Department of Mathematics and Statistics News
UAlbany Graduates Put Hybrid Skills to Use at Growing Albany Technology Firm
Aeon Nexus, a small but growing technology firm headquartered on downtown Albany’s State Street, has become a landing spot for recent UAlbany graduates whose interdisciplinary backgrounds in business, computer science, technology and other diverse fields make them attractive hires to a company that’s prioritizing early-career workers with hybrid skillsets.
U.S. News & World Report 2026 Rankings Highlight UAlbany Graduate Programs
The newly released 2026 Best Graduate School rankings by U.S. News & World Report continue to highlight the University at Albany’s strength across a range of disciplines, reflecting the University’s commitment to academic excellence, research and student success.
UAlbany Graduate Student Earns IBM PhD Fellowship Award
Aozhong Zhang, a graduate student in the University at Albany’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics, has been awarded the IBM PhD Fellowship Award.
Showcase 2026: Nanotech Student Finds Rhythm in Research
UAlbany junior Harry Weinstein is already presenting his research on a global stage, sharing work on next-generation chip-making materials at a leading international conference. He will present that work again at Showcase on April 30.
UAlbany Researchers Reveal Geometry Behind How AI Agents Learn
A new study from the University at Albany shows that artificial intelligence systems may organize information in far more intricate ways than previously thought. The study, “Exploring the Stratified Space Structure of an RL Game with the Volume Growth Transform,” has been published online through arXiv.
Latest IBM Spyre Accelerators Power New UAlbany AI Research Projects
The seven new projects are funded through the joint UAlbany-IBM Center for Emerging Artificial Intelligence Systems and will use a cluster of IBM Spyre Accelerator cards for projects ranging from the search for mutational signatures important to diagnosing cancer to the impact of methane emissions on Earth’s climate.
Professor Yang Organizes Summer Collaborations Project at IAS
Professor Rongwei Yang of the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at UAlbany recently organized a Summer Collaborators project at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) at Princeton.
UAlbany Math is Hiring an Assistant Professor in Algebraic Methods (Simons Empire Faculty Fellow)
The Department of Mathematics & Statistics at the University at Albany (State University of New York) seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor as Simons Empire Faculty Fellow in algebraic methods, with potential applications to quantum computing or a related field, to begin in Fall 2026.