(Courtesy of Fatma Terzioglu)
Fatma Terzioglu, a fifth-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Mathematics at Texas A&M University, has been selected to receive a Student Paper Prize by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).
The SIAM Student Paper Prizes are awarded annually to the student authors of the most outstanding papers submitted to the SIAM Student Paper Competition. The award is “based solely on the merit and content of the student’s contribution to the submitted paper.”
Terzioglu, who was one of three recipients chosen worldwide, will receive her award and present her winning paper, “Some Inversion Formulas for the Cone Transform,” at the 2016 SIAM Annual Meeting, set for July 11-15 in Boston.
“It is a highly competitive contest accepting worldwide nominations in the area of applied mathematics and computing,” Terzioglu said. “I am very happy and honored that my first paper is selected among many notable works. This stimulates me to put even greater efforts into doing good mathematics.”
In her paper, Terzioglu focuses on common issues in areas of imaging that utilize the so-called cone transform, a type of mathematical operation used by several novel imaging devices that use Compton cameras. Such instruments rely on a gamma ray detector system applicable in areas ranging from medical diagnostics to astronomy to homeland security in order to construct a detailed tomographic map of an observed object.
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