Lily DiPaulo

About Academia

My research interests span pure and applied mathematics, with particular emphasis on mathematical biology, dynamical systems, differential geometry, and scientific computing. I am always interested in collaboration, so please feel free to reach out if you are interested in my work or have overlapping interests.

My primary mathematical interests include:

• Mathematical biology and mathematical physiology
• Dynamical systems and differential equations
• Differential geometry and geometric analysis
• Finite Element Exterior Calculus (FEEC)
• Functional and applied analysis
• Optimization
• Scientific computing and numerical methods

I also have broader applied and interdisciplinary interests in:

• Plant biomechanics and computational botany
• Computational chemistry and molecular modeling
• Machine learning and topological data analysis
• Computer networks and network science
• GPU computing, simulation, and visualization technologies
• Procedural generation and virtual environments
• Urban geography and GIS
• Science and technology policy

About Music

Outside of mathematics, I produce music. I have practiced various instruments since I was young, most notably piano, which I have studied on and off for the past 14 years.

When I was in middle school, I became interested in composition and started by making random pieces in MuseScore, but I quickly moved on to FL Studio, which is still the DAW I use today.

I hope to someday become a featured artist on osu! or have my work appear in indie games, and I am always interested in collaborating with other musicians.

About osu!

I also play rhythm games, mainly osu! and osu!mania. My osu! journey has mostly been defined by playing mouse-only.

When I first started, a friend told me that I would never get remotely good at the game unless I changed my playstyle. Out of spite, I decided that I wanted to become the mouse-only player with the highest pp total ever.

I eventually achieved that goal, and I also held the longest unbroken period at #1 of any mouse-only player in recent history. I've held the spot on and off since then, and I'm currently #1 right now!