Dominic Diaz
Ph.D. Student in Applied Mathematics, Cornell University
Research interests: graph neural networks, machine learning, explainable AI, slurries, and homeless populations.
Miscelaneous interests: mentorship, making undergraduate STEM equitable, and traveling!
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Welcome to my website! I am a PhD student at the Center for Applied Mathematics in Cornell
University. At Cornell, my advisor is professor Christopher Earls and my research focuses on using explainable AI techniques
to determine how well graph
neural networks can learn the behavior of multi-agent systems. Before Cornell, I received two bachelors degrees from
UCLA in applied mathematics and physics. While there I did research in experimental fluid dynamics and homeless population modeling
under professors Andrea Bertozzi and Marcus Roper.
Latest News
- May 2023 I was selected to teach the Machine Learning Foundations course for Break Through Tech at UCLA.
- August 2022 I will start as a visiting lecturer within Cornell University's Computer Science Department teaching CS 1112 (Introduction to Programing using MATLAB)
- August 2022 My students in the Engineering Summer Mathematics Institute presented their research at the Summer Research Symposium at Cornell University.
- June 2022 I received a teaching assistant award
- May 2022 I was selected to be the ESMI Applied Mathematics Instructor for Diversity Programs in Engineering at Cornell University
- September 2020 I joined the Earls research group under the supervision of Professor Christopher Earls in Civil and Environmental Engineering
- September 2019 I was named Dean's scholar at Cornell University
- August 2019 I started my PhD at Cornell University with a 3 year Sloan-Coleman Fellowship
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