MATHEMATICS SFU SURREY Faculty Dr Natalia Kouzniak Prof

MATHEMATICS @SFU SURREY Faculty: Dr Natalia Kouzniak, Prof Zhaosong Lu, Prof Abraham Punnen, Dr Randall Pyke, Prof Tamon Stephen

Faculty of Science MATHEMATICS @ SFU SURREY Mathematics courses provided for the SFU Surrey programs: MATHEMATICS (BSc) • SCIENCE YEAR ONE • TECHONE • ENGINEERING, BUSINESS, etc. •

Why study Mathematics @ SFU Surrey • Choice of various graduate and undergraduate programs with an application focus • Small class sizes • Distinguished faculty • Opportunities to interact with research students (M. Sc and Ph. D) and opportunities to get involved in research • SFU – Learn at and be part of a well established research university

Mathematics Courses • • • Calculus Algebra and Discrete Mathematics Geometry Applied Mathematics Optimization (Operations Research)

Calculus • • • Precalculus: Calculus II: Calculus III: Analysis: MATH 100 MATH 150, 151, 154, 157 MATH 152, 155 MATH 251 MATH 242

Algebra, Discrete Math, Geometry • Linear Algebra: • Applied Geometry: • Discrete Mathematics I, II: MATH 232 MATH 130 MACM 101, 201

Applied Mathematics • • Calculus for Design Students: Linear Programming: Differential Equations: Numerical Analysis: MATH 210 MATH 308 MATH 310 MACM 316

Mathematics Program Options @ SFU SURREY • B. Sc. and B. A. with major/honours in mathematics (same program at the Surrey and Burnaby campuses). • B. Sc. with major/honours in Industrial Mathematics with focus on Operations Research. • B. Sc. in Management and Systems Science (joint degree with Business, Computing Science, Statistics, and Economics). • M. Sc. And Ph. D. in Mathematics with specialization in Operations Research.

Program Entrance Mathematics @ Surrey Tech One Science One Transfer

What is Operations Research? • • • Science of optimal decision making Management Science The science for the better (From http: //www. orchampions. org/) • • Business insight: Providing quantitative and business insight into complex problems insight Business performance: Improving business performance through analyses and performance recommendations about business processes. Cost reduction: Decreasing cost or investment. reduction Decision making: Assessing the likely outcomes of decision alternatives and uncovering making better alternatives. Forecasting: Providing a better basis forecasting and planning. Forecasting Improved scheduling: Efficiently scheduling staff, vehicles, and machinery. scheduling Planning: Applying quantitative techniques in support of operations, tactical planning, and Planning strategic planning. Pricing: Dynamically pricing products and services. Pricing Productivity: Helping companies and organizations become more productive. Productivity Profits: Increasing revenue or return on investment, increasing market share. Profits Project development: Demonstrating feasibility and workability and assisting with training. Quality: Improving quality, and quantifying and balancing qualitative considerations. Quality Recovery: Gaining greater control, achieving turn-around. Resources: Gaining greater utilization from limited equipment, facilities, money, and personnel. Risk: Managing and reducing risk. Risk Throughput: Increasing speed or throughput, decreasing delays. Throughput • • • •

Why optimization? Traveling Salesman Problem § § § § 3 cities - 2 ways to travel 4 cities - 6 ways to travel 5 cities - 24 ways to travel 6 cities – 120 ways 10 cities – 3, 628, 800 ways 100 cities – 10^158 1000 cities – 4 X 10^2567 ways

Operations Research • • • Discrete Math: MACM 101, 201 Numerical Analysis: MACM 316 Linear Optimization: MATH 308 Probabilistic Models: MATH 348 Discrete Optimization: MATH 408 Statistics, Computer Science, Business, etc.

Operations Research has been used to…. . • Help Ford to optimize the way it designs and tests vehicle prototypes, saving $250 million. • Allow UPS to redesign its overnight delivery network, saving $87 plus and additional $189 million over the following decade. • Help NBC improve advertising sales plans, increasing revenues by over $200 million. • Helped the City of New Haven to definitely determine that its needle exchange program was reducing HIV infection rates.

Careers in OR • Manufacturers, retail chains, and service organizations • Financial organizations • Hospitals and other health care • Governments • Engineering firms • Etc, etc.

Sample of recent job advertisements from OR/MS § § § Scientific Programmer/Modeler (J D Power Associates) Expert in Mathematical Programming (DECISIONEERING, Inc. ) Quantitative Business Analysts (RL Zapin Associates) Master IT Availability Analyst (Progressive Insurance) Sr. Consultant (Verispan ) Management Science Analyst I/II (J. R. Simplot Company) OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST (U. S. Army) Product Manager (Siebel Systems) Operations Research Developer (Deccan International) Research Liaison (SAGE Systems Technologies) Sr. Operations Research Specialist (BNSF Railway Company) Senior engineer (Level 3 Communications)

CONTACTS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Webpages: http: //www. surrey. sfu. ca prospective students academic programs mathematics http: //www. math. sfu. ca Contact: Dr Randall Pyke (mathematics advisor) rpyke@sfu. ca Dr Natalia Kouzinak kouzniak@sfu. ca