an informal and collaborative atmosphere.

This year’s plenary speakers (in alphabetical order) are (https://2025.socams.org/plenary-speakers):

1.  Mihai Cucuringu
2.  Natalia Komarova
3.  Bo Li
4.  Hrushikesh Mhaskar
5.  Maziar Raissi

Registration for all participants is required, but free thanks to generous support from SIAM, UCR Dean’s Office of College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences (CNAS), UCR Research and Economic Development (RED) and UCR Riverside Artificial Intelligence Research and Education Institute (RAISE).

You are welcome to submit an abstract for a talk or poster presentation. The registration deadline for participants with a talk or poster is April 4^th, 2025, while those without presentations can register until April 11^th, 2025. Lunch will be provided and informal networking is encouraged to facilitate collaborations and connections.

To register and access more information, please visit the SOCAMS 2025 website at https://www.socams.org/.
In particular, the registration form is at https://forms.gle/Er6oNDWxfHzpQEGg7
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at committeesocams@gmail.com.
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We look very much forward to your participation and contributions to the event.

-SOCAMS Organizing Committee

UCR's Grad Slam Final Competition

Grad Slam is a UC-wide public speaking competition and professional development opportunity in which graduate students describe their research or creative project in three minutes, with a maximum of one PowerPoint slide, to a non-specialist audience. Participating students are supported through public speaking workshops and feedback sessions, and progress through several preliminary and semi-final rounds. Contestants have the opportunity to win up to $5,000 at the UCR level and another $7,000 at the UC-wide level of competition.

Many congratulations to Angeliz Vargas Casillas for winning 1^st place with “Multiscale Modeling of Keloid Scar Expansion.” Casillas was handed the giant check and reminded that she would have to do this all over again on April 29^th, when she will pitch at the UC Grad Slam Finale.

Associate Professor - Brian Collier

For his outstanding research, teaching, mentoring and outreach, the university will promote Brian Collier to Associate Professor, effective July 1^st. Congratulations, Dr. Collier.

 

Associate Professor - Maziar Raissi

For his excellent research, teaching, mentoring and outreach, the university will promote Maziar Raissi to Associate Professor, effective July 1^st. Congratulations, Dr. Raissi.

 

Mathematical Pathways to an Excellent Future 2025

March 11^th, 2025 @ UCR

A one-day event featuring:

• A diverse set of expository mathematics lectures that cover a wide range of topics within mathematics and which may be suitable for non-expert attendees.
• A panel discussion on building a future with mathematics. Here, the speakers will talk about their paths within mathematics and answer questions from the audience.
• Posters from graduate and undergraduate students. Two prizes will be awarded for the best undergraduate posters and two for the best graduate student posters. A panel of judges will select first and second-place winners, who will receive awards of $300 and $200, respectively.
• A one-page essay competition focused on your journey in mathematics. This competition offers attendees a chance to discuss their experiences and interests in mathematics, including any challenges or successes they have faced. A panel will evaluate essays, with a $300 award for the best essay from an undergraduate student and the best from a graduate student. The panel of judges will determine the winners.

More information is available on the event page. Registration Required.

The Distinguished Burton Jones Lecture 2025 - Dr. Renato Bettiol

This year's Distinguished Burton Jones Lecture will be given by Dr. Renato Bettiol from Lehman College on March 14^th at 4:00 p.m. in Skye Hall 284. Please join us for tea before the lecture at 3:30 p.m. and for the reception afterwards.

Title & Abstract

NIH/NCI T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship - Jennifer Rangel Ambriz

Many congratulations to Jennifer Rangel Ambriz for receiving a prestigious NIH/NCI T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship. Jennifer, a former UCR Math student advised by Mark Alber, is currently a Postdoctoral Associate at City of Hope. Among her recent publications is the following paper, of which Jennifer is the co-first author:

Kumar, N., Rangel Ambriz, J., Tsai, K. et al. Balancing competing effects of tissue growth and cytoskeletal regulation during Drosophila wing disc development. Nature Communications 15, 2477 (2024).

More information of the paper can also be found in UCR press.

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