Tamara Kolda

Dr. Tamara G. Kolda, Ph.D., is an applied mathematician specializing in computational data science. She is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE), Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), and Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). She has written two books. Her book Tensor Decompositions for Data Science is a textbook that can be used in a graduate course in data science, mathematics, computer science, statistics, engineering, or even neuroscience. It's designed to be accessible to a broad audience. Her book Unlocking LaTeX Graphics is derived from the notes, learnings, and scars she's amassed over her years producing complex graphics in LaTeX using TikZ and PGFPLOTS.