TIANJIANG LI

1003 W.Aaron Drive 11D, State College, PA, 16803 

 Tel: (814) 777-4056;  E-mail: li_t@math.psu.edu

 Education:  

The Pennsylvania State University (2003 - Expected May 2008)    State College, PA

Ph.D. in Computational and Applied Mathematics  GPA: 3.92/4.00

Minor in Computational Science

University of Science and Technology of China (1999 - 2003)               Hefei, China

B.S. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics       GPA: 3.75/4.00

 Research Interest:

• Mathematical application in information sciences:

model reduction, data mining, data preprocessing, feature detection

• Mathematical application in biological sciences:

multiscale modeling of cell interactions, molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulation

 Experience:

• Research assistant: worked on the project CAMLET: A Combined Ab-initio Manifold Learning Toolbox for Nanostructure Simulations supported by NSF in an interdisciplinary research group, developed and implemented efficient numerical algorithms to preprocess molecular dynamics simulation data and accurately estimate intrinsic data structure  
• Teaching assistant: instructor of undergraduate courses College Algebra, Techniques of Calculus and Ordinary Differential Equations

 Quantitative Skills:

• Numerical linear algebra, Numerical Optimization, Numerical algorithms for ordinary/ partial differential equations
• Probability theory, Stochastic process, Stochastic differential equation
• Dimension reduction, Classification, Clustering

 Computer Skills:

• C/C++, Java, Matlab, Mathematica, Latex, Unix/Linux, Microsoft Office

 Publications:

• Preprocessing for Manifold Learning in Molecular Dynamics Simulations. (Preprint, 2006)

 Awards:

• Excellent Student Scholarship, USTC, 1999-2002

 Languages:

• Mandarin(native), English(fluent)

 Others:

• Chief editor of “WA MING”, the student journal of the Department of Mathematics, USTC