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The Department of Mathematics and Statistics (DOMS) is a vibrant community where mathematicians and statisticians converge to explore, innovate, and educate. We offer a comprehensive range of academic programs, spanning the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels. Thus, besides our faculty and postdoctoral visitors, our community includes a large and valuable cadre of hard-working and talented undergraduate and graduate students.
At the undergraduate level, we offer two degree options in Mathematical Sciences: the Bachelor of Arts (BA) (more flexible) and the Bachelor of Science (BS) (more intensive).
Within each degree, students can choose one of three tracks: Mathematics, Data Science & Statistics (DSS), or Actuarial Science. We also offer a Mathematics minor.
At the graduate level, we have the PhD in Mathematical Sciences, Master of Arts (MA) in Mathematics, and MS in Data Science & Statistics degrees. The latter includes a 4+1 program in which students can earn a BA or BS in Mathematical Sciences alongside a master's degree in data science and statistics within five years.
While our highest degree is a PhD in Mathematical Sciences, a significant number of our doctoral dissertations are written on research topics in Data Science and Statistics.
All faculty members and postdoctoral visitors are active researchers. The main areas of concentration in the department are: Algebra, Analysis, Combinatorics, Data Science and Statistics and Geometry/Topology. Additionally, there is active research that falls between and bridges the main areas. See the Research Areas page for more specific research topics.
The photos above were taken by Jinghao Li, Ph.D. 15'.
Latest Department News
Problem of the Week
Starting from this semester, the Math Club will post a problem every Friday to encourage our undergraduate students to enjoy the beauty of mathematics outside of the classroom. Some of the problem do not require much mathematics background while some require certain basic training.
Answers should be sent to Jaiung Jun (jjun@math.binghamton.edu) by Thursday (a day prior to a new problem).
The first problem of the series is:
Circle A rolls one time around circle B whose radius is three times that of circle A. A letter A is drawn inside circle A. How many times will the letter A rotate? (Hint: It's not 3)
See future problems at Problem of the Week webpage.
BUGCAT 2016 to be held in Binghamton
The 9th Annual Binghamton University Graduate Conference in Algebra and Topology (BUGCAT) is to be held at Binghamton University, October 15th and 16th, 2016.
This year's featured keynotes are Profs. Khalid Bou-Rabee, Thomas Koberda, and Luise-Charlotte Kappe.
Deadline for registration is Monday, October 3rd and abstracts for talks should be also submitted by this day. Registration can be done through the conference website.
Visit the conference website and the conference Facebook Page, or e-mail gradconf@math.binghamton.edu for more information.
Ph.D. alumni featured in Press and Sun-Bulletin
Joshua Palmatier, who received his mathematics Ph.D. in 2005 from the department, currently a math professor at SUNY Oneonta, was featured in an article in Press and Sun-Bulletin, a local media. The article was titled “The math professor who writes fantasy novels”.
Honors Calculus introduced
The Department of Mathematical Sciences is pleased to introduce the Honors Calculus course in Fall 2016. The course number is Math 222H. It meets MWF 9:40 and R 11:40.
Click here for a flyer of the new course.
Adrian Vasiu received Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities
Adrian Vasiu, Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, has received the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities. He was honored at the Excellence Awards Dinner on October 22, 2015 with a medal, a plaque and a check. Vice President for Research Bahgat Sammakia introduced Adrian at this event with the following words.
Known for bringing the highest level of scholarship and innovation to his profession, Adrian Vasiu is an international leader in arithmetic algebraic geometry, also called number theory, whose breakthroughs have helped define the discipline. Continuing high-level research with a focus on a long-standing conjecture of the Italian geometer C. Traverso, and with international collaborators, he proved that Traverso’s estimate is not correct in general and then proved the correct substitute, with their results published in the prestigious Annals of Mathematics.
The methods he developed to solve this conjecture are far reaching. It is an honor to award Adrian Vasiu the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities.
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