Applied mathematics
- Support aims to stymie ‘weapons of math destruction’ by improving course that introduces students to data science in a way that incorporates humanities’ strengths
- New research from CU Boulder could help scientists better understand the phenomena behind ‘sunspots’.
- As statistics continues to play an ever more important role in society, equal access to data resources in developing countries is becoming more essential.
- CU Boulder mathematicians created a novel mathematical model and found that a mixture of repayment strategies might be best—depending on how much is borrowed and how much income the borrower has.
- Six teams, sponsored by applied math and engineering, joined the competition, with one winning the highest honor available.
- Winners, who were nominated by colleagues, express humility and gratitude.
- CU Boulder grads and campus minister celebrate a year of their globally popular podcast, which is lauded for ‘clear, level-headed’ information.
- CU Boulder’s Nancy Rodriguez aims to mathematize complex models in criminology, economics and ecology.
- As leaders face tough decisions about who to vaccinate against COVID-19, a new study finds that vaccinating adults 60 or older first will save the most lives in the long term.
- CU Boulder’s LISA 2020 set out to foster 20 statistics labs in the developing world by 2020; the latest count is 28.