David Huckleberry Gutman

Assistant Professor
Department of Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering
Texas Tech University

Research Interests

Optimization theory and algorithms. Applications of optimization to statistics and machine learning. Operations research.

Publications & Working Papers

Gutman, D. & Nguyen, N., "Coordinate Descent Without Coordinates: Tangent Subspace Descent on Riemannian Manifolds"
Working Paper, arXiv: 1912.10627, Dec. 2019
Gutman, D. & Peña, J., "The Condition of a Function Relative to a Set"
Revision Requested at Mathematical Programming, Series A, arXiv:1901.08359, Jan. 2019
Gutman, D. & Peña, J., "A Unified Framework for Bregman Proximal Methods: Subgradient, Gradient, & Accelerated Gradient Schemes"
Working Paper, arXiv: 1812.10198, Dec. 2018
Gutman, D., "Enhanced Basic Procedures for the Projection and Rescaling Algorithm"
Optimization Letters (2019) 13: 1259
Gutman, D. & Peña, J., "Convergences Rates of Proximal Gradient Methods via the Convex Conjugate"
SIAM Journal on Optimization 29-1 (2019), pp. 162-174

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Teaching

Texas Tech University

Spring 2020 - Large-Scale Optimization for Data Science

Carnegie Mellon University

Summer 2016 - Concepts of Mathematics
Summer 2015 - Concepts of Mathematics

Education

Ph.D., Mathematical Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, (2019)
M.S., Pure Mathematics, Tulane University, (2010)
B.S.B.A, Finance & Accounting, Georgetown University, (2008)

Prospective Graduate Students

I am searching for PhD students for Fall 2020. Due to the mathematical nature of my work, a strong math background is required. A prospective student should have taken and done well in, or be currently taking, courses in linear algebra and basic real analysis. If you would like to discuss the prospect of working with me then please feel free to send me an email. Make sure to include the following items in your first email:

CV.
Draft statement of purpose.
List of math courses taken, grades received, and course textbooks.

Mathematics, statistics, operations research, and management science majors are encouraged to apply.

Please note that I will not respond to mass/copy-paste form emails.

Contact Information

Email: David dot Gutman at ttu dot edu
Phone: 806 834 6845
Office: IMSE 214