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Thomas Y. Hou

Charles Lee Powell Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics
B.S., South China University of Technology, 1982; M.S., University of California (Los Angeles), 1985; Ph.D., 1987. Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics, Caltech, 1993-98; Professor, 1998-2000; Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics, 2000-04; Powell Professor, 2004-. Executive Officer for Applied and Computational Mathematics, 2000-06.
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Research interests: multiscale analysis and computation, interfacial problems, stochastic PDEs and uncertainty quantification, global regularity of 3D incompressible Euler and Navier-Stokes equations, adaptive data analysis

Overview

Professor Hou focuses on multiscale problems arising from geophysical applications and fluid dynamics, the Millennium Problem on the 3D incompressible Navier-Strokes equations, model reduction for stochastic problems with high dimensional input variables, and adaptive data analysis.

Related News

Professor Thomas Hou Receives Ralph E. Kleinman Prize
Pushing the Boundaries of Fluid Equations
Professor Hou Featured in Quanta Magazine
Professor Hou Receives SIAM Outstanding Paper Prize
Celia Yuxin Zhang Receives 2017 Henry Ford II Scholar Award
Professors Hou Named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Professors Arnold, Fraser, and Hou Named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Related Courses

2022-23
ACM/EE 106 ab – Introductory Methods of Computational Mathematics
CMS 290 abc – Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
2021-22
ACM/EE 106 ab – Introductory Methods of Computational Mathematics
CMS 290 abc – Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
2020-21
ACM/EE 106 ab – Introductory Methods of Computational Mathematics
CMS 290 abc – Computing and Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
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