Blake Hunter

Research Interests

• Data mining and high-dimensional data analysis
• Harmonic Analysis
• Laplacian Eigenfunctions of Diffusion Processes
• Digital signal and image processing
• Random Processes and Queueing Theory

Mathematical Papers

• Gambler's Ruin with Catastrophes and Windfalls
  by Hunter, Krinik, Nguyen, Switkes and von Bremmen
  Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice, 2008. Vol. 2, No. 2, page 199-
  
  
• Approaches to Gambler's Ruin with Catastrophes
  by Hunter, Krinik, Nguyen, Switkes and von Bremmen
  Journal of Combinatorics, Information & System Sciences, (to appear)
  
  
• Gambler's Ruin and the Three State Markov Process
  by Blake Hunter, advised by Dr. Alan Krinik
  Cal Poly Pomona Master's Thesis, 2005.
  

Conferences / Workshops

• IPAM - Mathematics in Brain Imaging
  UCLA - July 14 - 25, 2008
• SIAM - Imaging Science Confrence
  San Diego, CA - July 7 - 11, 2008
• IPAM - Mathematics of Knowledge and Search Engines
  UCLA - Sept 10 - Dec 14, 2007
• IPAM - Sparse Representations and High Dimensional Geometry
  UCLA - May, 2007
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Signal and Imaging Sciences Workshop
  LLNL - Nov 2006
  

Talks

• SIAM Student Research Conference - Diffusion Based Clustering
  Davis CA- May 2008
• Advanced Image Processing and Analysis - Normalized Cuts and Image Segmentation
  - April 2008
• Qualifying Exam Talk - Diffusion Based Clustering
  - March 2008
• Student Run Seminar - Diffusion Based Clustering
  - Feb 2008
• IPAM - Mathematics of Knowledge and Search Engines - Difusion Based Clustering
  - Dec 2007
• AMS and MAA joint conference - AMS Session on Probability and Statistics
  Gambler's Ruin with Catastrophes and Windfalls - Hunter (UC Davis), Krinik, Nguyen, Switkes and von Bremen, (Cal Poly Pomona)
  New Orleans, LA - January 2007