Mirjeta Pasha is an Assistant Professor of Data and High-Performance Computational Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics at Virginia Tech, USA, and a Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics, Brown University, for Spring 2026. Her research focuses on high-dimensional (tensor) data analysis, machine learning, neural networks, artificial intelligence, regularization for inverse problems, uncertainty quantification, and high-performance computing. She develops computationally efficient algorithms for large-scale problems arising in data science, medicine, and engineering, supported by the USA National Science Foundation research grants.
Prior to joining Virginia Tech, she held a prestigious National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Tufts University, following a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics earned in 2020. She also completed postdoctoral training at Arizona State University and held visiting researcher positions at institutions including the University of Cambridge and the University of Helsinki. Born and raised in Albania, she earned undergraduate and master’s degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Tirana and is actively engaged in mentoring students.