Scholar
Melvin Leok
Google Scholar ID: OrnhuiAAAAAJ
Professor of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego
Citations & Impact
Citations
2,968
H-index
21
i10-index
50
Publications
20
Co-authors
6
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Brian Tran received the 2024 Chancellor's Dissertation Medal and other prestigious awards.
- Received the George W. and Carol A. Lattimer Faculty Research Fellowship.
- Will be giving a PIMS Distinguished Lecture in the Marsden Memorial Lecture Series.
- Received a Simons Fellowship in Mathematics from the Simons Foundation.
- Part of the newly announced TILOS Institute, funded by a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation, with Fan Chung Graham.
- Received the Newton Award for Transformative Ideas during the COVID-19 Pandemic from the Department of Defense, along with Boris Kramer.
- Co-authored a monograph titled 'Global Formulation' with N. Harris McClamroch and Taeyoung Lee.
Research Experience
- Serves as a professor at the University of California, San Diego, and is involved in multiple research projects.
Background
- Professor of Mathematics, Director of Computational Science, Mathematics and Engineering Graduate Program. Research interests include discrete geometric mechanics, information geometry, accelerated optimization, and machine learning.
