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Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Kurt Cogswell

Kurt Cogswell

Title

Department Head/Professor

Office Building

Chicoine Architecture, Mathematics and Engineering Hall

Office

209A

Mailing Address

Chicoine Architecture, Math & Engineering Building 209A
Math & Statistics-Box 2225
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Biography

Dr. Cogswell joined the SDSU faculty in 1997 and become department head in 2004.

Education

Ph.D., Northwestern University (1996), Mathematics
B.S., MIT (1978), Physics

Academic Interests

Dynamical systems
Mathematics of machine learning

Academic Responsibilities

Fall Semester Courses
* STAT 101 Introduction to Data Science
* MATH 198 The Mathematics Profession
* MATH 401 Senior Capstone
Spring Semester Courses
* MATH 401 Senior Capstone
* MATH 741 Measure and Probability

Awards and Honors

Harold Bailey Award for Excellence in Academic Department Leadership.
SDSU College of Engineering Teacher of the Year (twice)
SDSU College of Engineering Academic Advisor of the Year
SDSU College of Engineering Grantsmanship Award

Professional Memberships

American Mathematical Society

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