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Kristen Joyce

Assistant Professor

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Dr. Kristen Joyce joined Florida Polytechnic University in August 2025 as an assistant professor of applied mathematics. Prior to this, she worked at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina, as a graduate research assistant from August 2023-August 2025, and a graduate teacher of record from August 2020 to August 2023.

Joyce also was a mathematics graduate student consultant at E Edfinity, Looking Glass Ventures LLC from May 2023-February 2025.

Florida Poly intramural sports players may find themselves going head-to-head against Joyce, who enjoys the healthy competition. She lives in Lakeland with her husband, Dr. Alexander Joyce, who is also an assistant professor of applied mathematics.

When not working or playing with her dog, Gnocchi, Joyce can be found reading a book or riding a rollercoaster at one of the region’s world-famous theme parks.

Awards and Honors

  • Graduate Student Advisory Council Founder, Clemson University School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, 2023
  • Outstanding Graduate Citizenship Award, Clemson University School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, 2019

Education

  • Ph.D. in Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University, 2025
  • M.S. in Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University, 2019
  • B.S. in Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University, 2017

Expertise

  • Multiobjective (Multicriteria) Optimization
  • Online Optimization
  • Operations Research

Professional Activities

  • Member, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), 2020-current
  • Member, Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM), 2018-current

Selected Publications

  • Joyce, K., Wiecek, M.M. (2025). On Computing Set-Based Regret for Online Multiobjective Optimization. (In Progress)
  • Joyce, K. (2025) Online Multiobjective Optimization. All Dissertations. 4056.
  • Kschischang, F.R., Manganiello, F., Ravagnani, A. et al. (2024) External codes for multiple unicast networks via interference alignment. Des. Codes Cryptogr. 92, pp. 3355–3369. DOI: 10.1007/s10623-024-01439-1
  • Savary, K., Wiecek, M.M. (2023). Introducing Set-Based Regret for Online Multiobjective Optimization. In: Vasant, P., et al. Intelligent Computing and Optimization. ICO 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 852. Springer, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-50330-6_14

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