Muddappa Seetharama Gowda

Professor of Mathematics

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Curriculum Vitae

• Education:
  • B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc. in Mathematics, Bangalore University, India
    
  • Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1982
    • Area of specialization: Several Complex Variables
    • Thesis advisor: Walter Rudin

• Employment:
  • University of Mississippi, 1982-84
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1984-

• Research interests:
  • Optimization (complementarity problems, variational inequality problems)
  • Euclidean Jordan algebras
  • Applied analysis

  Editorial work:

  • Associate Editor -- SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 1992-1999
  • Guest Editor -- Annals of Operations Research
  • Guest Editor -- Pacific Journal of Optimization
  • Reviewer for -- Math Programming, Math of OR, SIOPT, SICON, JOGO, JOTA,...

• Thesis supervision:
  • Roman Sznajder, PhD, 1994; Professor of Mathematics, Bowie State University
  • Cristen Jones, MS, 1996
  • Yoon Song, MS, 1999
  • Mohamed Tawhid, PhD, 2000; Professor of Mathematics, Thomson River University, Canada
  • Yoon Song, PhD, 2002; Associate Professor, Soongsil University, Korea
  • Jiyuan Tao, PhD, 2004; Professor of Mathematics, Loyola University in Maryland
  • Yihui Zhou, MS, 2007; Associate Professor, North Caroline State University
  • Melania M. Moldovan, PhD, 2009; Technical University of Cluj-Nacopa, Romania
  • Babhru Joshi, Undergraduate Thesis, 2013; PhD (from Rice, 2019); Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia.
  • David Trott, PhD, 2014; Department of Defense, Maryland.
  • Michael Orlitzky, PhD, 2017; Chief of Network Operations, Viabit Corporation, Maryland.
  • Juyoung Jeong, PhD, 2017, Post-Doc, Applied Algebra and Optimization Research Cener, Sungkyuankwan University, South Korea.

• Research collaboration with visitors:
  • G. Ravindran, Indian Statistical Institute, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2012, 2015.
  • T.Parthasarathy, Indian Statistical Institute, 2000.
  • David Sossa, Chile, Sept. 8 -- Oct. 28, 2016
  • Xiaoni Chi, China, Jan 16, 2017-- Jan 15, 2018.
  • Juyoung Jeong, South Korea, Sept. 17-Oct. 16, 2022.

• Teaching interests:
  • Graduate level: Real/complex/functional analysis, measure theory, optimization
  • Undergraduate level: Real/complex analysis, topology, linear/matrix algebra, optimization

• Administrative work:
  • Coordinator for undergraduate advisement, 1990-92
  • Director of graduate programs in Mathematics and Statistics, 1992-94 and 2005-2008

• Membership in university committees (Past/Present):
  • Undergraduate Council
  • University Faculty Review Committee
  • Valedictorian Selection Committee
  • Presidential Teaching/Research Professor Selection Committee
  • Faculty Affairs Committee
  • Graduate Council, 2012-2014
  • Faculty Senate, 2014-2016
  • Faculty Honors and Awards Committee, 2019 (Sept)--

• Publications

• Technical REPORTS

• Presentations/Talks

• Mathematical Genealogy

• Award: UMBC's Presidential Teaching Professor, July 1, 2000- June 30, 2003

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• UMBC Home Page
• UMBC Math/Stat Department Home Page
• Math departments around the world

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