Author: Larry L. Schumaker

Gregory E. Fasshauer is Professor and Head of the Applied Mathematics and Statistics Department at the Colorado School of Mines. He is the author of two books on kernel-based approximation methods, and co-editor of three proceedings volumes. His research is concerned with the theory and applications of kernel-based approximation methods in approximation theory, numerical analysis, data fitting and machine learning. Marian Neamtu is Professor and Chair of the Department of Mathematics at Vanderbilt University. His current research interests are in approximation theory, splines, geometric design, and numerical analysis. Larry L. Schumaker is Stevenson Professor of Mathematics at Vanderbilt University.  He is a fellow of the AMS, a SIAM fellow, and a member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences.  He is the author of three books on splines, and is a co-editor of over 40 proceedings volumes.  He continues to do research on splines and their applications.