For the third consecutive year, Rice University’s Department of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research welcomed participants to the Research Training Group (RTG) Workshop for Numerical Mathematics and Scientific Computing (NASC).
The workshop is the flagship event of a five-year, $2.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), which supports training and research for undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows in numerical mathematics and scientific computing. This year’s program included more than 30 presentations delivered in 20-minute talks.
“The RTG workshop is designed to help students and postdocs strengthen their presentation skills while also building connections with their peers,” said Beatrice Riviere, principal investigator and Noah Harding Chair and professor of computational applied mathematics and operations research.
The event drew an interdisciplinary mix of researchers, with participants from Rice, peer institutions across the country, and faculty collaborators from MD Anderson and the Baylor College of Medicine. Presentations showcased mathematical modeling and computational approaches to real-world challenges, spanning areas from biomedical applications to flood mitigation strategies.
The workshop was held on October 3 - 4, 2025, in the O’Connor Building for Engineering and Science on the Rice campus. Riviere’s co-principal investigators include Thomas Anderson and Lu Zhang, assistant professors in the Department of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research, and Matthias Heinkenschloss, Noah Harding Chair and professor of computational applied mathematics and operations research.