Mathematics Content / Mathematics Content for ٺƵ en What Makes Math Real? /curiosity/blog/what-makes-math-real <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>For ٺƵ philosopher, Elaine Landry, thought experiments like ‘if a tree falls in the forest, will it make a noise?’ is one way to conceptualize how mathematicians and physicists think when they solve problems.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> March 15, 2024 - 10:30am Jamie Sara Gelfond /curiosity/blog/what-makes-math-real Using Machine Learning to Detect Coronavirus Threats /blog/using-machine-learning-detect-coronavirus-threats <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>An artificial intelligence model has successfully identified coronaviruses capable of infecting humans, out of the thousands of viruses that circulate in wild animals. The model, developed by a team of biologists, mathematicians and physicists at the University of California, Davis, could be used in surveillance for new pandemic threats. The work was published June 8 in <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-35861-7">Scientific Reports</a>.&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> July 25, 2023 - 3:17pm Andy Fell /blog/using-machine-learning-detect-coronavirus-threats New Ways to Understand Collective Behavior /blog/new-ways-understand-collective-behavior <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>When a flock of birds or a school of fish turn and act as one, they are exhibiting collective behavior. The same kind of behavior can be seen in something as simple as a group of cancer cells. Understanding how individuals can spontaneously act together in this way can give insights into biology from animal behavior to disease processes, as well as into phenomena such as traffic patterns. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> February 10, 2022 - 2:26pm Andy Fell /blog/new-ways-understand-collective-behavior Sloan Fellowships for ٺƵ Mathematician, Neuroscientist /news/sloan-fellowships-uc-davis-mathematician-neuroscientist <p>Two faculty members at the University of California, Davis, have been named as 2021 Sloan Research Fellows by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Considered one of the most prestigious fellowships given to young researchers, the Sloan fellowship includes $75,000 over two years to support the fellow’s research.</p> February 16, 2021 - 1:30pm Andy Fell /news/sloan-fellowships-uc-davis-mathematician-neuroscientist Sloan Fellowship, NSF CAREER Award for Mathematician /news/sloan-fellowship-nsf-career-award-mathematician <p>Mathematics, College of Letters and Science, Laurels, Awards, Honors, NSF CAREER Award</p> February 12, 2020 - 11:21am Andy Fell /news/sloan-fellowship-nsf-career-award-mathematician C-STEM Schools Robotics Competition is Saturday /news/c-stem-schools-robotics-competition-saturday <p>About 700 elementary, middle and high school students from schools across California will show off their skills in robotics and programming this Saturday, May 18 at the 2019 C-STEM Center RoboPlay Challenge Competition. The competition runs all day in the ARC Pavilion on the ٺƵ campus and at University High School in Irvine.</p> May 15, 2019 - 10:48am Andy Fell /news/c-stem-schools-robotics-competition-saturday Exotic Synchronization Patterns Emerge in a Simple Network /curiosity/news/exotic-synchronization-patterns-emerge-simple-network-1 <p>From the power grid to the PTA, society relies on networks connected to other networks at scales from across the office to around the world. Understanding how connected networks behave and how breakdowns can be identified, prevented or repaired involves mathematics, engineering and physics.</p> March 07, 2019 - 1:13pm Andy Fell /curiosity/news/exotic-synchronization-patterns-emerge-simple-network-1 Doing Without Dark Energy /news/doing-without-dark-energy <p>Three mathematicians have a different explanation for the accelerating expansion of the universe that does without theories of “dark energy.” Einstein’s original equations for General Relativity actually predict cosmic acceleration due to an “instability,” they argue in paper published recently in <em><a href="http://rspa.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/473/2207/20160887">Proceedings of the Royal Society A</a></em>.</p> December 13, 2017 - 3:38pm Andy Fell /news/doing-without-dark-energy Knotty Problems in DNA /news/knotty-problems-dna <p>If you’ve ever tried to untangle a pair of earbuds, you’ll understand how loops and cords can get twisted up. DNA can get tangled in the same way, and in some cases, has to be cut and reconnected to resolve the knots. Now a team of mathematicians, biologists and computer scientists has unraveled how E. coli bacteria can unlink tangled DNA by a local reconnection process. The math behind the research, recently published in <em>Scientific Reports</em>, could have implications far beyond biology.</p> October 04, 2017 - 2:14pm Andy Fell /news/knotty-problems-dna C-STEM Day Is May 20 /news/c-stem-day-may-20 <p>The seventh annual <a href="http://c-stem.ucdavis.edu/c-stem-day/overview/2017-c-stem-day/">C-STEM Day and RoboPlay Competition</a> will take place at ٺƵ and in Orange County on Saturday, May 20. Elementary, middle&nbsp;and high school students who have been taking classes developed by the&nbsp;<a href="http://cstem.ucdavis.edu">ٺƵ Center for Integrated Computing and STEM Education</a>&nbsp;over the past year will gather to show off their skills in robotics, programming and math.&nbsp;</p> May 15, 2017 - 3:59pm Andy Fell /news/c-stem-day-may-20