{"id":74,"date":"2014-03-12T11:35:17","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T16:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/edsaff\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2014-03-12T11:35:17","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T16:35:17","slug":"research-grants-and-contracts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/edsaff\/research-grants-and-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Grants and Contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FULBRIGHT GRANT (1968-1969), Postdoctoral Researcher, Imperial College, London, England<\/p>\n<p>UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA RELEASE-TIME GRANT (1970), Rational Approximation (Research).<\/p>\n<p>NATO TRAVEL GRANT (1972), Conference on Pade\u201a Approximants, University of Kent, England<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RESEARCH GRANT (1970-1972), Best Approximation by Rational Functions.<\/p>\n<p>AIR FORCE RESEARCH GRANT (AFOSR) (1973-1974), Approximation by Rational Functions and their Aerospace Applications.<\/p>\n<p>AIR FORCE RESEARCH GRANT (AFOSR) (1974-1979), Numerical Methods for Problems on Environmental Effects in Aerospace Vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>ARMY CONFERENCE GRANT (DAAG29) (1976-1977), Rational Approximation with Emphasis on Application of Pade Approximants.<\/p>\n<p>AIR FORCE CONFERENCE GRANT (AFOSR) (1976-1977) Rational Approximation with Emphasis on Applications of Pade\u201a Approximants.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL TRAVEL GRANT (to attend International Congress Mathematics, Helsinki, Finland)(1978).<\/p>\n<p>GUGGENHEIM FELLOW (1978), Studies in Numerical Analysis and Approximation Theory.<\/p>\n<p>AIR FORCE RESEARCH GRANT (AFOSR) (1979-1980) Investigations in Improved  Iterative Methods for Solving Sparse Systems of Linear Equations.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RESEARCH GRANT (1980-1982) Polynomial and  Rational Functions: Approximation, Interpolation and Critical Points.<\/p>\n<p>SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH COUNCIL OF GREAT BRITAIN VISITING RESEARCHER GRANT (1983), University of Kent.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RESEARCH GRANT (1982-1984) Problems in Constructive Function Theory.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION CONFERENCE GRANT (1983-1984) U.S.-UK Conference on Pade aand Rational Approximation2.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RESEARCH GRANT (1984-1987) Some Problems in Approximation Theory.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH GRANT (1985-1987), U.S.  &#8211; United Kingdom Cooperative Science: Rational Approximations.<\/p>\n<p>USF PRESIDENT&#8217;S COUNCIL AWARD (with K. Pothoven) (1985-1986), Institute for Constructive Mathematics.<\/p>\n<p>USF PRESIDENT&#8217;S COUNCIL AWARD (with K. Pothoven) (1986-1987), Chinese Faculty Exchange Program in Mathematics.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RESEARCH GRANT (1987-1989), Orthogonal Polynomials, Weighted Approximation, and Zero Distribution.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH GRANT (1987-1990),  U.S.- United Kingdom Cooperative Science: Vector-Valued Rational  Interpolants.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RESEARCH GRANT (May 1988 &#8211; February 1992),  Special Functions and Orthogonal Expansions with Applications to  Nonlinear Dynamics and Quantum Mechanics , (with M. Ismail).<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION CONFERENCE GRANT (February 1989 &#8211; October  1989), U.S.-Chile Conference on Computational Methods and Function  Theory.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RESEARCH\/CONFERENCE GRANT (August 1989 &#8211;  July 1990), Special Year in Approximation Theory (with M. Ismail).<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RESEARCH GRANT (September 1, 1989 &#8211; August  31, 1991), Mathematical Sciences: Projects in Classical Analysis (with  M. Ismail).<\/p>\n<p>FLORIDA HIGH TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRY RESEARCH GRANT (with J. Liang  and R. Oberste-Vorth), Applications of Fractal Based Image Processing ,  (January 1990 &#8211; October 1991).<\/p>\n<p>SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH COUNCIL OF GREAT BRITAIN, Conformal  Mapping and Bieberbach Polynomials , (Summer Research Grant 1990).<\/p>\n<p>MARTIN MARIETTA CORP. RESEARCH GRANT (with J. Liang, J. P. Pedersen, and  R. Oberste-Vorth), Applications of Fractal Based Image Processing &#8211;  Industry Support , (September 1, 1990 &#8211; October 1, 1991).<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS GRANT &#8211; U.S.-USSR  Workshop on Approximation Theoretic Methods in Complex Analysis and  Mathematical Physics , (March 1, 1991 &#8211; February 28, 1993).<\/p>\n<p>FLORIDA POWER &amp; LIGHT COMPANY &#8211; Gift for research by Institute for Constructive Mathematics, (February 1992).<\/p>\n<p>NATO COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAMME (April 30, 1991 &#8211; April 29,  1993) &#8220;Numerical Methods in Conformal Mapping and Potential Theory&#8221;  (with N. Papamichael, Brunel Univ., England).<\/p>\n<p>HERCULES DEFENSE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS RESEARCH GRANT &#8211; (with J.F.  Pedersen), Wavelet Based Algorithms , February 1, 1992 &#8211; December 1,  1992.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANT &#8211; (with M. E. Ismail and V. Totik),  Approximation Theory and Special Functions , September 1, 1992 &#8211; August  31, 1993.<\/p>\n<p>NATO COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAMME &#8211; (with N. Papamichael,  Brunel Univ., England), &#8220;Numerical Methods in Conformal Mapping and  Potential Theory&#8221;, April 30, 1991 &#8211; April 29, 1993.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANT &#8211; &#8220;Fekete Points For the Sphere &#8211; Graduate Student Support&#8221;, May 20, 1993 &#8211; August 31, 1994.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANT &#8211; (with M.E. Ismail and V. Totik),  &#8220;Approximation Theory and Special Functions,&#8221; September 1, 1993 &#8211; August  31, 1994.<\/p>\n<p>HERCULES DEFENSE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS RESEARCH GRANT &#8211; (with J.F.  Pedersen), &#8220;Neural Network Discriminator,&#8221; June 8, 1993 &#8211; August 31,  1993.<\/p>\n<p>HERCULES DEFENSE ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS RESEARCH GRANT &#8211; (with J.F.  Pedersen), &#8220;Signature Data Discriminator Analysis,&#8221; June 21, 1993 &#8211;  August 31, 1994.<\/p>\n<p>UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS RESEARCH GRANT &#8211; (with N. Papamichael, A.  Karageorghis and N.S. Stylianopoulos), &#8220;Numerical Methods in Conformal  Mapping and Potential Theory,&#8221; September 1, 1993 &#8211; August 1994.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANT &#8211; (with M. E. Ishmail and V. Totik),  &#8220;Approximation Theory and Special Functions&#8221;, September 1, 1994 &#8211; August  31, 1995.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH (NATIONAL SCIENCE  FOUNDATION-INRIA) -GRANT (with B. Shekhtman and V. Totik), &#8211; &#8220;Systems  Theory and Approximation Theory,&#8221;<br \/>\nOct 1995 &#8211; September, 1998.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANT (with E. A. Rakhmanov), &#8211; Minimal  Discrete Energy Problems and Approximation Theory&#8221;, May 1995 &#8211; April  1998.<\/p>\n<p>UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS RESEARCH GRANT &#8211; (with N. Papamichael, A.  Karageorghis and N. S. Stylianopoulos), &#8220;Numerical Methods in Conformal  Mapping and Potential Theory&#8221;, September 1, 1995 &#8211; August 1996<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION CONFERENCE GRANT &#8211; &#8220;Computational Methods  and Function Theory &#8217;97&#8221;, August 15, 1997 &#8211; January 1, 1998.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH (NATIONAL SCIENCE  FOUNDATION-INRIA) -GRANT (with You. Y and Totik, V) &#8211; &#8220;Approximation  Theory and Systems&#8221; August 1998 &#8211; July 2001.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANT (with E. A. Rakhmanov), &#8211; &#8221; Extremal  Problems, Orthogonal Polynomials and Approximation Theory&#8221;, June 1998 &#8211;  May 2001.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RESEARCH GRANT &#8220;Discrete and Continuous  Extremal Problems in Approximation Theory&#8221; July 1, 2001 &#8211; June 30, 2004.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION CONFERENCE GRANT &#8220;Computational Methods and  Function Theory Conference, 2001&#8221; April 1, 2001 &#8211; March 31, 2002.<\/p>\n<p>DARPA Research Grant &#8220;New Methods in High-Resolution Global and Local  Gravity Field Modeling&#8221; (with L. Schumaker and M. Neamtu) Sept 2002 &#8211;  August 2003<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Grant &#8220;Computational Equipment for  Approximation Theory, Control Theory, Graph Theory&#8221; (with D. Hardin, M.  Ellingham, L. Schumaker, and M. Horn)<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Grant &#8220;Computational Methods and Function Theory Conference 2005&#8221; March 2005 &#8211; February 2006.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Grant &#8220;Minimal Energy Problems on Manifolds&#8221; (with D. Hardin) June 2005 &#8211; May 2006.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Grant &#8220;International Research Experiences  for Graduate Students: Vanderbilt University Department of Mathematics  and INRIA &#8211; Sophia Antipolis&#8221; (with M. Mihalik and M. Horn) December  2003 &#8211; November 2006.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Grant &#8220;Discrete Minimal Energy Configurations and Related Problems&#8221; August 2006 &#8211; June 2009<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Grant &#8220;Discrete Potential Theory and  Perturbations of Ground State Configurations&#8221; August 2008 &#8211; July 2011<br \/>\nNATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Grant &#8220;Computational Methods &amp; Functions  Theory Conference&#8221; (Ankara, Turkey) June 2009 &#8211; May 2010<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Grant &#8220;CMG Collaborative Research: Imaging  Magnetization Distributions in Geological Samplings&#8221; (Co-PI D. Hardin)  September 2009 &#8211; August 2012<\/p>\n<p>AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL &#8220;Innovations in Spherical Approximation &#8211;  Construction, Analysis and Applications&#8221; (co-PI with I. Sloan and H.  Wendland) 2009-2013<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION &#8220;Optimal Configurations on Spheres and Manifolds Conference&#8221;, (co-PI), March 2010-February 2011<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RESEARCH GRANT &#8220;Optimal Weighted and  Constrained Energy Configurations and Applications,&#8221; (co-PI) September  2011 &#8211; August 2014<\/p>\n<p>AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL DISCOVERY PROJECT AWARD &#8220;Mathematics in the  round &#8211; the challenge of computational analysis on spheres&#8221; (co-PI)  January 2012 &#8211; December 2014<\/p>\n<p>VANDERBILT INTERNATIONAL OFFICE \u201cSome algorithmic properties of  eigenvalues and zeros on the sphere\u201c (PI), January 2012 &#8211; December 2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FULBRIGHT GRANT (1968-1969), Postdoctoral Researcher, Imperial College, London, England UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA RELEASE-TIME GRANT (1970), Rational Approximation (Research). 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