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 - 09/16/26
Dr. Greg Hemenway, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Mississippi State University
Mathematics Seminar
Title: Measures for Nonstationary Dynamical Systems
Time: -
Location: Allen Hall 411
Mathematics Seminar - 09/24/26
Dr. Kevin Grace, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of South Alabama
Mathematics Seminar
Title: Matrix Patterns and Matroid Adjoints
Time: -
Location: Allen Hall 14
Mathematics Seminar - 10/02/26
Dr. Jeff Humphreys, Kummer Endowed Professor of Data Science, Missouri Science and Technology
Mathematics Seminar
Title: Data Science as Generalized Rate-Distortion Theory
Time: -
Location: Allen Hall 14
Mathematics Seminar - 10/15/26
Dr. Zoi Rapti, Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois Urbana-Chanpaign
Mathematics Seminar
Title: Data and Parameter Fitting in Mathematical Epidemiology
Time: -
Location: Allen Hall 14
Mathematics Seminar - 10/16/26
Dr. Zoi Rapti, Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois Urbana-Chanpaign
Mathematics Seminar
Title: Stability and Bifurcations in Coupled Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations Systems
Time: -
Location: Allen Hall 14
Mathematics Seminar - 10/22/26
Dr. Matthew Powell, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Mathematics, Rice University
Mathematics Seminar
Title: TBA
Time: -
Location: Allen Hall 14
Mathematics Seminar - 10/28/26
Dr. Michael Burr, Associate Professor, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Clemson University
Mathematics Seminar
Title: TBA
Time: -
Location: Allen Hall 411
Mathematics Seminar - 10/30/26
Dr. Suzanne Shontz, Professor, University of Kansas
Mathematics Seminar
Title: TBA
Time: -
Location: Allen Hall 14
Mathematics Seminar - 11/04/26
Dr. Seongjai Kim, Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Mississippi State University
Mathematics Seminar
Title: TBA
Time: -
Location: Allen Hall 411
Mathematics Seminar - 11/06/26
Dr. Lloyd Demetrius, Associate, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Mathematics Seminar
Title: TBA
Time: -
Location: Allen Hall 14
Mathematics Seminar - 11/13/26
Dr. Sasa Kocic, Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Mississippi
Mathematics Seminar
Title: TBA
Time: -
Location: Allen Hall 14
Mathematics Seminar - 11/19/26
Dr. Roland Roeder, Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Indiana University - Indianapolis
Mathematics Seminar
Title: TBA
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 - 09/17/26
Dr. Xin Dang, Professor of Statistics, Department of Mathematics, University of Mississippi
Statistics Seminar Series
Functional canonical correlation for discriminant analysis
Time: -
Location: Allen Hall 411
Statistics Seminar - 09/24/26
Dr. Subha Chakraborti, Professor of Statistics, Department of Information Systems, Statistics and Management Science, University of Alabama, Fellow of ASA, Elected Member of ISI
Statistics Seminar Series
TBA
Time: -
Location: Allen 411
Statistics Seminar - 10/13/26
Dr. Thomas Fisher, Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics, Miami University, Elected Member of ISI
Statistics Seminar Series
Changepoints in non-Gaussian time series
Time: -
Location: Allen Hall 14
Statistics Seminar - 10/27/26
Dr. Hon Keung Tony Ng, Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Bentley University, Fellow of ASA, Elected Member of ISI, Senior Member of IEEE
Statistics Seminar Series
Degradation Models and Related Applications: From Drug Dissolution to Network Reliability
Time: -
Location: Allen Hall 14
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 411