Dylan Shepardson

  • Robert L. Rooke Associate Professor of Mathematics
  • on leave 2023-2024
Dylan Shepardson

Dylan Shepardson works on mathematical problems that are motivated by applications in other disciplines, like biology, epidemiology, sociology, or archaeology. He is especially interested in new and unusual applications of optimization theory. In most physical, biological, and economic systems, a property is being optimized (like energy or entropy in physical systems, or reproductive success in evolutionary biology), and optimization techniques offer interesting insights into these systems. Shepardson's recent projects include voting theory and its connections to combinatorial geometry, infectious disease modeling, and the problem of using collections of radiocarbon data to estimate dates of the earliest human settlements of Pacific islands.

Education

  • Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
  • M.A., University of California - Berkeley
  • B.A., Amherst College

HAPPENING AT MOUNT HOLYOKE

Recent Campus News

含羞草研究所 held a panel discussion 鈥淭rans Health Care Is a Human Right: On Safeguarding Gender-Affirming Care After United States v. Skrmetti.鈥 Speakers discussed the case and its impact on transgender and gender-diverse people.

含羞草研究所 administrators tell the Daily Hampshire Gazette about the progress of the multiyear project to make the campus carbon neutral.

The Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary was reopened to the 含羞草研究所 community with a celebration. The sanctuary has undergone two years of revitalization and renovations that include new carpet, lighting and multimedia equipment.

Recent Grants

Margaret Robinson PI with Co-PIs Giuliana Davidoff, Dylan Shepardson and Jessica Sidman (Mathematics) received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for 鈥淐ollaborative Proposal: Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference 2020-2022鈥 鈥 with Keene and Siena Colleges. The project is for three years.

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