Army Grant Supports Machine Learning Research
A mathematics professor is developing a method that employs artificial intelligence to clearly understand the electrical brain activity data conveyed through electroencephalogram monitoring.
Mathematician Develops Model to Control Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species
An applied mathematician at UT has developed a partial differential equation model to find the desired flow rate to reduce invasive populations.
UT Already has Tenure Assessment System, Says Plaut in KNS Op-Ed
In a recent letter to the editor of the News Sentinel, UT math professor Conrad Plaut explains that the faculty previously interviewed by the News Sentinel concerning the enhanced post-tenure performance review proposed by the Board of Trustees, don’t speak for all UT faculty.
Gross Receives 2018 SEC Faculty Achievement Award
Louis Gross has been honored with the 2018 SEC Faculty Achievement Award. His research focuses on using computational and mathematical tools to address environmental problems.
Curbing Climate Change: A Study Led by Louis Gross
Earther featured a study lead by researchers from UT and the University of Vermont about the climate model that factors in how humans react to climate change.
NIMBioS Study: Curbing Climate Change
Humans may be the dominant cause of global temperature rise, but they may also be a crucial factor in helping to reduce it.
Gross Named Fellow of Society for Mathematical Biology
Louis J. Gross has been named a Fellow in the inaugural class of Fellows of the Society for Mathematical Biology. A distinguished UT professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and mathematics, Gross is also the founding and current director of the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) and director of UT’s Institute for
Huffington Post, Medical Daily Feature Gavrilets Extremist Behavior Study
Sergey Gavrilets, distinguished professor of ecology, evolutionary biology and mathematics at UT recently published a study explaining what may motivate individuals to take part in extremist behaviors.
NIMBioS Researchers Study the Power of Social Norms
A new study from the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, based at UT, sheds light on the origins of human cooperation.
Gavrilets Elected Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
A leading theoretical evolutionary biologist at UT has been elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Sergey Gavrilets, distinguished professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Department of Mathematics, follows in the footsteps of historical greats such as Benjamin Franklin, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Mead, and Nelson
Lenhart Receives 2017 SEC Faculty Achievement Award
A UT professor of mathematics who is a passionate advocate for women and other underrepresented groups in STEM fields has received a top award from the Southeastern Conference. Suzanne Lenhart was honored with the 2017 SEC Faculty Achievement Award, the SEC announced this week.
NIMBioS Study: Power of Shared Pain Triggers Extreme Self-Sacrifice
The extreme self-sacrificial behavior found in suicide bombers and soldiers presents an evolutionary puzzle: how can a trait that calls for an individual to make the ultimate sacrifice, especially in defense of a group of non-family members, persist over evolutionary time?