Martin V. Day
Professor of Mathematics, retired
Department of Mathematics
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0123
contact: day@math.vt.edu
Education
- 1973
B.S. Mathematics, California State University at Hayward
- 1975
M.A. Mathematics, University of Colorado
- 1978
Ph.D. Mathematics, University of Colorado, Dissertation: Stochastic
Control for a Model of Bacterial Motion (Professor Daniel Stroock)
Other Academic Positions
- Sep.
1991 - May 1992, Visiting Assistant Professor for Research, Brown
University
- Aug.
1985 - Dec. 1985, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Mathematics and
its Applications, U. of Minnesota
- Sep.
1979 - June 1980, Visiting Assistant Professor, Brown University
- Feb.
- June 1979, Visiting Research Associate, Brown University
Research Interests
- Stochastic
Processes
- Differential
Equations (Ordinary and Stochastic)
- Asymptotics
of Small Random Perturbations of Dynamical Systems
- Control
of Nonlinear Systems
Funded Research Projects
- Investigation
of the Small Parameter Exit Problem for Diffusions, NSF, 6/85 - 11/89.
- Graduate
Student Research in Queueing / Transportation Control, Research and Graduate
Studies ASPIRES program, Summer 2000
- Support
for Graduate Student Research in Queueing/Transportation Control, College
of Arts and Sciences Millennium grant program, Summer 2000
- Robust
Feedback Control and Analysis of Queueing Systems, NSF Applied Mathematics
Program, 9/01 - 8/05
- Mr.
Young W. Park, Ph.D. (1991): Large Deviation Theory for Queueing Systems
- Mr.
Louis Buterakos, Ph.D. (2003) The Exit Time Distribution for Small Random
Perturbations of Dynamical Systems with a Repulsive Type Stationary Point
- Mr.
Jose Menendez, Ph.D. (2007) Computational Methods for Control of Queueing
Models in Bounded Domains
- Ms. Kasie Farlow, Ph.D. (2013) The Reflected Quasipotential: Characterization and Exploration
Department and University Administrative Service
- Director,
Graduate Program in Mathematics, 1995-97.
- Arts
and Sciences representative to the Commission on Graduate Studies and
Policies, Fall 1996 - Spring 1999.
- Chair,
Committee on Degree Requirements, Standards, Criteria and Academic
Policies (standing subcommittee of the Commission on Graduate Studies and
Policies), 1997-98 and 1998-99.
- Department
of Mathematics Head Election Committee (chair), 2000-01.
- Coordinator,
Mathematics Department Internal Review, 2005.
- Undergraduate Program Committee (chair), 2010-13.