S David Mis
PhD Student
Department of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research
Rice University
Houston, TX, USA
[david.mis@rice.edu] [CV] [GitHub] [Google Scholar]
Education
Rice University
PhD, Computational and Applied Mathematics
2021–present, Houston, TX, USA
Advised by Dr. Maarten de Hoop
University of Texas
MS, Computer Science
2019–2021, Austin, TX, USA
University of Texas
BS, Computer Science
BS, Mathematics
BA, Economics and Chinese Language
2009–2014, Austin, TX, USA
Publications
Conference papers
Semialgebraic Neural Networks: From roots to representations
SD Mis, M Lassas, MV de Hoop
International Conference on Learned Representations (ICLR) 2025
May 2025, Singapore
[pdf] [arxiv] [conference]
Journal papers
Reduced mRNA secondary-structure stability near the start codon indicates functional genes in prokaryotes
TE Keller, SD Mis, KE Jia, CO Wilke
Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 80–88
[pdf] [link]
Talks
Semialgebraic Neural Networks: From roots to representations
SD Mis, M Lassas, MV de Hoop
Inverse Days
December 2024, Oulu, Finland
Semialgebraic Neural Networks
Geo-Mathematical Imaging Group Partners Meeting
November 2024, Rice University
Matrix-Recurrent and Semialgebraic Neural Networks
Geo-Mathematical Imaging Group Partners Meeting
May 2023, Rice University
Professional Experience
Teaching
Rice University
Grader / Teaching Assistant
2021–present, Houston, TX
Grader:
Differential Equations for Science and Engineering
Partial Differential Equations I
Applied Functional Analysis
Numerical Analysis
Graduate Teaching Assistant:
Matrix Analysis
The Art of Problem Solving
Grader / Teaching Assistant
2020–2021, Virtual
Various high school mathematics courses.
University of Texas
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
2011–2012, Austin, TX
Courses:
Computational Biology
Statistics for Biologists
Research
Rice University
PhD Research Assistant
2022–present, Houston, TX
Geo-Mathematical Imaging Group (GMIG).
University of Texas
Undergraduate Research Assistant
2010–2012, Austin, TX
Lab of Dr. Clause O. Wilke, Professor of Integrative Biology.
Software Development
David Mis Software LLC
Software Developer
2018–2021, Houston, TX
Independent software consultant.
Unaliwear
Cloud Engineer
2015–2018, Austin, TX
Principal architect of AWS infrastructure for consumer IOT device.
Hewlett Packard
Software Developer
2014–2015, Austin, TX
Enterprise software development.
Mentorship
Rice Data2Knowledge Capstone Project Mentor
NASA Orbital Transfer Project
Spring 2025