Visiting Scientist from King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT)
poom.kum@kmutt.ac.th
Room 03.362 | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen Nürnberg. FAU DCN-AvH Chair for Dynamics, Control, Machine Learning and Numerics – Alexander von Humboldt Professorship.
+49 9131 85-67170
POOM KUMAM received the B.S., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics from Burapha University (BUU), Chiang Mai University (CMU), and Naresuan University (NU), respectively. In 2008, he received a grant from Franco-Thai Cooperation for short-term visits at the Laboratoire de Mathematiques, Universite de Bretagne Occidentale, France. He was also a Visiting Professor for short-term research with Professor Anthony To-Ming Lau at the University of Alberta, AB, Canada. In 2015, Poom Kumam completed the Certificate Training Program: Newton Fund Professional Development Programme for Mid-Career Researchers offered by the British Council UK.
He is currently a Full Professor at the Department of Mathematics, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), where he is also the Head of the KMUTT Fixed Point Theory and Applications Research Group and the Director of the Center of Excellence in Theoretical and Computational Science (TaCS-CoE) and also the head leader the CaRe Global Network Project. He has successfully advised 10 master’s, and 73 Ph.D. graduates.
Poom Kumam is a Thai mathematician recognized for his research in the areas of fixed point theory and optimization algorithms with applications in multi-disciplinary areas. Poom Kumam is one of the founders of multi-disciplinary fixed point iteration for computational science and applied to the image processing area.
Poom Kumam is a highly accomplished researcher with a wide range of interests. His areas of expertise include fixed point theory, variational analysis, optimization theory, approximation theory, fractional differential equations, differential game, fuzzy soft set, mathematical modeling for fluid dynamics and inverse problems, dynamic games in economics, traffic network equilibria, bandwidth allocation problem, wireless sensor networks, image restoration, signal and image processing, game theory, and cryptology.
In addition to his research, Poom Kumam is also actively involved in Computational Science and Simulation and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). He has made significant contributions to his fields, developing numerous mathematical tools over the years. With over 1,300 scientific articles and projects to his name, Professor Kumam is a highly respected figure in the academic community. He is also a valued member of the editorial board for more than 50 journals and is frequently invited to deliver talks at international conferences worldwide. He also published several books. He is Editor-in-Chief/ Managing Editors/ Editorial Board Member/ Guest Editors/Associate Editors/ of different national/international journals, and Invited Speaker/ Keynote Speaker/ Keynote Speaker of several local/international conferences/seminars/workshops/meetings.
Events
• FAU DCN-AvH Jr. Seminar: Talk “Fixed Point-Based Optimization Techniques for Image Processing and Restoration” (Apr. 3, 2025) | slides
