Fumiko Futamura
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Areas of expertise
Frame theory, operator theory, matrix theory, projective geometry, art and mathematicsMathematics is the most elusive of all the arts. It took 8 years of serious study to even begin to understand the medium and begin to work with it in a creative way. Math is art. I wouldn't be a mathematician otherwise.
Education
MS, PhD,Vanderbilt University 2007
BA,University of Louisville 2002
Publications
R. Denman, F. Futamura, K.C. Richards, On Sharp Frame Diagonalization, Lin. Algebra Appl., accepted 2012.
F. Futamura, Frame Diagonalization of Matrices, Lin. Algebra Appl., 436 no. 9 (2012) 3201-3214.
F. Futamura, Localizable Operators and the Construction of Localized Frames, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 137 (2009) 4187-4197.
F. Futamura, Symmetrically localized frames and the removal of subsets of positive density, J. Math. Anal. Appl., 326 no. 2, (2007) 1225--1235.
F. Futamura, Banach framed, decay in the context of localization, Sampl. Theory Signal Image Process., 6 no. 2, (2007) 151--166.
Exhibitions
Self-Portraits as Other People's Preconceptions, 2006
installation of eight paintings, oil on canvas, 60 in X 36 in
Evoke/Invoke/Provoke, A Multimedia Project of Discovery,
directed by Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman.
Cohen Building, Peabody Campus, Vanderbilt University.
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Honors & Awards
NSF TUES Grant, $69,432, 2012
National Science Foundation (NSF) Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science (TUES) grant, Projective Geometry Applied to Perspective Art, to write, test and evaluate a textbook on projective geometry that motivates and applies the material to perspective drawing.
AIBL Small Grant, $2500, 2011
Grant to create an inquiry based learning math and art course, Educational Advancement Foundation
Faculty-Student Project Research Grant, $7590, 2009
Internal grant to do research with a student for 8 weeks, Southwestern University
Brown Innovations in Teaching Award, $5000, 2008
Internal grant to organize a departmental pedagogical seminar, Southwestern University
B.F. Bryant Prize for Excellence in Teaching, 2007
Graduate teaching award, Vanderbilt University
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Contact Details:
(512) 863-1981(office)
Office: Mood-Bridwell 134
futamurf@southwestern.edu
