JACK DAVIS
MSc, STATISTICS

davismic@interchange.ubc.ca
SCI 124

FACULTY SUPERVISOR
Paramjit Gil, STATISTICS

BSc University of British Columbia

RESEARCH: database filtering; empirical Bayesian and spatial methods, applications to biostatistics

SHEENA HAINES
MSc, MATHEMATICS

shoe_lust@hotmail.com

FACULTY SUPERVISORS
Jason Loeppky, STATISTICS
Shawn Wang, MATHEMATICS

BSc (Honours) University of British Columbia

RESEARCH: statistical aspects of optimization

JENNIFER JOHNSTONE
MSc, MATHEMATICS

johnstone33@hotmail.com

FACULTY SUPERVISOR
Blair Spearman, MATHEMATICS

BSc (Honours) University of British Columbia

RESEARCH: number theory; congruent number elliptic curves

THESIS: Congruent Numbers and Elliptic Curves (2010)

VALENTIN KOCH
MSc, MATHEMATICS

FACULTY SUPERVISORS
Heinz Bauschke, MATHEMATICS
Yves Lucet, COMPUTER SCIENCE

BSc University of British Columbia

RESEARCH: optimization; projection algorithems; convex analysis

THESIS: Optimizing earthwork block removal in road construction (2010)

GREG RIX
MSc, INTERDISCIPLINARY
GRADUATE STUDIES

greg_rix@hotmail.com

FACULTY SUPERVISOR
Donovan Hare, MATHEMATICS

BSc University of British Columbia

RESEARCH: graph theory; combinatorial optimization

WEBSITE

THESIS: Hypercube Coloring and the Structure of Binary Codes (2008)

JASON SCHAAD
MSc student, MATHEMATICS

jschaad@gmail.com

FACULTY SUPERVISOR
Heinz Bauschke, MATHEMATICS

BSc (Distinction) University of British Columbia
MA (Leadership & Administration) Gonzaga University

RESEARCH: projection methods; convex analysis; optimization

THESIS: Modeling the 8-Queens Problem and Sudoku Using an Algorithm Based on Projections Onto Nonconvex Sets (2010)

LIANGJIN YAO
PhD, MATHEMATICS

yao_liangjin@hotmail.com
ASC 302

FACULTY SUPERVISORS
Heinz Bauschke and Shawn Wang, MATHEMATICS

MSc Yunnan University, China
MSc University of British Columbia

WEBSITE

RESEARCH: monotone operators; convex analysis; optimization