Mili Shah

Professor of Mathematics
Chair of Mathematics Department

Mili Shah received her PhD from the Computational and Applied Mathematics Department at Rice University. Prior to arriving at The Cooper Union in 2018 she was an associate professor at Loyola University Maryland. She has received external grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). She currently is working with NIST on calibration and registration problems which have applications in computer vision, manufacturing, and robotics.

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