Anita Anderson, Executive Secretary
The origins of the Mathematics and Algorithms Center may be traced to the Mathematics Department that was created in 1925 within Bell Telephone Laboratories. Today the Center blends discipline-based research with project activities. The center's activities are in the following broad categories. Mathematics of communication networks and systems, i.e., modeling, analyses and optimization of emerging architectures and methods in wireless, optical and converged networks. Algorithms research, spanning the development of fundamental new algorithms to their embodiment in problem-solving software. Communication principles, which create innovations grounded in the communication sciences for the wireless, optical and data physical layers. Statistical sciences and data mining, which combine with machine learning and pattern recognition to discover knowledge from uncertain and torrential data. Scientific computing, where modeling and simulations are conducted for multi-scale phenomena that range from the molecular to continent-wide networks. Applied mathematics, operations research and management sciences, which provide the rigorous foundations for a broad range of physical, information and economic systems, and industrial mathematics. The Center engages in collaborative projects with many parts of Alcatel-Lucent. Recent joint projects include dynamic spectrum management for broadband access, the creation of physical-layer modeling, monitoring/diagnostics and design tools for optical networks, air-interface optimization for 3G networks, capture and analysis of wireless signaling packet-streams, metrics for commonality, postponabilty and modularity in supply chains, and predictive models of the telecom industry.