



Robert C. Sharpley
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Interim Director
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Education
| Ph.D. | Mathematics | University of Texas | 1972 |
| M.A. | Mathematics | University of Texas | 1969 |
| B.A. | Mathematics | University of Texas | 1968 |
Experience
| 2010 – Present | Interim Director | Center for Research Computing & Cyberinfrastructure, Univ. of South Carolina |
| 2009 – Present | Distinguished Professor Emeritus | University of South Carolina |
| 2009 – Present | Research Professor | Interdisciplinary Mathematics Institute |
| 2007 – 2009 | Director | Interdisciplinary Mathematics Institute |
| 1983 – 2008 | Professor | Department of Mathematics, Univ. of South Carolina |
| 1978 – 1983 | Associate Professor | Department of Mathematics, Univ. of South Carolina |
| 1976 – 1978 | Assistant Professor | Department of Mathematics, Univ. of South Carolina |
| 1972 – 1976 | Assistant Professor | Oakland University |
Research
Research Interests
Classical Analysis and its applications. Research interests include Fourier analysis, approximation theory, multiresolution analysis, signal and image processing, numerical analysis, computational mathematics, and visualization.
Current Projects
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Army Research Office: " Model Classes, Approximation, and Metrics for Dynamic Processing of Urban Terrain Data," 2007-2013.
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National Science Foundation: "Collaborative Research: An ATD Proposal: Fast Point Cloud Surface Reconstruction Algorithms," with Texas A&M, 2009-2013.
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National Science Foundation and Office of Research, USC "Collaborative Research: An EPSCoR Desktop to Teragrid Ecosystem", with states of South Carolina and Tennessee, 2009-2013.
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Teaching Activities
Previous Courses
- MATH 141 and 141H - Calculus I
- MATH 142 and 142H - Calculus II
- MATH 241 and 241H- Vector Calculus
- MATH 242 and 242H- Elementary Differential Equations
- MATH 399 - Independent Study
- MATH 499 - Undergraduate Research
- MATH 511 - Probability
- MATH 520 and 520H- Ordinary Differential Equations
- MATH 521 - Boundary Value Problems and Partial Differential Equations
- MATH 522 - Wavelets
- MATH 524 - Nonlinear Optimization
- MATH 526 and 526H- Numerical Linear Algebra
- MATH 527 - Numerical Analysis
- MATH 531 - Foundations of Geometry
- MATH 532 - Modern Geometry
- MATH 550 - Vector Analysis
- MATH 552 - Applied Complex Variables
- MATH 554 and 554H - Analysis I
- MATH 555 and 555H - Analysis II
- MATH 599 - Topics in Mathematics
- MATH 703 - Analysis I
- MATH 704 - Analysis II
- MATH 705 - Analysis III
- MATH 720 - Applied Mathematics I
- MATH 721 - Applied Mathematics II
- MATH 722 - Numerical Optimization
- MATH 723 - Differential Equations
- MATH 724 - Differential Equations II
- MATH 725 - Approximation Theory
- MATH 726 - Numerical Differential Equations I
- MATH 727 - Numerical Differential Equations II
- MATH 728 - Selected Topics in Applied Mathematics
- MATH 750 - Fourier Analysis
- MATH 751 - The Mathematical Theory of Wavelets
- MATH 752 - Complex Analysis
- MATH 755 - Applied Functional Analysis
- MATH 756 - Functional Analysis I
- MATH 757 - Functional Analysis II
- MATH 758 - Selected Topics in Analysis
- MATH 798 - Directed Readings and Research
- MATH 799 - Thesis Preparation|
- MATH 899 - Dissertation Preparation
- Also taught Math 100, Math 115, Math 174, Math 374, Math 546, Math 547, CSCE 350, and STAT 509 at other universities.
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Selected Publications
- Binev, P., Dahmen, W., DeVore, R., Lamby, P., Savu, D. and Sharpley, R., “Compressed Sensing and Electron Microscopy”, Chapter in Imaging at the Edge-Nanoscale Imaging in Electron Microscopy, P. Binev, W. Dahmen, T. Vogt (eds), Springer, 2012.
- Vatchev, V. and Sharpley, R., Decomposition of functions into pairs of intrinsic mode functions, Proc. Royal Soc. Series A 464 (2008), 2265–2280.
- Prazenica, R.J., Kurdila, A.J., Sharpley, R., and Evers, J., “Multiresolution and Adaptive Path Planning for Maneuver of Micro-Air-Vehicles in Urban Environments,” invited paper in the special session on Vision-Based Control, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, San Francisco, CA, August 2005.
- Bennett, C., DeVore, R. and Sharpley, R., Weak-L^{\infty} and BMO, Annals of Math. 113 (1981), 601–611.
- C. Bennett and R.C. Sharpley, “Interpolation of Operators”, Academic Press, New York, 1988, 469 pp.
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IMI Preprints and Seminars
Go to the list of 11 preprints and 2 seminars by Robert C. Sharpley.BACK TO TOP


