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Our students — pursuing BA, BS, MS, and PhD degrees — have unmatched access to internships, research collaborations, and careers at the NSA, NIH, Federal Reserve, MITRE, and leading tech companies — all within commuting distance of our Fairfax campus.

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Our faculty work across eleven active research areas, from pure algebra to quantum computing and data science.

PDEs, Optimization & Numerical Analysis

Dynamics, Geometry & Topology

Algebra & Combinatorics

Analysis

Data Science, Probability & Quantum Computing

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Mathematics at Mason — Graduate Life

Mason's MS and PhD programs offer funded positions — including stipend, tuition waiver, and graduate health insurance — plus a supportive mentoring culture and direct access to the D.C. research corridor. Students work with 30+ tenure-track faculty, kickstart their studies with the Summer LaunchPad, gain teaching experience through the PAT MATH program, and expand their career horizons through the Industrial Immersion Program or INMAS partnership. MEGL and CMAI offer additional research and outreach opportunities.

Mathematics at Mason — Undergraduate Life

Mason mathematics undergraduates choose from BA and BS degrees with concentrations in applied, traditional, or actuarial mathematics, leading to careers in consulting, data science, teaching, and government — or to graduate school. The D.C. metro location means internship and research opportunities that most programs simply cannot match.

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Oct2

Analysis Seminar: Predictable subordination, sharp martingale inequalities, and applications

Oct 2, 2026, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Speaker: Francesco D'Emilio, Washington University in St. Louis Title: Predictable subordination, sharp martingale inequalities, and applications Abstract: We introduce a new method for obtaining sharp martingale inequalities under predictable analogues of differential subordination, thereby weakening the classical hypothesis introduced by Burkholder and Wang. The main idea is to treat simultaneously

Oct2

Mathematics Colloquium: Hyperbolic surfaces and their correlation number

Oct 2, 2026, 3:30 - 4:30 PM

Speaker: Giuseppe Martone, Sam Houston State University Title: Hyperbolic surfaces and their correlation number Abstract: A surface is a two-dimensional object, like the exteriors of a ball, a donut or a pretzel. Some surfaces can be equipped with a metric coming from the geometry of the hyperbolic plane. Once a

Oct6

Geometry MMA Seminar: Thurston’s fibered cone via random walks

Oct 6, 2026, 10:30 - 11:30 AM

Speaker: Dongryul Kim, Institute for Advanced Study Title: Thurston’s fibered cone via random walks Abstract: Every closed hyperbolic 3-manifold virtually fibers over the circle. The fibrations of a fibered hyperbolic 3-manifold are organized by Thurston’s fibered cones. In this talk, we discuss how random walks can be used to distinguish