Hello! I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Vassar College. My research interests are in topological data analysis (TDA), computational topology and geometry, and mathematics of data science. I regularly teach undergraduate statistics, data science, and math classes. In addition to research and teaching, I also care about making the scientific community more welcoming and accessible. I contribute to various outreach programs that focus on this. More details can be found in my CV.
Links: CV. google scholar. linkedin.
Email: rbelton@vassar.edu Pronouns: she/her
News
- November 2026. I am giving a talk in the special session on Topological Data Analysis: Theory and Applications at the AMS Western Fall Sectional Meeting.
- September 2026. I am giving a talk in the Applied Topology session at the Union College Mathematics Conference.
- September 2026. I am teaching M 240: Introduction to Statistics and M 301: Topics in Data Science.
- July 2026. Publication! Any Graph is a Mapper Graph has been published in La Matematica.
- July 2026. I am spending two weeks at the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath) via the PROOF program.
- July 2026. I am giving a talk in the special session on Topological Data Analysis Theory, Algorithms, and Applications at the AIMS conference.
- June 2026. I am giving a talk in the Computational Geometry (CG) Week workshop on Theory and Applications of Topological Data Analysis.
- May 2026. I am participating in the Foundations of Computational Geometry and Topology workshop at ICERM.