BYU ACME

We solve cool problems at the intersection of mathematics, statistics, and computer science.

[BYU ACME @byuacme]

@AnalysisFact That depends on your definition of beauty, but certainly it's false if you limit it to the things Hardy liked. Important math is sometimes beautiful, especially to those who really understand it, but not always. Sometimes important results are just kind of messy and ugly

[Travis Oliphant @teoliphant]

Humans hesitate to simply iterate when they don't feel capable of solving a problem.

But programming is an iterative mindset.

You can't just scroll your way to programming.
There are genuine hours of deep work.
Don't be scared of the deep problem.

[Andrew Carr 🤸 @andrew_n_carr]

"at least 25% of all science done in the last few years has used numpy and scipy" - Travis Oliphant

I can only dream of having that kind of impact. Amazing.

[Rick Evans @RickEcon]

Freat time at the BYU Applied and Comput'n'l Math @byuacme 10th anniversary gala tonight. Legend @teoliphant was the keynote. I was co-PI on the 1st NSF grant for curriculum with founders @JeffHumpherys + @tj_jarvis. Proud to be referred to as ACME faculty after all these years.

[Travis Oliphant @teoliphant]

@RickEcon @byuacme @JeffHumpherys @tj_jarvis This was an amazing event. The ACME program is visionary and exactly what I would love to see. It is the program I encourage all my STEM students to look at first.

[Tyler Jarvis @tj_jarvis]

@teoliphant @RickEcon @byuacme @JeffHumpherys Thanks, Travis. It was an honor to have you as our keynote speaker.

[BYU ACME @byuacme]

@yet_so_far There are two kinds of math: applied and unapplied

[Tyler Jarvis @tj_jarvis]

@algorithmachine "Things you will use" and "train to think critically..." are not mutually exclusive. So why not spend our time on the things that do both? #FoundationsOfAppliedMath

[Tyler Jarvis @tj_jarvis]

@algorithmachine The late college years also need re-imagining! Let's teach math that's actually useful, and do it in a way that helps students learn to think critically and solve hard problems. #FoundationsOfAppliedMath @byuacme

[BYU ACME @byuacme]

Mouseover text: "The pile gets soaked with data and starts to get mushy over time, so it's technically recurrent." https://t.co/YzNLQWFP0p

[BYU ACME @byuacme]

Bellman optimality is foundational to dynamic optimization: If the shortest route from Salt Lake City to Flagstaff passes through Kanab, then the first half of that route is the shortest path from SLC to Kanab #FoundationsOfAppliedMath #TheMathYouNeed https://t.co/sqaDLtoR0U

[BYU ACME @byuacme]

Mouseover text: "The pile gets soaked with data and starts to get mushy over time, so it's technically recurrent." https://t.co/YzNLQWFP0p

[BYU ACME @byuacme]

Bellman optimality is foundational to dynamic optimization: If the shortest route from Salt Lake City to Flagstaff passes through Kanab, then the first half of that route is the shortest path from SLC to Kanab #FoundationsOfAppliedMath #TheMathYouNeed https://t.co/sqaDLtoR0U

[BYU ACME @byuacme]

We teach this in Volume 2 https://t.co/qG90DdOhq6
and if this XKCD had been written last year, it would be in the book.

[Tyler Jarvis @tj_jarvis]

Fundamentals of numerical computation

[Andrew Carr 🤸 @andrew_n_carr]

@tj_jarvis @byuacme Which has been amazing. I feel well equipped to solve essentially any business problem. I might use ML, or I might not, but ACME definitely set me up well.

[BYU ACME @byuacme]

Yes. Yes it is.

[Tyler Jarvis @tj_jarvis]

This is exactly why @BYUACME teaches not just lots of other ML methods, but also lots of the underlying mathematical theory.

[BYU ACME @byuacme]

The textbooks we use for the junior year of ACME at BYU-- Volumes 1 and 2 of the Foundations Of Applied Math series--are now available from
@TheSIAMNews
https://t.co/qG90DdOhq6

Supporting labs are free and open source at https://t.co/xWAzeSo5XM

[BYU ACME @byuacme]

It’s a new year and fresh start! Why not get that jump start on internships for the Summer? #byuacme #peopleofacme

[BYU ACME @byuacme]

#MathJokeMonday #byuacme

[BYU ACME @byuacme]

Are you as excited for the New Year as we are? Look forward to loads of updates from us starting in January #byuacme