Faculty

Daniel Jerison studies probability theory. He is interested in the properties of random objects, such as random planar maps and abelian sand piles, and in the convergence of Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms.

Cody Carroll is an assistant professor with joint appointments in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and the Master's in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence program (MS-DSAI). He holds a PhD and MS in Statistics from the University of California, Davis and a BS in mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin. His methodological research interests focus on functional and longitudinal data, particularly in the context of human growth and aging, and his interdisciplinary work...

Stephen Devlin is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and the Master’s in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence program (MS-DSAI). He has also served as department chair and director of the undergraduate data science program. Stephen has a bachelor’s degree from Manhattan College in New York, and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Maryland. He was a C.L.E. Moore Instructor at MIT before moving to the University of San Francisco. His research interests...

Daniel is the director of the Bachelors of Science in Data Science program. Daniel's research interests are in large-scale optimization modeling and algorithms. His postdoctoral research in the UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology focused on applications of optimization in radiation therapy, medical imaging, and machine learning.

James is Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and an American Statistical Association PSTAT accredited statistician. He is passionate about statistical and data science research and education and strives to make the tools and techniques for data-driven decision making understandable and accessible for his students, collaborators, and industry partners. As an educator, James shows students how to critically think about data and analyses, rather than just running the most...

For Professor Damon, teaching math is a second career; before teaching she worked in the finance industry as a bond fund manager. In her spare time she likes working math problems, jogging, hiking, reading, and baking sourdough bread.