Rachel Ward (mathematician)
{{Short description|American applied mathematician}}
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Rachel Ward is an American applied mathematician at the University of Texas at Austin. She is known for work on machine learning, optimization, and signal processing.
At the University of Texas, she is W. A. "Tex" Moncrief Distinguished Professor in Computational Engineering and Sciences—Data Science, and professor of mathematics.{{cite web|url=https://cns.utexas.edu/directory/item/386-ward-rachel-a?Itemid=349|title=Rachel A Ward|work=Directory|publisher=University of Texas College of Natural Sciences|access-date=2021-06-13}}
Education
Ward received her BS in mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin in 2005.{{cite web|title=Rachel A. Ward|url=https://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/rachel/vitae.pdf|accessdate=April 8, 2017}} She earned her PhD in applied and computational mathematics from Princeton University in 2009. Her PhD advisor was Ingrid Daubechies.{{cite web|title=Rachel Angela Ward|url=https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=144607|publisher=Mathematics Genealogy Project|accessdate=April 8, 2017}}
Career
Ward was an instructor at the Courant Institute from 2009-2011{{Cite web|url=https://www.pacm.princeton.edu/events/pacm-colloquium-rachel-ward-university-texas|title=PACM Colloquium: Rachel Ward, University of Texas|last=|first=|date=19 February 2019|website=Program in Applied & Computational Mathematics, Princeton University|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=8 October 2019}} and then joined the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin in 2011. In 2018, she was a Visiting Research Scientist at Facebook AI Research and in 2019 she was a Von Neumann Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ias.edu/scholars/rachel-ward|title=IAS - Current Van Neumann Fellow: Rachel Ward|last=|first=|date=|website=Institute for Advanced Study|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=8 October 2019}} She serves on the Scientific Advisory Board for the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM).{{Cite web|title=ICERM - Trustee and Advisory Boards - Trustee & Advisory Boards|url=https://icerm.brown.edu/about/boards/|access-date=2021-07-11|website=icerm.brown.edu}}
Awards and honors
Rachel Ward was awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Mathematics in 2012.{{cite web|title=Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellows Database |url=https://sloan.org/fellows-database}}
Rachel Ward and Deanna Needell received the IMA Prize in Mathematics and Applications in 2016.{{cite web|title=Deanna Needell and Rachel Ward Co-awarded the 2016 IMA Prize in Mathematics and its Applications|url=https://www.ima.umn.edu/press-room/ima-prize-winners-2016|publisher=IMA|accessdate=April 8, 2017}} Rachel Ward is an invited speaker at the 2022 International Congress of Mathematicians.{{cite web|title=Virtual ICM 2022 Sectional Schedule By Day|url=https://www.mathunion.org/fileadmin/IMU/ICM2022/Program/Virtual_ICM_2022_Sectional_Schedule.pdf}}
Research
Ward worked on a project funded by the Department of Defense, with faculty from UT Austin's College of Natural Sciences and Cockrell School, to develop unmanned aerial vehicles.{{Cite web|url=https://news.utexas.edu/2018/04/26/new-engineering-project-aims-to-create-ai-for-uavs/|title=Creating Truly Autonomous Systems is the Goal of New $7.5 Million Engineering Project|last=|first=|date=26 April 2018|website=UT News|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=8 October 2019}}
References
External links
- [https://www.oden.utexas.edu/people/1143/ UT Faculty Profile Page]
- [https://www.rachelward.site/ Personal website]
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