Laura Smith Chowdhury

Laura Smith Chowdhury is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF). She holds a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and MS and BS degrees from Western Washington University. Her research focuses on applied mathematics, crime modeling, complex networks, dynamical systems, image processing, and computational science. She has contributed to agent-based models for social dynamics, territorial gang patterns, and public health interventions. Notable works include stochastic models for political conflict forecasting and network partitioning algorithms.

Her research spans diverse applications, including crime prevention strategies for resource-limited police departments, social media analysis for controversial topics, and migration patterns in population dynamics. She has developed methodologies like spectral clustering with epidemic diffusion and variational methods for density estimation. Her work integrates computational tools with real-world problems in policy, epidemiology, and urban planning.

Prof. Chowdhury’s publications appear in journals like the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, European Journal of Applied Mathematics, and ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data. She co-authored a patent (US 8,938,115 B2) on data fusion mapping techniques. Her research often bridges mathematical theory with practical societal challenges, emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration.