
Qiang Du
Fu Foundation Professor of Applied Mathematics
Qiang Du is the Fu Foundation Professor of Applied Mathematics. He has served as the Chair of the Applied Mathematics PhD program (2014-2020).
As a faculty affiliate of the Data Science Institute, he was also a co-chair of the Center for Foundation of Data Science (2018-2019) and a co-chair of the Center of Computing Systems for Data-Driven Science (2019-). He leads the Computational Mathematics and Multiscale Modeling (CM3) group at Columbia. CM3 conducts research at the interface of mathematical, computational and data sciences through partnerships with experts from different fields. The work produced by the CM3 group often reflects integrated efforts that involve the creation of mathematical concepts, the derivation of effective models, the development of robust and scalable computational methods, large-scale numerical simulations on powerful supercomputers, and scientific leanring, as well as applications in diverse scientific and engineering disciplines.
Over the years, Qiang Du has developed mathematical models and computational algorithms for various complex and multiscale systems that include examples like quantized vortex states in superconductors and BECs, deformation of biological membranes, critical nucleation and microstructure evolutions in materials phase transformation, and anomalous diffusion in heterogeneous environments. Recognition for Qiang Du’s work includes the Feng Kang Prize in scientific computing (2005), the Eberly College of Science Medal (2007), SIAM (Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Outstanding Paper prize (2016), ACM Gordon Bell Prize finalist (2016), SIAM Review SIGEST Award (2020), and US Association of Computational Mechanics Thomas J.R. Hughes Medal (2021). An invited speaker of the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM 2018), Prof. Du is also a Fellow of SIAM (Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics), AMS (American Mathematical Society), and AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science).
Qiang Du has provided services to various research organizations and professional societies. Currently, he is a founding Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Diamond-Open-Access journal Communications of the American Mathematical Society (2020-) and the Editor-in-Chief of SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (2021-). He was elected as the Chair of the SIAM Activity Group on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science (2014-2016). He also served as a representative to the U.S. National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, the National Academies (2015-2019).
Research Areas
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
- Computational Science and Engineering
- Control Theory
- Approximation Theory
- Numerical Analysis
- Partial Differential Equations
- Probability and Statistics
- Computational (Mathematical) Biology
- Data Science
- Network Science
- Numerical Analysis
- Nonlinear and Random Media
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
Additional Information
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Professional Experience
- Fu Foundation Professor of Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, 2014-
- Verne M. Willaman Professor of Mathematics, Penn State University, 2006-2014
- Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University, 2005-2014
- Professor of Mathematics, Penn State University, 2001-2016
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Honors & Awards
- USACM Thomas J.R. Hughes Medal, 2021
- SIAM Review SIGEST Award 2020
- Fellow, American Mathematical Society, 2020
- Invited speaker of International Congress of Mathematicians, 2018
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2017
- ACM Gordon Bell Prize Finalist 2016, for the world’s largest extreme-scale simulations using the most powerful supercomputer on earth
- SIAM Outstanding Paper prize 2016 , for a paper published in SIAM J. Numerical Analysis (coauthored with PhD student Xiaochuan TIan) on numerical methods for nonlocal models
- Fellow, Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2013
- Feng Kang Prize in Scientific Computing, 2008
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Education
- PhD, Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University
- MS, Applied Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University
- BS, Mathematics, University of Science and Technology of China