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Damek Davis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Cornell University, affiliated with both the College of Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences. He holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles (2015). His research focuses on developing and analyzing optimization algorithms for large-scale, nonconvex, and nonsmooth problems arising in machine learning and signal processing. He emphasizes theoretical guarantees on algorithm performance and practical implementations that leverage modern computing architectures.
His work spans stochastic optimization, subgradient methods, and convergence analysis, with applications to computational microscopy, phase retrieval, and decentralized systems. Recent contributions include advancements in adaptive stepsize methods, sharpness-aware optimization, and global optimality conditions for mixture models. Davis collaborates on theoretical foundations and algorithmic innovations in high-dimensional statistics, nonlinear optimization, and parallel computing.
His scholarly output includes over 50 peer-reviewed articles, with recent highlights in top venues such as SIAM Journal on Optimization, Mathematical Programming, and IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. His research is supported by grants from NSF and AFOSR, focusing on topics like robust statistical estimation and algorithmic scalability.
