Giang Tran

Dr. Giang Tran is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo, where she leads research in sparse modeling and computational mathematics. She holds a PhD from UCLA and previously served as a Bing Instructor at the University of Texas at Austin.

Her research explores sparse optimization techniques with applications in medical imaging, dynamical systems, and data science. Recent publications focus on developing novel algorithms for sparse random feature expansions and dynamical system identification.

She mentors numerous graduate and undergraduate researchers through projects on neural networks, transformers, and epidemic forecasting. Awards include the NSERC Discovery Grant and SIAM Student Paper Prize.

Dr. Tran teaches advanced courses in numerical methods and functional analysis, contributing to curriculum development in computational mathematics.