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Physical Address:
Brink Hall 300

Mailing Address:
875 Perimeter Drive, MS 1103
Moscow, ID 83844-1103

Phone: 208-885-6742

Fax: 208-885-5843

Email: mathstat@uidaho.edu

Web: Department of Mathematics and Statistical Science

Somantika Datta

Somantika Datta

Professor

Office

Brink Hall 320

Phone

208-885-6692

Mailing Address

Department of Mathematics and Statistical Science
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive, MS 1103
Moscow, ID 83844-1103

  • Ph.D., 2007, Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park

  • Applied harmonic analysis (frame theory, sampling theory, compressed sensing, approximation theory).

Employment

  • Professor, Mathematics, University of Idaho, 2023 - present
  • Associate Professor, Mathematics, University of Idaho, 2016 - 2023
  • Assistant Professor, Mathematics, University of Idaho, 2010 - 2016
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University, 2009-2010
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Arizona State University, 2007-2009

  • Simons Foundation (Collaboration Grants for Mathematicians), Frame theory in approximation and signal processing, 09/01/2020 – 08/31/2025
  • Research grant: Stochastic frames in signal processing, NSF CIF, 07/01/2014 – 06/30/2017 (Principal Investigator)
  • Research grant: Construction of unimodular sequences for waveform agile sensing, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 08/16/2010 - 08/15/2013 (Principal Investigator)
  • Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) Fellowship, 2010 - 2011, American Mathematical Society and Mathematical Association of America

Contact

Physical Address:
Brink Hall 300

Mailing Address:
875 Perimeter Drive, MS 1103
Moscow, ID 83844-1103

Phone: 208-885-6742

Fax: 208-885-5843

Email: mathstat@uidaho.edu

Web: Department of Mathematics and Statistical Science