Hello! I am a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at Smith College. In August 2024, I will start a new position as 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, network science, and mathematical biology. My pronouns are she/her.
Links: CV. google scholar. linkedin.
My email is rbelton@smith.edu
News
- June 2024. I am attending Computational Geometry (CG) Week and am giving a talk at the Young Researchers Forum.
- February 2024. Code for G-Mapper: Learning a Cover in the Mapper Construction is now publicly available. We present an algorithm that optimizes the cover of a Mapper graph by splitting a cover repeatedly according to a statistical test for normality. More details can be found in the preprint.
- January 2024. I am giving a talk at the online seminar for the Applied Algebraic Topology Research Network (AATRN). A recording of the talk can be found on the AATRN youtube channel.
- January 2024. I am giving a talk at the Joint Math Meetings (JMM) in the AMS special session on Applied Topology: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications.
- September 2023. I am a participant in the ICERM workshop on Mathematical Challenges in Neuronal Network Dynamics.