Thomas P.-Y. Yu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Tenure

Office: Korman Center 268
Phone: (215) 895-2066
Email: tyu@math.drexel.edu

Education

• B.S., in Computer Science and M.S. in Mathematics, Purdue University, 1993
• Ph.D., Scientific Computing and Computational Mathematics, Stanford University, 1997

Research Interests

Applied Analysis, Applied Geometry, Multiscale Methods

Biography

Thomas Pok-Yin Yu received both a B.S. degree in computer science and a M.S. degree in mathematics from Purdue University in 1993. He received his Ph.D. in Scientific Computing and Computational Mathematics from Stanford University in 1997. In 1997-1998, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the department of Statistics of Stanford University. He taught at the department of Mathematical Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 1998-2005 before he joined Drexel. Thomas Yu works in the area of multiscale method for geometric modeling and nonlinear signal processing. In 2000, he was granted a NSF CAREER Award for his work in this area.