CISE Graduate Blog

We’re excited to invite you to AWM's Annual Spring Colloquium , with special guest speaker Dr. Olga Turanova  from Michigan State University! On Monday, March 9th at 4:00 P.M.  in Little Hall 225 , Dr. Turanova will give a talk titled "Speed-up of Invasions via PDEs"  — the abstract and flyer are attached below. Everyone is welcome, and we hope to see you there!    Abstract: Diffusive PDEs that describe the growth of populations and of tissues. For almost 100 years, partial differential equations (PDEs) have been a powerful tool for formulating and understanding models of population growth. And, in recent decades, PDEs have been used to model the propagation of tissues, with the prototypical scenario being that of a cancer tumor growing in an organism. The focus of this talk will be on diffusion equations in each of these classes. I’ll begin with a brief historical introduction to models of population growth. Then, I'll show how nonlinear diff...

  ANNOUNCEMENT OF Ph.D. Defense     Date Posted FROM: Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department March 2, 2026 TO: the Members of the Supervisory Committee for:   First Name Last Name M.I.   Jennifer Sheldon M   SUPERVISORY COMMITTTEE MEMBERS Sara Rampazzi Chair     Co-Chair   Kevin Butler Member   Patrick Traynor Member     Member     Member   Farimah Farahmandi External Member   1.   Name of Examination Ph.D. Defense 2.   Degree Sought Doctor of Philosoph...

  ANNOUNCEMENT OF Ph.D. Defense     Date Posted FROM: Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department March 2, 2026 TO: the Members of the Supervisory Committee for:   First Name Last Name M.I.   Abhishek Kulkarni M   SUPERVISORY COMMITTTEE MEMBERS Sharon Chu Chair     Co-Chair   Christina Gard McCune Member   Kristy Boyer Member     Member   Anthony Botelho EXTERNAL MEMBER   1.   Name of Examination Ph.D. Defense 2.   Degree Sought Doctor of Philosophy 3.   Area of Specialization ...

  ANNOUNCEMENT OF Ph.D. Defense     Date Posted FROM: Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department March 2, 2026 TO: the Members of the Supervisory Committee for:   First Name Last Name M.I.   BHUPATHIRAJU Sri Hrushikesh     SUPERVISORY COMMITTTEE MEMBERS Sara Rampazi Chair     Co-Chair   Vincent Bindschaedler Member   Kevin Butler Member     Member     Member   Yu Wang External Member   1.   Name of Examination Ph.D. Defense 2.   Degree Sought Doctor of...