Yuliya Babenko

Yuliya Babenko is a Full Professor of Mathematics at the Department of Mathematics, Kennesaw State University (KSU), within the College of Science and Mathematics. She specializes in Numerical Analysis, Approximation Theory, and Spline Theory. Her research focuses on optimal recovery of operators, functional inequalities, and computational geometry.

Education:

• PhD in Mathematics, Vanderbilt University (2006)
• MA in Mathematics, Vanderbilt University (2003)
• MS in Mathematics, Dnepropetrovsk National University, Ukraine (2001)
• BS in Mathematics, Dnepropetrovsk National University, Ukraine (2000)

Research Interests: Numerical Analysis, Approximation Theory, Spline Theory, Functional Inequalities, Optimization of Quadrature Formulas, and Computational Geometry. She co-organizes the Analysis and Applied Mathematics seminar and the Kennesaw Mountain Undergraduate Mathematics Conference.

Publications: Her work spans topics like optimal recovery of integral operators, Hardy-Littlewood-Polya inequalities, and multivariate spline approximation. Recent contributions include studies on operator approximation in Banach spaces and Taikov-type inequalities.

Awards:

• 2015-2016 CSM Distinguished Research Award
• 2014-2015 CSM Distinguished Teaching Award
• 2013 MAA Southeastern Section Distinguished Teaching Award

Advising & Grants: Mentored undergraduate researchers like Najia Bacha. Active in promoting undergraduate mathematics through conferences and collaborative initiatives.

Labs/Teams: Collaborates with researchers including Vladislav Babenko, Sergiy Borodachov, and Jean-Marie Mirebeau on interdisciplinary projects in approximation theory and computational mathematics.