Ph. D. Candidate of Applied Mathematics

Blake Hunter

Travel

 Data mining and high-dimensional data analysis

 Harmonic Analysis

 Laplacian Eigenfunctions of Diffusion Processes

 Digital signal and image processing

 Random Processes and Queueing Theory

Research Areas

Talks

 Math Department - Student Run Seminar - Low dimensional embedding with compressed, incomplete and inaccurate measurements - UC Davis - Apr 2011

 CCMS Colloquium - Low dimensional embedding with compressed, incomplete and inaccurate measurements - Claremont McKenna College - Mar 2011

 Research Group - Low dimensional embedding with compressed, incomplete and inaccurate measurements - UCLA - Mar 2011

 AMS MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings - The General, Irreducible Three and Four-State Markov Process (with A. Krinik* and L. Harbottle, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona) - New Orleans, LA - Jan 2011

 AAAI - Manifold Learning and its Applications (sparsity and compressive sensing) - Compressed Spectral Clustering - Arlington, VA - Nov 2010

 ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management Knowledge Management - Performance Analysis of Compressive Spectral Clustering - Toronto, Canada - Oct 2010

 AMS Western Section Meeting Special Session on Mathematical Models of Random Phenomena - Compressed Diffusion Maps - UCLA - Oct 2010

 ICNAAM Sparse Approximation and Compressed Sensing - Performance Analysis of Compressive Spectral Clustering - Rhodes, Greece - Sept 2010

 IPAM - Mathematics of Knowledge and Search Engines - Compressive Spectral Clustering - Lake Arrowhead CA - June 2009

 AMS Western Section Meeting Stochastic Analysis and Applications - Compressed Diffusion Maps - UC Riverside - Nov 2009

 IPAM - Mathematics of Knowledge and Search Engines - Exploring the world of MR brain images via Harmonic Analysis - Lake Arrowhead CA - June 2009

 SIAM Student Research Conference Exploring the world of MR brain images via Diffusion Maps - Davis CA - May 2008

 Advanced Image Processing and Analysis - Normalized Cuts and Image Segmentation - UC Davis - April 2008

 Qualifying Exam Talk - Diffusion Based Clustering - March 2008

 Student Run Seminar - Diffusion Based Clustering - UC Davis - Feb 2008

 IPAM - Mathematics of Knowledge and Search Engines - Diffusion 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

 Masters Thesis Defense - Gambler's Ruin and the three state Markov Process - Pomona CA - July 2005

 

 

Conferences / Workshops

 AAAI - Manifold Learning and its Applications (sparsity and compressive sensing) - Compressed Spectral Clustering - Arlington, VA - Nov 2010

 NIPS - Manifolds, sparsity, and structured models Vancouver, B.C., Canada - Dec 7 - 12, 2009

 SAMPTA - Sampling Theory and Applications Marseilles France - May 18 - 22, 2009

 IPAM - Mathematics in Brain Imaging UCLA - July 14 - 25, 2008

 Asilomar Conference - Signals, Systems and Computers Pacific Grove CA- Oct 26 - 29, 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

 

 

Tutorials

 IPAM - Research in Industrial Projects for Students UCLA - Los Angles, CA - June 2010

 Linear Algebra - singular value decomposition

 Compressed Sensing - sparsity, l-1 minimization, OMP

 Machine Learning - clustering, classification, SVM, regression

 Convex Optimization - KKT conditions, primal/dual, regularization, kernel methods

 Matlab - Tutorial