past work

publications

  • Bernstein, Daniel Irving, and Hayden Outlaw. “Maximum likelihood thresholds of Gaussian graphical models and graphical lasso.” Communications in Statistics-Simulation and Computation (2025): 1-6.

projects

  • Hayden Outlaw, Gabe Cantanelli, Grayson Gall, Andrew Lys, Semidiscrete Central-Upwind Schemes for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws (NCSU MA788 Spring 2026) PDF SLIDES

mentorship

  • Intercollegiate Math Modeling Challenge referee, Duke University
    • Fall 2024, Fall 2025
  • NCSU Directed Reading Program Leader, Introduction to Statistical Learning Theory and Decision Trees, Spring 2026
    • Advising Aryan Parikh SLIDES
  • NCSU Directed Reading Program Leader, Introduction to Analog Computing, Fall 2026 (planned)

presentations

American Meteorological Society

Baltimore, MD - January 2024

  • For American Meteorological Society national conference.
  • Presented findings from progress in Summer Internships In Parallel Computational Science at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Tulane University Undergraduate Research Symposium

New Orleans, LA - October 2023

  • Presented novel numeric model of probability function for existence of graphLasso covariance estimator in low-sample scenarios, to promote research funding and accessibility for undergraduate projects.

National Center for Atmospheric Research SIPARCS Seminar

Boulder, CO - August 2023

  • For Summer Internships In Parallel Computational Science at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
  • Presented improved hydrometeor segmentation deep learning model. In collaboration with NOAA and NCAR staff scientists.

SIAM Algebraic Geometry 2023 Conference

Eindhoven, NL - July 2023

  • For Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics Algebraic Geometry 2023 Conference, on behalf of Tulane University Mathematics.
  • Presented novel numeric model of probability function for existence of graphLasso covariance estimator in low-sample scenarios.

teaching

  • Lecture Assistant, MA121 North Carolina State University, Fall 2024
  • Recitation Leader, MA141 North Carolina State University, Fall 2025
  • Recitation Leader, MA131 North Carolina State University, Spring 2026
  • Instructor of Record, MA131 North Carolina State University, Summer 2026
  • Instructor of Record, MA131 North Carolina State University, Fall 2026