معرفی
Fred Park serves as Assistant Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics & Computer Science at Whittier College. His research bridges mathematical theory with practical applications in image processing and computer vision, maintaining active collaborations across computational disciplines.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles
- M.A. in Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles
Professor Park's research focuses on mathematical image processing with emphasis on total variation methods, blind deconvolution, and shape modeling. His work spans computer vision applications including 3D surface reconstruction, texture extraction, and medical image analysis. Current projects explore non-convex optimization for deep learning compression and scientific computing implementations for real-world problem solving. His teaching philosophy integrates real-world mathematical problems to inspire undergraduate learning.
Recent publications demonstrate strong trends in image segmentation frameworks combining anisotropic-isotropic total variation, network slimming for CNN efficiency, and medical imaging applications such as COVID-19 lung scan clustering. His work consistently bridges theoretical mathematics with computational implementation.
Professor Park actively seeks to incorporate research into undergraduate education, developing methodologies to motivate learning through practical applications. His teaching experience spans undergraduate lower and upper division courses at UCLA, UC Irvine, and University of Michigan during postdoctoral positions.
Research facilities include computational resources at Whittier College's Science & Learning Center (SLC 218), supporting work in image processing, shape modeling, and 3D reconstruction from point cloud data.
