Hello, I am a professor at Department of Mathematics and an affliated faculty with CMDA (Computational Modeling and Data Analytics) program, Virginia Tech.
My area of research is scientific computing, applied mathematics and data-driven modeling and computation. We are interested in using modern data-driven, reduced order modeling and classical numerical analysis as tools to simulate highly complex and high dimensional multiscale phenonmena arising from science and engineering. I received my B.S. degree from University of Science and Technology of China in 2003 and Ph.D. degree in Applied Mathematics from Brown University in 2007. After a postdoctoral position at the University of Texas at Austin, I was a faculty member at Michigan State University (2011-) before the recent move to Virginia Tech.
I am currently recruiting highly motivated Ph.D. students and postdocs. One postdoc opening is immediately available at https://careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us/job/534113/postdoctoral-associate
Research Interests
Numerical analysis, scientific computing, data-driven modeling and computations.
- Numerical methods for differential equations.
- Discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods.
- Dimension reduction techniques, sparse grid and low rank methods.
- Numerical methods for kinetic systems, and applications in plasma physics and semiconductor device simulations.
- Scientific machine learning.
- Numerical schemes for Hamilton-Jacobi equations, nonlinear Maxwell equations.
More details can be found on the Research page.
Awards and News
- Chern Professor, SLMath Fall 2025 program.
- SIAM Germund Dahlquist Prize, 2023. Prize Spotlight
- Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation Visiting Professor (Program for Mathematics), 2023.
- I am proud to be part of the DOE MMICC center for novel numerical methods for fusion applications, CHaRMNET - DOE funded MMICC center.
- Simons Fellow in Mathematics, 2018.
- NSF CAREER Award, 2015.
- ICES Postdoctoral Fellowship, the University of Texas at Austin, 2007-2009.
- Joukowsky Dissertation Fellowship, Brown University, 2006.
- Joukowsky Presidential Fellowship, Brown University, 2003.
Contact Information
Email: yingda at vt.edu
Address:
Department of Mathematics
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Office:
Data & Decisions Science Bldg, 410
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061