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Welcome

From abstract problems in algebra, analysis, and geometry to the design of efficient algorithms and computational simulations in scientific computing and mathematical biology, our department has an active and broadly based research faculty working in diverse areas of mathematics and its applications. More >

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  • Research Areas

Our students and faculty are actively engaged in projects in many of these research areas. The students are not limited to these areas and the faculty encourage graduate students to contact them to discuss their ideas. More>

 

Seminars and Colloquia

During the academic year we hold a weekly department colloquium and a number of research seminars. Once a year the Department holds the Edmund R. Michalik Distinguished Lecture in the Mathematical Sciences.
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Open Faculty Positions

Representation Theory/Algebraic Geometry/Number Theory/Combinatorics

Topology/Geometry

Scientific Computing/Numerical Analysis

Non-Tenure Stream Positions in Mathematics

CBSG Post-Doctoral Position
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News and Events

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April 26, 2009
ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT CONVOCATION
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February 2009
Please join us in congratulating Math Assistant Professor Brent Doiron on receiving 2009 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship.

December 2008
Departmental Faculty Member Prof. Gunduz Caginalp featured in Science Magazine article about the economic crisis More>

December 2008
An article written by Pitt Math Professor Thomas Hales is featured in the special Formal Proofs issue of Notices of the AMS More>

June, 2008
Beloved math professor, Jacob Burbea died June 3, 2008, at UPMC Shadyside of complications from lung disease. He was 66. More>