University of South Carolina
Participants: Ron DeVore, University of South Carolina scientific lead; Robert Sharpley; Peter Binev
Website: http://www.math.sc.edu/~devore/
E-mail: devore@math.sc.edu
Ronald DeVore earned his B.S. from Eastern Michigan University in 1964 and his Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 1967. He has been a professor at the University of South Carolina since 1977, and the Robert L. Sumwalt Professor since 1986. He founded the Industrial Mathematics Institute in 1999 and served as its director until 2005. He has been the recipient of several awards and fellowships, including the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award in 2002.
Website: http://www.math.sc.edu/~sharpley/
Email: sharpley@math.sc.edu
Bob Sharpley is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of South Carolina working in pure and applied mathematics. Research areas include harmonic analysis, approximation theory, multiresolution analysis, signal and image processing, numerical analysis, visualization, and autonomous navigation. Professor Sharpley has served as PI on research projects supported by NSF, DOD (ARO,AFOSR,ONR), NASA, and DOE as well as several industrial tech transfer grants.
Website: http://www.math.sc.edu/~binev/
Email: binev@math.sc.edu
Peter Binev received a Ph. D. degree from University of Sofia, Bulgaria with a dissertation in spline approximation. Dr. Binev has developed the Masters Program in Computer Graphics at the University of Sofia and has been thesis advisor to more than 40 students, both in Mathematics and Computer Science. Dr. Binev joined the Industrial Mathematics Institute at the University of South Carolina in 2000. His main research interests are in the areas of Nonlinear Approximation Theory, Numerical Methods for PDEs, Surface and Image Processing, Learning Theory, and Multiresolution Analysis.
