Ricardo Gloria Picazzo

About me ...

I am a mathematics PhD student at the University of Houston under the supervision of Dr. Yingying Wu. My interests revolve around (discrete) differential geometry, (numerical) differential equations, differential and applied topology, discrete exterior calculus and their applications to geometry processing and machine learning.

I earned my bachelor's degree in Mathematical Computing at the University of Guanajuato / CIMAT. During my undergraduate studies I was part of some summer programs as a fellow such as Big Data Summer Institute 2022 (University of Michigan), Summer Geometry Initiative (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and EMALCA (Escuela de Matemáticas de América Latina y el Caribe).

In my spare time I enjoy playing soccer and watching films. From time to time I also like playing the guitar and reading latinoamerican literature.

Projects and Research:

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Summer Geometry Initiative 2023

As a SGI 2023 fellow I worked on two research projects led by faculty and research scientists in the field of Geometry Processing:

  • Geometric Surface Characterization , mentored by Dr. Yingying Wu.
  • Intrinsic Mollification, mentored Dr. Keenan Crane.

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    Notes on Discrete Exterior Calculus

    Final project intended for a PDE course in the fall of 2022. An introduction to basic concepts to Discrete Exterior Calculus is presented. Theoretical aspects are widely explained through drawings, figures and examples. You can access this project through here.