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Dr. Wenyuan Liao

Positions

Professor

Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

PIMS Calgary Site Director

Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Contact information

Email

wliao@ucalgary.ca

Web presence

Canadian Mathematical Society

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 220-3946

Background

Educational Background

Ph.D. Mathematics, Mississippi State University, 2003

Research

Areas of Research

Inverse modeling and industrial applications , Seismic inversion and applications, High performance computing and scientific computation, Numerical methods for PDEs, Numerical methods and applications to geophysics, Deep Neural Networks Method for PDEs and Inverse Problems

Participation in university strategic initiatives

Energy Innovations for Today and Tomorrow (2013-2021)

Transdisciplinary Research

Courses

Course number	Course title	Semester
MATH 277	Multivariable Calculus for Engineers and Scientists	Winter 2026
MATH 661.05	Numerical Solution of Differential Equations	Fall 2025

Awards

CAIMS-Fields Industrial Mathematics Prize, Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society, Fields Institute. 2025
Plenary Speaker, The Third Joint SIAM/CAIMS Annual Meetings, SIAM/CAIMS. 2025

Publications