David Bortz

  • Professor in Applied Mathematics
  • Professor in Computer Science
  • IQ Biology Graduate Faculty
  • RASEI Affiliate
  • Colorado COVID-19 Modeling Team

Research interests:

The primary research in my group is on data-driven modeling and scientific machine learning.  Frequently we apply these methods to biological systems including: bacterial community population dynamics and biomechanics, cellular migration, infectious diseases, and designs for an artificial pancreas. However, more recently, we have expanded the applications to include computational plasma physics in the context of fusion. These projects have been financially supported by NSFNIHAFOSRDOE, and CDPHE.

 

Active Funding

  • 9/2023-8/2028 PI: NIH MIRA R35GM149335
  • 2023 PI: AMD/Xilinx University Program Equipment Donation
  • 9/2022-8/2027 CU PI: DOE ASCR MMICC DE-SC0023346
  • 7/2021-6/2025 PI: NSF MODULUS MCB-2054085
 

Press:

2024

October 1 - The Weak Form is Stronger Than You Think - SIAM News (front page!)

2023

October 23 - Researchers strive to help models learn from ‘noisy’ data - Colorado Arts & Sciences Magazine

July 24 - Dan Messenger selected to attend Heidelberg Laureate Forum

2022

October 26 - New study shows how to learn the equations of cell migration - CU Boulder Today

October 19 - CU Boulder joins national effort to advance nuclear fusion research - Colorado Arts & Sciences Magazine

2021

September 21 - 1 in 99 people in Colorado estimated to be infectious with COVID-19 - Colorado Newsline

March 1 - Model suggests COVID-19 may have been in Colorado as early as January 2020 - KDVR FOX31

December 15 - The first COVID-19 case likely in Colorado way before March - UCHealth Today

2020

October 8 - Coronavirus Hit the U.S. Long Before We Knew - Wall Street Journal

September 1 - So You Think You Had COVID-19 Before March? - 5280 Magazine

June 16 - What Colorado is getting right about reopening - Politico

June 12 - CU Mathematician on the front lines of Colorado’s coronavirus response - CU Boulder Today

May 6 - Scientists shed light on essential carbon-fixing machinery in bacteria - CU Boulder Today

March 23 - Even single-celled organisms need their space: Squished bacteria may shut down photosynthesis - CU Boulder Today

April 10 - Colorado’s slowdown in coronavirus growth a sign that social distancing has worked, doctors say - Colorado Springs Gazette

March 28 - Coronavirus in Colorado: Experts begin sharing stark predictions - Colorado Springs Gazette