Chiu-Yen Kao (born 1974) [1] is a Taiwanese-American applied mathematician specializing in shape optimization, image segmentation, and mathematical biology. She is a professor of mathematics at Claremont McKenna College. [2]
Kao comes from a traditional family which did not support her in pursuing higher education; however, she was encouraged by her professors in continuing her studies. [3] She graduated in 1997 from National Taiwan University with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a minor in physics. She earned a master's degree in applied mechanics in 1999 from the same university. [4] In 2004 she completed her Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles. Her dissertation, Fast sweeping methods for static Hamilton-Jacobi equations, was supervised by Stanley Osher. [4] [5]
After working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications of the University of Minnesota, she joined the mathematics faculty of the Ohio State University in 2006. She visited Claremont McKenna in 2011–2012 and took a permanent position there in 2012. [4]
With Avner Friedman, Kao is a co-author of the book Mathematical Modeling of Biological Processes (Springer, 2014).
The Claremont Colleges are a consortium of seven private institutions of higher education located in Claremont, California, United States. They comprise five undergraduate colleges —Pomona College, Scripps College, Claremont McKenna College (CMC), Harvey Mudd College, and Pitzer College—and two graduate schools—Claremont Graduate University (CGU) and Keck Graduate Institute (KGI). All the members except KGI have adjoining campuses, together covering roughly 1 sq mi (2.6 km2).
Claremont McKenna College (CMC) is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It has a curricular emphasis on government, economics, public affairs, finance, and international relations. CMC is a member of the Claremont Colleges consortium.
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Pamela Brooks Gann served as the fourth of five presidents of Claremont McKenna College in California. She became president on July 1, 1999, and served until June 30, 2013. She was succeeded by Hiram Chodosh on July 1, 2013.
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