Dr. Sergey
Melnik, Cascades on Networks [12/10--12/11. Sergey was
previously a visiting postdoc (from University of Limerick) in my
group from 01/10--03/10.]
Doctoral Students
Dr. Dan
Fenn, Mathematical and Computational Finance Group, Mathematical
Institute, University of Oxford, Network Communities and the Foreign
Exchange Market. (Joint with Sam Howison and Nick Jones.)
[Spring 2008--Winter 2011. Dan previously had Sam Howison and Neil
Johnson as his supervisors. Dan is now working for HSBC Bank.]
Michael Byrne, M.Sc., Mathematical Modelling and Scientific
Computation, University of Oxford, Nonlinear Waves in Granular
Latticess. [Michael is now a Ph.D. student in the Department of
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT.]
Benjamin Franz, M.Sc., Mathematical Modelling and Scientific
Computation, University of Oxford, Synchronisation Properties of an
Agent-Based Animal Behaviour Model. (Joint with Marian Dawkins,
Department of Zoology.) [Ben received a distinction in the
M.Sc. program and also won the Nuclear Electric prize for being the
top student in the program. He is now a D.Phil. student in OCCAM in
the Mathematical Institute at University of Oxford.]
Wojciech Gryc, M.Sc., Mathematical Modelling and Scientific
Computation, University of Oxford, Modelling Cabinet Networks in
Parliamentary Democracies. [Wojciech then earned a Masters degree
in the Oxford Internet Institute and employed by McKinsey &
Company as a "Business Technology Associate" before founding Canopy
Labs (where he is the CEO).]
Sally Hutchings, M.Sc., Mathematical Foundations of Computer
Science, University of Oxford, The Behavior of
Modularity-Optimizing Community Detection Algorithms. (Joint with
Raphael Hauser.) [Spring 2011--Summer 2011. Sally has been accepted
into the Ph.D. program in Security Science at University College
London.]
Antoine Levitt, M.Sc., Mathematical Modelling and Scientific
Computation, University of Oxford, Nonlinear Waves in Granular Crystals.
[Antoine is now a mathematics Ph.D. student in France.]
Priya Narayan, M.Sc., Mathematical Modelling and Scientific
Computation, University of Oxford, Mathematics Genealogy Networks.
(Joint with Elizabeth Leicht.)
Sofian Otmani, M.Sc., Mathematics and the Foundations of
Computer Science, University of Oxford, Random Graph Models with
Clustering. (Also, here is the cover page.) [After graduating,
Sofian worked for Market Sentinel, a social network analysis
company.]
John Pearson, M.Sc., Mathematical Modelling and Scientific
Computation, University of Oxford, Computation of Hypergeometric
Functions. [Code] (Joint with Sheehan
Olver, Computing Laboratory; sponsored by the Numerical Algorithms
Group.) [John received a distinction in the M.Sc. program and is now
a D.Phil. student in Numerical Analysis (in the Mathematical
Institute) at University of Oxford.]
Patrick Raanes, M.Sc., Mathematical Modelling and Scientific
Computation, University of Oxford, Crowding: Using Statics to Understand the
Dynamics of Densely Packed Hard Particles. (Joint with Radek
Erban and Nick Jones.) [Patrick received a distinction in the
M.Sc. program. He is now a D.Phil. student in the Mathematical
Institute (in the OCIAM group) at University of Oxford.]
Ben Sparks, M.Sc., Mathematical Modelling and Scientific
Computation, University of Oxford, Plastic Self-Organizing Maps and
Classification of Radar Data. [Code] (Joint with Philip Bond and the
Thales Group.) [Ben received a distinction in the M.Sc. program and is
currently teaching, traveling, and busking as he decides what to do
next.]
Chang Wang, M.Sc., Mathematical Modelling and Scientific
Computation, University of Oxford, Collisionally Inhomogeneous
Bose-Einstein Condensates. [Chang received a distinction in the
program. Chang is now a D.Phil. student in OCIAM in the Mathematical
Institute at University of Oxford.]
Annika Wipprecht, M.Sc., Mathematical Modelling and Scientific
Computation, University of Oxford, Structure of Charity
Networks. [Annika is now a Ph.D. student in Mathematical Finance
at University College London.]
Undergraduate Students
Julie Bjornstad, Discrete Math, Georgia Tech, A Dynamical Systems Approach to Modeling Plankton
Food Webs. (Joint with Leonid Bunimovich and Chris Klausmeier.)
[Earned a Masters degree in City and Regional Planning at University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.]
Thomas S. Callaghan, Applied Math, Georgia Tech, Random Walker Rankings for NCAA
Division-IA College Football. (Joint with Peter Mucha.)
[Goldwater Fellow. He then earned a Ph.D. in Stanford University's
Institute for Computational Mathematics and Engineering and is now a
postdoc ("VIGRE Instructor") in the Department of Computational and
Applied Mathematics at Rice University. (Thomas is the ultimate VIGRE
poster child, and that dates all the way back to his undergrad
work.)]
Natasha ("Alex") Cayco Gajic, Applied & Computational
Mathematics, Caltech, Splay
States in Coupled Phase Oscillators. (Joint with Mike Cross and
Jeff Rogers.) [Alex is now a Ph.D. student in applied mathematics at
University of Washington. She is the recipient of an NSF
Fellowship.]
Callum Chalk, Physics, University of Oxford, Detecting False Negatives in
Networks. (Joint with Nick Jones, although D.Phil. students Sumeet
Agarwal, Anna Lewis, and Phillip Staniczenko are the ones who actually
advised Callum.) [Callum graduated from Oxford in 2010.]
Xi ("Sherry") Chen, Applied and Computational Mathematics,
Caltech, Antiferromagnetic
Synchronization in Nanomechanical Oscillators. (Joint with Mike
Cross and Jeff Rogers.) [Sherry is now a Ph.D. student in Electrical
Engineering at University of Washington.]
Vivien P. Chua,
Electrical & Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech, Spatial Resonance Overlap in Bose-Einstein
Condensates in Superlattice Potentials. [Vivien obtained a
Ph.D. in Stanford University's Institute for Computational Mathematics
and Engineering and is now an assistant professor in the Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering at National University of
Singapore.]
Alexei ("Leo") Dachevski, Electrical & Computer Engineering,
Georgia Tech, A Dynamical Systems
Approach to Modeling Plankton Food Webs. (Joint with Leonid
Bunimovich and Chris Klausmeier.) [Leo subsequently earned an
M.Sc. degree in Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization from
Georgia Tech. He now works as a biostatistician for the Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.]
Anupam Das, Mathematics, University of Oxford,
Network Growth Mechanisms for Social Networking Sites. [Anupam
is now a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at University of Bath.]
Eoin Devane, Mathematics, University of Oxford, Spectral Analysis of the Quantization
of a Mixed System. [Eoin is now a Ph.D. student in Mathematics at
University of Cambridge. He is in the Cambridge Centre for Analysis,
which is a Doctoral Training Centre.]
Felix Flicker, Physics, University of Oxford, Nonlinear Waves in Granular
Crystals. [Felix is now a Ph.D. student in physics at University
of Bristol.]
A. J. Friend, Discrete Mathematics, Georgia Tech, Community
Structure in Congressional Committee Networks. (Joint with Peter
Mucha.) [A.J. is an NSF Fellow, a Goldwater Fellow, and the 2009
recipient of Georgia Tech's Phi Beta Kappa award for the best
graduating senior. He is now a Ph.D. student in Stanford University's
Institute for Computational Mathematics and Engineering.]
Stephanie (Chung) Garrison, Applied Math, Georgia Tech, A Singular Value Decomposition Analysis of
Grade Distributions. (Joint with Shui-Nee Chow.) [Stephanie is
now an actuary at Safeco (now party of Liberty Mutual) in Seattle.
She is in the personal lines auto pricing department.]
Jamie Hill, Physics, University of Oxford, The Physics of Crowding, Packing,
and Adsorbing. (Joint with Radek Erban and Nick Jones.) [Jamie is
now a D.Phil. student in the Systems Biology Doctoral Training Centre
at University of Oxford.]
Tom Hosking, Physics, University of Oxford, Random Networks with Clustering. (Joint with
Nick Jones.) [Tom graduated from Oxford in 2010.]
Dominic Kerr, Mathematics, University of Oxford,
Modelling the Spread of
Terrorism. [Dom is now a Ph.D. student in University of Warwick's
Doctoral Training Centre on Complex Systems.]
Yi Ming Lai, Mathematics, University of Oxford, Nonlinear Waves in Randomised
Granular Chains. [Yi Ming is now a D.Phil. student in OCCAM in
the Mathematical Institute at University of Oxford.]
Behram Mistree, Mathematics, MIT, A Continuum Coupled Map Approach to Modeling
Pattern Formation in Periodically Forced Granular Media. (Joint
with Shui-Nee Chow.) [Behram earned a B.S. in electrical engineering
and computer science (EECS) from MIT in 2007 and then got an M.Eng. in
EECS from MIT in 2008. He is currently enrolled in the Ph.D. program
in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University.]
Yulian Ng, Mathematics, University of Oxford,
Community Structure
in Epidemics. [Yulian is now a Ph.D. student in Computing at
Imperial College.]
James Ramsey, University of Oxford, Cascades on
Networks. (Joint with Sergey Melnik.) [James technically had just
finished his Mathematics degree at Oxford when he worked with me. He
is now tutoring university students in Perth and is applying for
Masters programs in applied mathematics.]
Stephen Reid, Physics, University of Oxford, Legislatures as Spin Glasses.
(Joint with Nick Jones and JP Onnela.) [Stephen subsequently got a
Masters degree in Complex Systems from University of Bristol.]
Steffen Schaper, Physics, University of Oxford, Network Discovery. (Joint with
Nick Jones and Eduardo Lopez.)[Steffen is now a D.Phil. student in
Theoretical Physics at University of Oxford.]
Caroline Seabrook, Applied Math, Georgia Tech, A Singular Value Decomposition Analysis of
Grade Distributions. (Joint with Shui-Nee Chow.) [Carline is now
a Ph.D. student in statistics at North Carolina State University. She
earned her Masters in that program in Spring 2007. She is
concurrently working as a graduate assistant at SAS Institute
Inc.]
James Service, Physics, University of Oxford, Discrete
Vortices in Bose-Einstein Condensates. (Joint with Dieter
Jaksch.)
Joe Staines, Physics, University of Oxford, The Impact of the Credit Crisis on
Correlation in Foreign Exchange Markets. (Joint with Sam Howison,
although my D.Phil. student Martin Gould is the one who actually
advised Joe.) [Joe is now a Ph.D. student at the Centre in Financial
Computing at University College London.]
Robert Sworder, Mathematics, University of Oxford,
Matter-Wave Solitons in Dynamical Superlattices. [Robert is now
working as a software developer for Metaswitch Networks.]
Jessica (Snyder) Troyer, Applied Math, Georgia Tech,
Mathematical Models of Bipolar Disorder. [After graduation,
Jessica worked at L-3 Communications Corporation in Huntsville,
Alabama. She is now working on raising two young children and
possibly taking some classes soon.]
William ("Austin") Webb, Computer Science, Caltech, Spectral Statistics in Quantum Mushroom
Billiards. [Austin is now a Ph.D. student in the Computer Science
and Engineering program at University of Washington.]
Tatjana Wiese, Mathematics, Caltech, Faraday Patterns in Bose-Einstein
Condensates. [Tatjana completed the one-year post-baccalaureate
IRTA program at the National Institutes of Health and is now a
Ph.D. student in Naural Computation at Carnegie Mellon
University.]
Xiangyun ("Ella") Xu, Mathematics and Statistics, University of
Oxford, An Analysis of Voting
Gerrymandering with Matrices. (Joint with Nick Jones.) [Ella is
now a Masters student in Financial Engineering at Columbia
University.]
Yan Zhang, Mathematics, Caltech, Legislation Cosponsorship Networks in
Congress. [Yan is now a Ph.D. student in Mathematics at
University of Chicago. Yan earned an NSF graduate fellowship.]