Computing Cloud Dynamics with an Adaptive Monte Carlo Sampling Method Thomas Roessler University of Wisconsin-Milwuakee Graduate Student "Atmospheric models usually have simple parametrizations of subgrid variability that do not include all processes. The model Cloud Layers Unified By Binormals (CLUBB)... Read More
Robust and Computationally Efficient Methods for Fitting Loss Models and Pricing Insurance Risks Qian Zhao University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Graduate Student "Continuous parametric distributions are useful tools for modeling and pricing insurance risks, measuring income inequality in economics, investigating reliability of... Read More
Goodness-of-Fit Testing for Copula-based models with Applications in Atmospheric Science Albert Rapp University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Student "Every elementary probability course discusses how to construct joint distribution functions of independent random variables but joint distribution functions of dependent random variables... Read More
In continuing celebration of the 50th anniversary of our doctoral program, the UW-Milwaukee Mathematical Sciences department will be hosting the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Wisconsin Section Spring Meeting, April 21-22, 2017. All conference events will be held in the Engineering... Read More
Symmetry and the Alhambra Mosaics Featuring: Fredric Ancel University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Professor of Mathematics "Every pattern has some symmetry which mathematicians study using the idea of a symmetry group – a group of all the ways a pattern or object... Read More
In continuing celebration of the 50th anniversary of our doctoral program, the UW-Milwaukee Mathematical Sciences department will be hosting the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Wisconsin Section Spring Meeting, April 21-22, 2017. All conference events will be held in the Engineering... Read More
Symmetry and the Alhambra Mosaics Featuring: Fredric Ancel University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Professor of Mathematics "Every pattern has some symmetry which mathematicians study using the idea of a symmetry group – a group of all the ways a pattern or object... Read More
Performance Test of the Pasquill Stability Scheme Hillary Chapman University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Student "In 1961, Frank Pasquill proposed a method for classifying atmospheric stability based on routinely available surface observations – namely wind speed, cloud cover, and the strength... Read More
Optimal Trading Under the American Perpetual Put Option for Geometric Brownian Motion and Mean-Reverting Processes Ines Siebigteroth University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Student "This thesis is focused on the perpetual American put option under the geometric Brownian motion and mean-reverting models.... Read More
Infinite-Dimensional Traits: Estimation of Mean, Covariance, and Selection Gradient Ly Viet Hoang University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Student "In evolutionary biology, traits like growth curves, reaction norms or morphological shapes cannot be described by a finite vector of components alone. Instead, ... Read More