Applied Mathematics & Statistics
Colorado School of Mines
In the Applied Mathematics and Statistics Department at Mines we tie together foundational research and teaching of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Statistics, and Data Science with interdisciplinary applications in the areas of Bio, Geo, Data, and Risk.
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Welcome
Welcome to the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics!
Mathematics plays a vital role in the education of all students at Colorado School of Mines, both through the advanced training of its own majors and graduate students and through the support it provides to all the engineering and science disciplines.
The Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics takes pride in its teaching innovations, its contributions to research across campus, and in the quality of excellence in applied mathematics and statistics among its alumni.
News
Mines Mathematics Ranks #1 in Rocky Mountain Region at 86th Putnam Competition
The Colorado School of Mines has achieved its highest ranking in recent history at the 86th William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition. Finishing 43rd out of 487 universities across North America, Mines secured the top spot in the Rocky Mountain Section of the...
Research in the North: Chittumuri Continues Fulbright Work in Iceland
Isabella “Is” Chittumuri, a PhD candidate in applied mathematics and statistics, was selected for the Fulbright National Science Foundation Arctic Research Award. She is conducting an independent research project focused on assessing climate-related hazards in...
Mines Foundation Highlights Excellence
Diniz Behn, a mathematical biologist, named inaugural Joe and Jane Gray University Chair Cecilia Diniz Behn, PhD, professor in applied mathematics and statistics at Mines, has been named the inaugural Joe and Jane Gray University Chair. A university chair is the...
Jackie Simens Gant ’13, MS’15 Receives the Young Alum Award
Jackie Simens Gant ’13, MS’15, a double Mines graduate in Applied Mathematics, is the CEO of Bond Consulting Services and a leader in digital transformation for small and mid-sized businesses. With more than a decade of experience across Microsoft business...
Brandon Knutson Earns Oral Presentation at AAAI-26
Congratulations to Brandon Knutson, whose first-author paper On logical extrapolation for Mazes with Recurrent and Implicit Networks was accepted for oral presentation at AAAI-26! His work addresses the question "can certain kinds of neural networks really learn an...
