Hung Phan

Hung Phan is an Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML). He holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Wayne State University (2011) and a B.S. in Mathematics from Can Tho University, Vietnam. His research focuses on mathematical optimization, operations research, variational analysis, and convex analysis, with applications in algorithm design and computational mathematics. He has received grants including a KCS Seed Grant and support from Autodesk, Inc.

His work spans optimization algorithms, projection methods, and convex analysis, with notable contributions to Douglas-Rachford splitting, adaptive algorithms, and variational inequalities. He has co-authored patents on triangular mesh optimization and earthwork volume minimization. His teaching responsibilities include courses such as Optimization (MATH 5720), Numerical Analysis (MATH 3620), and Computational Mathematics (MATH 5630).

Key research interests include: optimization algorithms, convex and nonconvex feasibility problems, projection-based methods, and applications in engineering and data science. His research has been published in leading journals like SIAM Journal on Optimization and Mathematical Programming.