Frank Hoppensteadt, Ph.D.

FENA Theme 5: Nanoscale Architectures and Information Processing Paradigms
FENA Task: Information Processing Paradigms Based on Biological Systems

Tel: (212) 998 2172
Email: frank.hoppensteadt@nyu.edu
Website: Under Construction

University: New York University
Department Affiliation: Senior Vice Provost; Professor, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences

Research

• Neurocomputing
• Perturbation and Dynamical Systems
• Population Biology
• Neural Network Modeling

Biography

Dr. Hoppensteadt, returned to NYU in 2004. During 1995-2004 he served as director of the Center for System Science and Engineering Research, Professor of Electrical Engineering and of Mathematics at Arizona State University. Prior to that post, he served for nine years as the Dean of the College of Natural Science at Michigan State University. Before his position at Michigan State, Dr. Hoppensteadt taught mathematics and biology at the University of Utah, where he served as Chairman of the Mathematics Department from 1982 to 1985. He taught mathematics at NYU from 1968 to 1979. Dr. Hoppensteadt received his B.A. in Mathematics and Physics from Butler University and his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin.