A Selection of Awards and Honors over the years.
1. (2005-2006). New Directions Research Professorship (only awarded to two people worldwide during the academic year (2005-2006)), Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), University of Minnesota, USA.
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2. (2010-2013). National Flagship "Computational Research Initiative in Imaging and Remote Sensing", South African Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC), South Africa. $318,709.83. See announcement.
3. (2014-2017). Team member Nevada Mathematics Project: Collaborative Statewide mathematics initiative to improve K3-K12 mathematics instruction and student achievement. Nevada Mathematics Project featured in NSF 2019 sponsored STEM for ALL video show case, State of Nevada, USA. $300.000.
4. (2018). IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Recognition and Service award.
5. (2005-2008). United Kingdom Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, (EPSRC) Fellow.
6. (Summer 2007). United States Air Force Office of Research Summer Fellow.
7. (1996-1997). Freda Lawenski Fund for Academic Excellence Award.
8. (1996-1997). Rosterholtz Memorial Scholar.
9. (1995-1997) Foundation for Research and Development Post Doctorial Fellow.
10. (2010-2011) American Mathematical Society Committee of Committees.
11. (2008-2009) American Mathematical Society Research Communities Advisory Board.
12. 2009 IEEE Geosciences and Remote Sensing Symposium, Best paper award with Michael Sears ``Reducing the dimensionality of hyperspectral data using diffusion maps".
1. (2005-2006). New Directions Research Professorship (only awarded to two people worldwide during the academic year (2005-2006)), Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), University of Minnesota, USA.
Page 1 (Georgia Southern Newsroom), Page 2 (Georgia Southern Newsroom).
2. (2010-2013). National Flagship "Computational Research Initiative in Imaging and Remote Sensing", South African Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC), South Africa. $318,709.83. See announcement.
3. (2014-2017). Team member Nevada Mathematics Project: Collaborative Statewide mathematics initiative to improve K3-K12 mathematics instruction and student achievement. Nevada Mathematics Project featured in NSF 2019 sponsored STEM for ALL video show case, State of Nevada, USA. $300.000.
4. (2018). IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Recognition and Service award.
5. (2005-2008). United Kingdom Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, (EPSRC) Fellow.
6. (Summer 2007). United States Air Force Office of Research Summer Fellow.
7. (1996-1997). Freda Lawenski Fund for Academic Excellence Award.
8. (1996-1997). Rosterholtz Memorial Scholar.
9. (1995-1997) Foundation for Research and Development Post Doctorial Fellow.
10. (2010-2011) American Mathematical Society Committee of Committees.
11. (2008-2009) American Mathematical Society Research Communities Advisory Board.
12. 2009 IEEE Geosciences and Remote Sensing Symposium, Best paper award with Michael Sears ``Reducing the dimensionality of hyperspectral data using diffusion maps".