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Faculty of Mathematics

 

Career

  • 2013-date: University Lecturer, DAMTP, University of Cambridge, UK
  • 2012-date: Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Cambridge, UK 
  • 2012: Marie Curie Fellow, University of Vienna Austria
  • 2009 -2012: Junior Research Fellow, University of Cambridge, Homerton College UK
  • 2008 -2009: Von Karman Instructor, California Institute of Technology, USA

Research

Anders is a member of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and head of the Applied Functional and Harmonic Analysis research group. His current research interests include but are not limited to Functional Analysis (applied), operator/ Spectral Theory, Compressed Sensing, Mathematical Signal Processing, Sampling Theory, Compressed Sensing, Mathematical Signal Processing, Sampling Theory, Computational Harmonic Analysis, Inverse problems, Medical Imaging, Geometric Intergration, Numerical Analysis, C*- algebras.

Selected Publications

  • A. C. Hansen, On the Solvability Complexity Index, the n-Pseudospectrum and Approximations of Spectra of Operators, J. Amer. Math. Soc. 24, no. 1, 81-124
  • A. C. Hansen, On the approximation of Spectra of linear operators on Hilbert spaces, J. Funct. Anal. 254 no.8, 2092--2126
  • A. C. Hansen, Infinite dimensional numerical linear algebra; theory and applications, Proc. R. Soc. Lond. Ser. A. 466, no.2124, 3539-3559
  • B. Adcock, A. C. Hansen, Stable reconstructions in Hilbert spaces and the resolution of the Gibbs phenomenon, Appl. Comput. Harmon. Anal. 32, no.3, 357-388

Publications

Generalised Hardness of Approximation and the SCI Hierarchy –On Determining the Boundaries of Training Algorithms in AI
LE Gazdag, A Bastounis, AC Hansen
– Foundations of Computational Mathematics
(2026)
1
Artificial intelligence in prostate MRI: Comparative diagnostic performance in a high-prevalence cohort
NG Ferreira, OMT Thomas, K-I Gjesdal, S Müller, J Oldenburg, IF Syversen, AC Hansen, JT Geitung
– Acta Radiologica
(2026)
67,
765
Trustworthiness in AI: on SciCompBot-the scientific computing chatbot.
AC Hansen, F Circelli
– Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
(2026)
384,
20250116
Chapter 11 On generalized hardness of approximation, hallucinations, instability, and trustworthiness in AI for inverse problems
A Bastounis, AC Hansen
– Handbook of Numerical Analysis
(2026)
27,
507
Instability in deep learning - when algorithms cannot compute uncertainty quantifications for neural networks
LE Gazdag, V Antun, AC Hansen
– European Journal of Applied Mathematics
(2025)
37,
290
Do stable neural networks exist for classification problems? – A new view on stability in AI
D Liu, A Hansen
– European Journal of Applied Mathematics
(2025)
37,
238
The mathematics of adversarial attacks in AI – why deep learning is unstable despite the existence of stable neural networks
A Bastounis, A Hansen, V Vlačić
– European Journal of Applied Mathematics
(2025)
37,
259
The Troublesome Kernel: On Hallucinations, No Free Lunches, and the Accuracy-Stability Tradeoff in Inverse Problems
A Hansen
– SIAM Review
(2025)
The Troublesome Kernel: On Hallucinations, No Free Lunches, and the Accuracy-Stability Tradeoff in Inverse Problems
NM Gottschling, V Antun, AC Hansen, B Adcock
– SIAM Review
(2025)
67,
73
The Boundaries of Verifiable Accuracy, Robustness, and Generalisation in Deep Learning
A Bastounis, AN Gorban, AC Hansen, DJ Higham, D Prokhorov, O Sutton, IY Tyukin, Q Zhou
– Lecture Notes in Computer Science
(2023)
14254,
530
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Research Groups

Applied Functional and Harmonic Analysis
Cantab Capital Institute for the Mathematics of Information
Centre for Mathematical Imaging in Healthcare

Room

F2.01

Telephone

01223 760403