Simon Foucart

Publications

Author profiles on Google Scholar and MathSciNet.

Books Authored

		S. F., Mathematical Pictures at a Data Science Exhibition. Cambridge University Press, 2022. List of errata
		S. F., H. Rauhut, A Mathematical Introduction to Compressive Sensing. Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis, Birkhäuser, 2013. List of errata

Books Edited

		S. F., S. Wojtowytsch, Explorations in the Mathematics of Data Science. Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis, Birkhäuser, 2024.

Surveys

1. S. F., L. Skrzypek, Minimal projections: from classical theory to modern developments.
   In preparation. (pdf)
2. S. F., Flavors of compressive sensing.
   Approximation Theory XV: San Antonio 2016, Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 201, 61--104. (doi) (pdf) (reproducible)

Preprints

1. S. F., Learning the maximum of a Hölder function from inexact data. (pdf) (reproducible)
2. S. F., Optimal prediction of multivalued functions from point samples. (pdf)
3. M. Dressler, S. F., M. Joldes, E. de Klerk, J. B. Lasserre, Y. Xu, Least multivariate Chebyshev polynomials on diagonally determined domains. (pdf)

Selected Journal Publications

1. S. F., C. Liao, Radius of information for two intersected centered hyperellipsoids and implications in Optimal Recovery from inaccurate data.
   Journal of Complexity, 83, 101841, 2024. (doi) (pdf)
2. I. Daubechies, R. DeVore, S. F., B. Hanin, G. Petrova, Nonlinear approximation and (deep) ReLU networks.
   Constructive Approximation, 55, 127--172, 2022. (doi) (pdf)
3. S. F., J. B. Lasserre, Determining projection constants of univariate polynomial spaces.
   Journal of Approximation Theory, 235, 74--91, 2018. (doi) (pdf)
4. R. Baraniuk, S. F., D. Needell, Y. Plan, M. Wootters, Exponential decay of reconstruction error from binary measurements of sparse signals.
   IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 63/6, 3368--3385, 2017. (doi) (pdf)
5. S. F., L. Skrzypek, On maximal relative projection constants.
   Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 447/1, 309--328, 2017. (doi) (pdf)
6. S. F., Stability and robustness of $\ell_1$-minimizations with Weibull matrices and redundant dictionaries.
   Linear Algebra and its Applications, 441, 4--21, 2014. (doi) (pdf)
7. D. Koslicki, S. F., G. Rosen, Quikr: a method for rapid reconstruction of bacterial communities via compressive sensing.
   Bioinformatics, 29/17, 2096--2102, 2013. (doi) (pdf)
8. S. F., Hard thresholding pursuit: an algorithm for compressive sensing.
   SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, 49/6, 2543--2563, 2011. (doi) (pdf)
9. S. F., A. Pajor, H. Rauhut, T. Ullrich, The Gelfand widths of $\ell_p$-balls for $0 < p \le 1$.
   Journal of Complexity, 26/6, 629--640, 2010. (doi) (pdf)
10. S. F., M.-J. Lai, Sparsest solutions of underdetermined linear systems via $\ell_q$-minimization for $0 < q \le 1$.
    Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis, 26/3, 395--407, 2009. (doi) (pdf)

Complete papers inventory

Teaching

Current courses

• Topics in Mathematical Data Science (syllabus) (notes) (homework) (codes)

Some lecture notes

• Foundations and Methods of Approximation (updates forthcoming, restricted access) (notes) (codes)
• Topics in Mathematical Data Science (supplanted by my CUP book, restricted access) (pdf) (codes)
• Matrix Analysis (a few lectures missing) (pdf)
• Mathematics of Genome Analysis (very incomplete, restricted access) (pdf)
• Problem Solving Competitions (selected topics) (pdf)
• Compressed Sensing (supplanted by the book written with H. Rauhut) (pdf)
• Numerical Mathematics (updates required) (pdf)

Software

Go to my Github page for download.

MinProj

This is a MATLAB package that computes exact projection constants and minimal projections in coordinate spaces and matrix spaces by solving linear programs, as well as approximate projection constants and minimal projections in polynomial spaces by solving linear or semidefinite programs. It relies on the external packages CVX and Chebfun.

Basc

This is a MATLAB package that computes Best Approximations by Splines under Constraints relative to various norms. Relying on the external packages CVX and Chebfun, it is based on a reformulation of constrained approximation problems as semidefinite programs. (demo)

SplineDim

This is a collection of SAGE routines designed to generate formulas for the dimension of multivariate spline spaces over specific partitions. It is based on Hilbert series computations. The core of the code was written by P. Clarke.

Quikr and WGSQuikr

These computational packages determine the composition of bacteria in an environmental sample analyzed by 16S rRNA amplicon and whole-genome shotgun sequencing technologies. The packages were assembled by D. Koslicki, who also set up this Galaxy server.

HTP

These are three MATLAB routines to be used when trying to recover a sparse vector x or a row-sparse matrix X from the incomplete linear measurements y=Ax or Y=AX. They are implementations of the HTP, FHTP, and SHTP algorithms.

Allometry

This is a collection of MATLAB routines to be used for the computation of exact constants in Banach space geometry.

Vita

Full curriculum vitae available in pdf. Biographical sketch available in txt.

Education

• 2001-05: PhD, University of Cambridge.
• 2000-01: Part III of Math Tripos (Distinction), University of Cambridge.
• 1998-01: Masters of Engineering, Ecole Centrale Paris.

Professional experience

• 2019-now: Professor of Mathematics, Texas A&M University.
• 2015-19: Associate Professor of Mathematics, Texas A&M University.
• 2013-15: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Georgia.
• 2010-13: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Drexel University.
• 2009-10: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Paris 6.
• 2006-09: Postdoctoral Researcher, Vanderbilt University.

Visiting positions

• Jul 2024: Isaac Newton Institute.
• Jul 2023: Los Alamos National Laboratory.
• Jan-Jun 2019: University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Jun 2018: LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse.
• Dec 2017: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
• May-Jun 2015: University of South Florida.
• Jul-Aug 2009: University of Bonn.

Honors and Awards

• 2024: Heilbronn Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Isaac Newton Institute.
• 2019: Presidential Impact Fellow, Texas A&M University.
• 2012: Antelo Devereux Award for Young Faculty, Drexel University.
• 2010: Journal of Complexity Best Paper Award.

Former Advisees

• Srinivas Subramanian (grad student, Aug 2016-Oct 2023).
• Chunyang Liao (grad student, Aug 2019-May 2023, then postdoc at UCLA).
• Josiah Park (postdoc, Aug 2020-Dec 2022, now postdoc at Berkeley National Lab).
• Mahmood Ettehad (grad student, Aug 2016-Jul 2020, then postdoc at the IMA, University of Minnesota).
• Richard G. Lynch (postdoc, Aug 2016-Jun 2019, then Instructional Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University).
• Jean-Luc Bouchot (postdoc, Nov 2012-Aug 2014, then Assistant Professor at Beijing Institute of Technology).
• David Koslicki (postdoc, Jan-Sep 2012, now Associate Professor at Pennsylvania State University).
• Michael Minner (grad student, Sep 2012-Mar 2016, now at Sandia National Lab).

Editorial Boards

• Journal of Approximation Theory (journal, Aug 2017-now).
• Sampling Theory, Signal Processing, and Data Analysis (journal, Jun 2020-now).
• Journal of Numerical Mathematics (journal, May 2021-now).
• Numerical Mathematics and Scientific Computation (book series, Jul 2023-now).
• Journal of Complexity (journal, Sep 2023-now)
• Surveys in Approximation Theory (online journal, Sep 2023-now)

Contact

Consultation hours: Tu 4:30-5:15pm, We 10:30-11:15am, and by appointment.

Office location: 502D Blocker Building
                            Ireland Street
                            College Station
                            Texas

Mailing address: Texas A&M University
                              Department of Mathematics
                              3368 TAMU
                              College Station, TX 77843-3368

E-mail: foucart@tamu.edu or simon.foucart@centraliens.net
Zoom:  tamu.zoom.us/my/foucart