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Tan Hong Kiat

About Me:

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  • First Name - Hong Kiat; Last Name (Surname) - Tan.
    Thus, a common variant of my name (according to the US naming convention) would be Hong Kiat Tan or HK Tan in short.
    A US alias that I commonly use while I'm ordering some food/drinks would be Max.

  • 2nd-year Ph.D. student in Applied Mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles.​

  • Undergraduate Degree: Bachelor of Science with Honours (Highest Distinction) in Applied Mathematics from the National University of Singapore.

    • Primary Major: Applied Mathematics

    • Second Major: Physics

    • Minor: Statistics

Research Interests:

  • Partial Differential Equations​ (PDEs)

    • Analysis of PDEs,

    • Applied PDEs,

    • Numerical PDEs, and

    • Stochastic DEs/PDEs,

  • Mathematical and Computational Physics

    • Fluid Dynamics,

    • Statistical Mechanics, and

    • General Relativity.​

  • Statistics and Applied Statistics

    • Mathematical Statistics,

    • Bayesian Statistics, and

    • Machine Learning.​

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Bolded: Projects in progress,

Underlined: Potential/upcoming projects,

None: Previous subareas/potential projects in the near future

CV

  • You can find my CV here. (Updated Nov 2022)

Teaching:

Currently Teaching:

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Spring 2023:

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  • TA for Math 134 - Linear and Nonlinear Systems of Differential Equations

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Winter 2023:

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  • TA for Math 170E - Introduction to Probability and Statistics: Part 1 Probability

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Teaching Experiences:

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  • You can access them here.

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Tutoring:

 

I'm up for tutoring students for undergraduate Math classes at UCLA, which include:

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  • Lower-division classes:

    • Calculus 31AB,

    • Multivariable Calculus 32AB,

    • Linear Algebra/Differential Equations 33AB, and

    • Discrete Structures 61.

  • Selected upper-division classes:

    • Analysis 131AB, 132,

    • Linear Algebra 115AB,

    • Differential Equations 134,135,136,

    • Numerical Analysis 151AB,

    • Probability & Statistics 170E/S, and

    • Other Applied Math classes (possibly).

  • Physics/Statistics classes:​

    • Possibly some of the lower/upper div classes. Contact for more information.​

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Feel free to contact me via my UCLA email as listed below if you are interested.

Contact Me

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