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Amanda Landi

Amanda Landi, faculty member in Mathematics.

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Contact

Hall College Center

Academic Program Affiliation(s)

Science, Mathematics, and Computing, Mathematics

Areas of Specialization

  • Mathematical optimization and scientific computing
  • Applied linear algebra

Interests

Research Interest: pattern recognition, online learning, prediction

Other Interests: Good posture, reading the classics, and mismatched socks

Biography

PhD in applied mathematics, North Carolina State University
BA in English, North Carolina Wesleyan College

Dr. Landi's graduate research focus was the Nonnegative Matrix Factorization, an unsupervised machine learning technique commonly used in data reduction and feature selection applications. Her future research interests include optimization and analysis of big data from a mathematical and an industrial point of view. She taught mathematics for several years at North Carolina State University. Dr. Landi has taught at Simon's Rock since 2015.