Prof. Padmanabhan Seshaiyer (Professor)
Mathematical Sciences ,
George Mason University,
Virginia,US.

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Dr. Padmanabhan Seshaiyer is a Professor of Mathematical Sciences at George Mason University where he has served in multiple leadership positions including the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Director of the STEM Accelerator Program and Director of the Center for Outreach in Mathematics Professional Learning and Educational Technology. His research interests are in the broad areas of Computational Mathematics, Data Science, Computational Biomechanics, Computational Thinking, Mathematical Modeling, Design and System Thinking and STEM education and Teacher Professional Development. During the last decade, he has initiated and directed a variety of educational programs including faculty development, post-graduate, graduate and undergraduate research, K-12 outreach, teacher professional development, and enrichment programs to foster the interest of students and teachers in STEM at all levels. In April 2019, he was selected as one of the “Figures that Matter” for his contributions to Academia and Society and was awarded an honorary doctorate by Vrije Universiteit Brussel. In 2021, he was appointed as one of the members on the STEM Advisory Board to the Governor of Virginia. Currently he is leading a taskforce working with the Virginia Department of Education to create the first ever high school sequence of classes in Data Science. Dr. Seshaiyer is also a BITS Distinguished Alumnus Awardee (2021) and has won several prestigious teaching, research and service awards over the last two decades. He also serves as the Chair of the SIAM Diversity Advisory Committee, Vice Chair of the US National Academies Committee for Mathematics Instruction and a former Program Director at the National Science Foundation.