Jose Israel Rodriguez

Jose Israel Rodriguez is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research bridges applied algebraic geometry and algebraic statistics, focusing on nonlinear algebra, maximum likelihood estimation, monodromy, and polynomial systems in engineering and science applications.

• Primary Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, UW-Madison
• Additional Affiliations: Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Institute for Foundations of Data Science

Research Interests:

• Applied algebraic geometry for nonlinear eigenvalue problems and kinematics
• Algebraic statistics in nearest point problems and likelihood geometry
• Numerical methods for monodromy, Galois groups, and polynomial optimization

Teaching and Mentorship:

• Co-organized the Collaborative Undergraduate Research Laboratory (CURL) for Spring 2020
• Advises PhD students Julia Lindberg and Zinan Wang, with Bernd Sturmfels as his own PhD advisor
• Developed software tools like Multiregeneration and Decomposable Sparse Polynomial Systems

Academic Contributions:

• Authored over 20 peer-reviewed publications in journals like SIAM Journal on Applied Algebra and Geometry, Foundations of Computational Mathematics, and Journal of Symbolic Computation
• Organized international conferences including Monodromy and Galois Groups in Enumerative Geometry and SIAM AG19
• Active member of the SIAM community and developer of the Matroids Day seminar