{"id":302,"date":"2022-07-13T14:43:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T18:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/mathsci\/?post_type=person&#038;p=302"},"modified":"2024-07-16T12:30:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T16:30:04","slug":"dr-todd-wittman-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/mathsci\/faculty-staff\/dr-todd-wittman-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Todd Wittman, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dr. Todd Wittman is a Professor of the Department of Mathematics and Data Analytics.\u00a0 His research is on the application of mathematics to problems in image processing.\u00a0 He is particularly interested in using partial differential equations and optimization models to enhance the resolution of images, whether they are barcodes scanned at the grocery stores or satellite photos taken by Earth-observing satellites.\u00a0 His research has been used by the manufacturers of barcode scanners, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, the Air Force Research Office, and Pixar Animation Studios.\u00a0 Professor Wittman teaches courses in calculus, differential equations, and mathematical modeling.\u00a0 He is the mentor for the Citadel Chess Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-degrees\">Degrees:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Ph.D. in Mathematics \u2013 University of Minnesota<br>\u2022 M.S. in Mathematics \u2013&nbsp;University of Minnesota<br>\u2022 B.A. in Mathematics \u2013 Dartmouth College<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Research Interest:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Industrial and applied mathematics, image processing, optimization, numerical analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<strong>Vita:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/macs.citadel.edu\/wittman\/cv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Wittman\u2019s Vita<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/macs.citadel.edu\/wittman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Personal Website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Todd Wittman is a Professor of the Department of Mathematics and Data Analytics.\u00a0 His research is on the application of mathematics to problems in image processing.\u00a0 He is particularly interested in using partial differential equations and optimization models to enhance the resolution of images, whether they are barcodes scanned at the grocery stores or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":361,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":""},"class_list":["post-302","person","type-person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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