Victor Y. Pan, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at The Graduate Center and Lehman College, continues to receive accolades for his groundbreaking research. In 2001 he won the annual "Best Paper Award" from the Journal of Complexity. For the past 20 years, Dr. Pan's research has been supported by the National Science Foundation. He has been associated with many universities and research centers and institutes in the U.S. and Europe.
Dr. Pan's original thinking has led to significant breakthroughs in theoretical computer science and the design and analysis of algebraic and numerical algorithms. In his present research, Dr. Pan focuses on numerical and algebraic algorithms, which are the backbone of present-day computations in the sciences, engineering, and signal and image processing.
One of his permanent research objectives is the search for correlation among subjects and fields of his study, which should lead to unifying techniques for the design of more effective algorithms for various computational tasks. In other words, he is seeking "a few keys that will open many computational locks." One of Dr. Pan's recent efforts in this direction involves devising new effective computational methods that combine the techniques of faster numerical computations with bounded precision and slower algebraic techniques for error-free symbolic computing.
Adapted from Research Foundation 2002 Annual Report