| Rensselaer Names Renowned Mathematician as Margaret A. Darrin Distinguished Professor in Applied Mathematics
Jong-Shi Pang has joined Rensselaer as the Margaret A. Darrin Distinguished Professor in Applied Mathematics.
 In August 2003, Pang received the prestigious George B. Dantzig Prize, the world’s top prize in the area of mathematical programming. The prize is awarded once every three years and is issued jointly by the Mathematical Programming Society and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
The overarching focus of Pang’s education and research has been in the field of optimization and equilibrium programming. This branch of applied and computational mathematics develops mathematical models and computational tools that can be used to determine the best allocation of limited resources in a variety of applications. This research applies to decisions in finance and business, and for the study of a host of non-smooth phenomena that arise from engineering and science, such as a bouncing ball hitting the floor and changing direction. “These decision-making models are enormously useful for management as well as engineering applications,” says Pang.
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The overarching focus of Pang’s education and research has been in the field of optimization and equilibrium programming. This branch of applied and computational mathematics develops mathematical models and computational tools that can be used to determine the best allocation of limited resources in a variety of applications.
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In addition to continuing his own research program, Pang says he looks forward to sharing his expertise in optimization and, more generally, in applied mathematics, with colleagues in the computer science and engineering departments at Rensselaer. “My goal is to work with as many scientists and engineers here as possible,” says Pang, “while, of course, continuing to advise undergraduate and graduate students and supervise doctoral dissertations.”
Pang comes to Rensselaer from the Johns Hopkins University, where he served as professor of mathematical sciences since 1987. Between 1999 and 2002, Pang also served as a program director in the Division of Mathematical Sciences at the National Science Foundation in Washington, D.C., where he reviewed mathematical programs and made recommendations regarding funding opportunities for mathematical research projects.
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