Tor A. Kwembe, PhD

Tor A. Kwembe, PhD · Department of Mathematics & Statistical Sciences · Jackson State University
Department of Mathematics & Statistical Sciences

Tor A. Kwembe, PhD

Professor and Chair, Department of Mathematics & Statistical Sciences.

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Tor A. Kwembe, PhD

Tor A. Kwembe, PhD

Tor A. Kwembe, PhD

Professor and Chair

Phone: 601-979-3766
Email: tor.a.kwembe@jsums.org

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Biography

Education & Grants

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Education

  • Ph.D., The University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, 1989, Applied Mathematics
  • MS, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1983, Mathematics
  • BSc (Hons), The University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria, 1980, Mathematics/Statistics
  • Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Engineering, 1989-1990

Grants

  • Chicago State University Faculty Innovation Grant, 1992/93. Projects: Student-Faculty Curriculum Activities ($5,000).
  • Chicago State University Faculty Innovation Grant, 1993/94. Project: Continuation of 1992/93 project ($5,000).
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Program Grant, Federal FY 1993. Project: Vocational High School Mathematics and Science Teacher Retraining ($67,000).
  • The National Science Foundation (NSF): Interdisciplinary Training of Undergraduate for Biological and Mathematical Sciences with Emphasis on Marine and Coastal Sciences; 2005 – 2008 ($300,000).
  • Pearson Education, INC: MyMathLab Student Success – Increasing students pass rates and enhancing the overall online learning experience using MyMathLab; 2006 – 2010 ($157,500).
Research Output

Publications & Research Profiles

Publications

  • Kwembe, Tor A. (1989). “Nonlinear Diffusion Problems of Mathematical Biology”, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Illinois at Chicago, U. M. I, Ann Arbor, 1989.
  • C. P. Calderon and T. A. Kwembe. (1990). “On the Classical Trapping Problem”, Journal of Mathematical Biosciences 102: 183-190.
  • C. P. Calderon and T. A. Kwembe. (1991). “Modeling Tumor Growth”, Journal of Mathematical Biosciences 103: 97-114.
  • Kwembe, Tor A. (1990). “Existence and Uniqueness of Solutions for Nonlinear Diffusion Equations of Population Biology with Initial Data in LP-Spaces”, Rev. Union Matematica Argentina, Vol. 36: 195-207.
  • C. P. Calderon and T. A. Kwembe. (1991). “Dispersal Models”, Rev. Union Matematica Argentina, Vol. 37: 212-229.

Selected Published Research with Collaborators and Students

Recognition

Certifications & Professional Development

Certifications

  • The Chief U. B. Ugot Prize in Mathematics/Statistics, University of Calabar, Nigeria, 1980.
  • Faculty Excellence Award: Chicago State University- 1993.
  • Outstanding Faculty Award: Engineering Studies, Chicago State University-1992.
  • Outstanding Contributions to the Developmental Program in Mathematics at Chicago State University.
  • American Society of Cell Biology- Minority Travel Award, 1992.

Professional Development

  • Oak Ridge Institute for Science and education (ORISE); Participated in the Department of Energy (DOE) defense Program-Manufacturing awareness: March 12-15, 1995.
  • Oak Ridge Institute for Science and education (ORISE) and Argonne National Laboratory, Faculty Research Participation (FRP) program; Summer 1996.
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign- Illinois Inter-Institutional Faculty Summer Institute on Learning technologies; May 19-23, 1997.
  • Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics & Health and Social Behavior, Visiting Faculty at the Workshop on “Social Inequalities in Health: Race and ethnicity” Monday, June 28, 1999.
  • Thomson Course Technology Training, Chicago Forum 2002, Oakbrook, Illinois, February 15, 2002
Scholarship

Selected Conference and Invited Presentations

  • Transforming Post-Secondary Education in Mathematics (TPSEMath). South Regional Meeting on Upper-Division Mathematics Pathways, Panel on Approaches to Program Development. Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA. June 10-11, 2019.
  • Advanced Cyber Infrastructure @ Minority Serving Institutions (SPACI @ MSIs). spaci.scsu.edu/speakers/, GA Tech Hotel and Conference Center, Atlanta, GA. June 6-8, 2018.
  • “EXTREEMS-QED: Laboratory for interdisciplinary statistical analysis and mathematics learning through exploration of data”, with Remata Reddy, Carmen M. Wright, Xing Yang and Zhenbu Zhang; AMS-MAA Joint Mathematics Meeting, San Antonio, TX, January 10-13, 2015
  • Modeling Aneurysm Evolution, Growth and Rupture, A conference in honor of Professor Calixto Calderon-Special Functions, Partial Differential Equations and Harmonic Analysis, Department of Mathematics and Actuarial Sciences, Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois, November 16-18, 2012
  • Academic Year Undergraduate Research Groups: CURM Model, Mathematical Association of America-MAA, Trends in Undergraduate Research in the Mathematical Sciences Conference (TURMS), TURMS Annual Conference, The Westin O’Hare, Rosemont, Illinois, October 26-28, 2012
Scholarship

Skills, Research Interests & Disciplines

Skills and Expertise

  • Dispersal Modeling
  • Statistical Modeling
  • Automated Machine Learning
  • Computational Data Enabled Science and Engineering
  • AI and Machine Learning
  • Mathematics and Statistical Methods for AI
  • Directing Ph.D. Dissertations in CDS&E
  • Thesis in CDS&E and Mathematics.

Research Interests

  • Applications of mathematics to Computational Data Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E) and quantitative exploration of data
  • Undergraduate research in the mathematical sciences
  • Integrating technology in teaching and learning mathematics
  • Classical analysis
  • Big Data Analytics with applications to Automated Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Disciplines

  • Probability Theory
  • Statistics
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computing in Mathematics
  • Natural Science
  • Engineering
  • Medicine
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