A Focus on Research
Mathematics
Mathematics research interests at Mississippi State University lie in four main categories: 1) Analysis, 2) Algebra, Combinatorics, and Topology, 3) Computational and Applied Mathematics, and 4) Differential Equations. Faculty in each area actively publish papers and work with graduate students pursuing PhDs and Masters degrees. Find out more about each research group by going to their respective pages indicated to the right.
Weekly Seminars
Mathematics Seminar - 11/04/26
Dr. Seongjai Kim, Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Mississippi State University
Mathematics Seminar
Title: EC-MSM: Ellipsoidal Confidence Membership Score Machine
Time: -
Location: Allen Hall 411
Mathematics Seminar - 11/06/26
Dr. Lloyd Demetrius, Professor, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Mathematics Seminar
Title: Darwin, Boltzmann and Directionality Theory
Time: -
Location: Allen Hall 14
Mathematics Seminar - 11/19/26
Dr. Roland Roeder, Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Indiana University - Indianapolis
Mathematics Seminar
Title: Expanding Blaschke Products for the Lee-Yang zeros on the Diamond Hierarchical Lattice.
Time: -
Location: Allen Hall 14
Statistics
The research interests of the statistics faculty at Mississippi State University include topics in applied and theoretical statistics, as well as applied and theoretical probability and data science. The majority of their work is driven by practical problems across a spectrum of disciplines, including, but not limited to, modeling financial and climatological data, linear and response surface modeling in agriculture and veterinary sciences, and various engineering fields. Their work also addresses important questions arising in data science, such as data integration, data quality, dimension reduction, and more.
Weekly Seminars
Statistics Seminar - 11/12/26
Dr. Elvan Ceyhan, Marguerite Scharnagle Endowed Professor of Statistics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Auburn University, Elected Member of ISI
Statistics Seminar Series
Network Navigation under Uncertainty: Bayesian Learning and Sequential Decision-Making
Time: -
Location: Allen Hall 14
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