Student Supervision

I have been fortunate to work with many wonderful undergraduate and graduate students on research projects.
Here is a list of my current and former students.
Current Students


Kelvin Kan
Degree: PhD Department of Mathematics , Emory University
Graduation Date: Expected May, 2023
Thesis Title:


Ariana Brown
Degree: PhD Department of Mathematics , Emory University
Graduation Date: Expected May, 2025
Thesis Title:


Former PhD Students


Chang Meng
Degree: PhD Department of Mathematics , Emory University
Graduation Date: May, 2022
Thesis Title: Large Scale Inverse Problems: Low-Rank Approximations and Optimization
Current Position: Wells Fargo Bank


Blair Rossetti
Degree: PhD Department of Computer Science , Emory University
Graduation Date: August, 2019
Thesis Title: Bioimage Informatics in the Big Data Era: Algorithms for High-Dimensional Spectral, Volumetric, and Temporal Image Processing
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Oberlin College


Yunyi Hu
Degree: PhD Department of Mathematics , Emory University
Graduation Date: May, 2019
Thesis Title: Matrix Computations and Optimization for Spectral Computed Tomography
Current Position: Wells Fargo Bank


Clarissa Garvey
Degree: Ph.D. Department of Computer Science , Emory University
Graduation Date: May, 2018
Thesis Title: Truncated Singular Value Decomposition Approximation for Structured Matrices via Kronecker Product Summation Decomposition
Current Position: Software Engineer, Google


James Herring
Degree: Ph.D. Department of Mathematics , Emory University
Graduation Date: May, 2018
Thesis Title: Efficient Solvers for Nonlinear Problems in Imaging
Current Position: Scientific Researcher at Numerica Corporation


Sebastian Berisha
Degree: Ph.D. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science , Emory University
Graduation Date: August, 2014
Thesis Title: Inverse Problems in Hyperspectral Imaging
Current Position: Postdoc, Unviersity of Pennsylvania

Qing Chu
Degree: Ph.D. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science , Emory University
Graduation Date: August, 2013
Thesis Title: Mathematical Models and Numerical Methods for Wavefront Reconstruction
Current Position: Highmark Health

Veronica Mejia-Bustamante
Degree: Ph.D. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science , Emory University
Graduation Date: May, 2013
Thesis Title: Iterative Polyenergetic Digital Tomosynthesis Reconstructions for Breast Cancer Screening
Current Position: Financial Analytics, JP Morgan Chase

Sarah Knepper
Degree: Ph.D. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science , Emory University
Graduation Date: August, 2011
Thesis Title: Large-Scale Inverse Problems in Imaging: Two Case Studies
Current Position: Staff Scientist, MKL Group, Intel

Ying-Wai (Daniel) Fan
Degree: Ph.D. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science , Emory University
Graduation Date: August, 2010
Thesis Title: Practical Image Deblurring: with Synthetic Boundary Conditions, with GPUs, and with Multiple Frames
Current Position: Software Engineer, Google, Mountain View, CA

Piotr Wendykier
Degree: Ph.D. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science , Emory University
Graduation Date: December, 2009
Thesis Title: High Performance Java Software for Image Processing
Current Position: Research Staff Member, Wolfram Research, Champaign, IL

Julianne Chung
Degree: Ph.D. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science , Emory University
Graduation Date: May, 2009
Thesis Title: Numerical Approaches for Large-Scale Ill-Posed Inverse Problems
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Emory University

Lisa Perrone
Degree: Ph.D., Department of Mathematics and Computer Science , Emory University
Graduation Date: May, 2004
Dissertation Title: Kronecker Products in Image Restoration
Current Position: DDS, Honolulu, HI

Katrina Palmer
Degree: Ph.D., Department of Mathematics and Computer Science , Emory University
Graduation Date: May, 2004
Dissertation Title: Regularization of Quasi-Newton Methods Applied to Image Restoration
Current Position: Associate Professor, Appalachian State University

Julie L. Kamm
Degree: Ph.D., Department of Mathematics , Southern Methodist University
Graduation Date: May 16, 1998
Dissertation Title: Singular Value Decomposition-Based Methods for Signal and Image Processing (get compressed postscript file)
Current Position: Software Engineer, Raytheon Systems, Dallas, TX

Daniel Dementiev
Degree: Ph.D., Department of Mathematics and Computer Science , Emory University
Graduation Date: ABD
Dissertation Title: Bound Constrained Regularization of Large-Scale Ill-Posed Problems
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Marshall University



Former Undergraduate Honors Students


Raul Platero
Degree: B.S. (Highest Honors) Department of Mathematics and Computer Science , Emory University
Graduation Date: May, 2017
Thesis Title: Updating QR Factorization for Kronecker Products

Hanyong Wu
Degree: B.S. (High Honors) Department of Mathematics and Computer Science , Emory University
Graduation Date: May, 2017
Thesis Title: Generalized Cross Validation for Ill-Posed Inverse Problems

Chang Meng
Degree: B.S. (Highest Honors) Department of Mathematics and Computer Science , Emory University
Graduation Date: May, 2016
Thesis Title: SVD Approximations of Large Scale Inverse Problems

Lu Lin
Degree: B.S. (Highest Honors) Department of Mathematics and Computer Science , Emory University
Graduation Date: May, 2016
Thesis Title: Nonnegative and Volume Constrained Image Deblurring

Sid Raju
Degree: B.S. (Highest Honors) Department of Mathematics and Computer Science , Emory University
Graduation Date: May, 2016
Thesis Title: Determination of Order in Desmosomes and Resolution of Mechanisms of Pemphigus Vulgaris

Hanqiu Xia
Degree: B.S. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science , Emory University
Graduation Date: May, 2015
Thesis Title: Pricing Multi-asset Path-dependent Options Through Monte Carlo Simulations

Chen (Cool) Cheng
Degree: B.S. (Highest Honors), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science , Emory University
Graduation Date: May, 2013
Thesis Title: Gradient Descent Methods for Large-Scale Linear Inverse Problems

James Nance
Degree: B.S. (Highest Honors), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science , Emory University
Graduation Date: May, 2011
Thesis Title: Spatial Optimization of 4-Poster Feeders for Tick-Borne Disease Management

James Herring
Degree: B.S. (High Honors), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science , Emory University
Graduation Date: May, 2010
Thesis Title: The Effects of Projection on Iterative Methods in Image Deblurring

Julianne Chung
Degree: B.A. (Highest Honors), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science , Emory University
Graduation Date: May, 2004
Thesis Title: Filtering Methods for Image Restoration

Ryan Wright
Degree: M.S., B.S. (Highest Honors), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science , Emory University
Graduation Date: May, 2002
Thesis Title: A Matlab Object-Oriented Approach to Kronecker Product Approximation in Image Restoration

Sharriah Sulaiman
Degree: M.S., B.S. (Highest Honors), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science , Emory University
Graduation Date: May, 2001
Thesis Title: Java Tools for Image Restoration



Former MS Students


Kiandra Johnson
Degree: M.S., Department of Mathematics and Computer Science , Emory University
Graduation Date: August, 2005
Thesis Title: Principal Component Analysis and Face Recognition